NASDAQ:LOB - Live Oak Bancshares Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Live Oak Bancshares trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LOB."

Live Oak Bancshares declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 12th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 26th will be given a dividend of $0.03 per share on Tuesday, March 12th. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.73%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 25th. View Live Oak Bancshares' Dividend History.

Live Oak Bancshares Inc (NASDAQ:LOB) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 23rd. The bank reported $0.26 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.12 by $0.14. The bank earned $46.86 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $48.76 million. Live Oak Bancshares had a return on equity of 11.79% and a net margin of 19.31%. View Live Oak Bancshares' Earnings History.

Live Oak Bancshares is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Live Oak Bancshares.

2 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Live Oak Bancshares' stock. Their forecasts range from $15.00 to $18.00. On average, they anticipate Live Oak Bancshares' share price to reach $16.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Live Oak Bancshares.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Live Oak Bancshares in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Live Oak Bancshares.

Press coverage about LOB stock has been trending positive this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Live Oak Bancshares earned a daily sentiment score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

Some companies that are related to Live Oak Bancshares include International Bancshares (IBOC), First Interstate Bancsystem (FIBK), South State (SSB), First Bancorp (FBP), Union Bankshares (UBSH), Independent Bank (INDB), United Community Banks (UCBI), Renasant (RNST), Great Western Bancorp (GWB), TowneBank (TOWN), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Banner (BANR), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB) and ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS).

(LOB) raised $68 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, July 23rd 2015. The company issued 4,000,000 shares at a price of $16.00-$18.00 per share. Sandler O�Neill & Partners, L.P acted as the underwriter for the IPO and Keefe Bruyette & Woods (A Stifle Company) and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey were co-managers.

Live Oak Bancshares' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (4.39%), Mendon Capital Advisors Corp (2.61%), RMB Capital Management LLC (1.68%), Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust (1.64%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.49%) and Emerald Advisers LLC (1.25%). Company insiders that own Live Oak Bancshares stock include Diane Beth Glossman, Glen F Hoffsis, Gregory W Seward, H K Landis, Huntley Garriott, James S Mahan III, Neil Lawrence Underwood, S Brett Caines, Steve Smits, Susan N Janson, Thomas A Hill, William Henderson Cameron and William L Williams III. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Live Oak Bancshares.

LOB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust, Emerald Advisers LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Royce & Associates LP, Raymond James & Associates, Prudential Financial Inc., Commonwealth Equity Services LLC and MetLife Investment Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Live Oak Bancshares company stock in the last year include S Brett Caines, Steve Smits and Thomas A Hill. View Insider Buying and Selling for Live Oak Bancshares.

LOB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, RMB Capital Management LLC, Two Sigma Investments LP, Mendon Capital Advisors Corp, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, United Capital Management of KS Inc. and BlackRock Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Live Oak Bancshares stock in the last two years include Diane Beth Glossman, Glen F Hoffsis, Gregory W Seward, H K Landis, Huntley Garriott, James S Mahan III, Neil Lawrence Underwood, Susan N Janson, William Henderson Cameron and William L Williams III. View Insider Buying and Selling for Live Oak Bancshares.

Shares of LOB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LOB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.36.

Live Oak Bancshares has a market capitalization of $656.79 million and generates $266.41 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $51.45 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.32 on an earnings per share basis. Live Oak Bancshares employs 528 workers across the globe.

The official website for Live Oak Bancshares is http://www.liveoakbank.com.

Live Oak Bancshares' mailing address is 1741 TIBURON DRIVE, WILMINGTON NC, 28403. The bank can be reached via phone at 910-790-5867.