NASDAQ:LOBLive Oak Bancshares Stock Price, Forecast & News

Live Oak Bancshares' stock was trading at $11.28 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, LOB stock has increased by 20.0% and is now trading at $13.54. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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.

Live Oak Bancshares is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Live Oak Bancshares.

Live Oak Bancshares Inc (NASDAQ:LOB) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 22nd. The bank reported ($0.19) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.08 by $0.27. The bank earned $45.90 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $52.07 million. Live Oak Bancshares had a net margin of 2.67% and a return on equity of 1.72%. View Live Oak Bancshares' earnings history.

Live Oak Bancshares declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 12th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.03 per share on Tuesday, June 9th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 22nd. View Live Oak Bancshares' dividend history.

2 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Live Oak Bancshares' stock. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $130.00. On average, they anticipate Live Oak Bancshares' stock price to reach $73.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 442.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Live Oak Bancshares.

Media coverage about LOB stock has trended negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Live Oak Bancshares earned a coverage optimism score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutLive Oak Bancshares.

Live Oak Bancshares saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,140,000 shares, an increase of 10.7% from the April 30th total of 1,030,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 313,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.6 days. Currently, 4.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Live Oak Bancshares' Current Options Chain.

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(LOB) raised $68 million in an 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 served as the underwriter for the IPO and Keefe Bruyette & Woods (A Stifle Company) and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey were co-managers.

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

Live Oak Bancshares' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (4.71%), Mendon Capital Advisors Corp (2.48%), State Street Corp (1.59%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (1.06%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.00%) and Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (0.58%). Company insiders that own Live Oak Bancshares stock include David G Salyers, Diane Beth Glossman, Gregory W Seward, H K Landis, Huntley Garriott, James S Mahan III, Neil Lawrence Underwood, S Brett Caines, Susan N Janson, 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 RMB Capital Management LLC, Mendon Capital Advisors Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Two Sigma Investments LP, Morgan Stanley, Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc., Raymond James & Associates, and UBS Group AG. View insider buying and selling activity for Live Oak Bancshares.

LOB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Wellington Management Group LLP, Ballentine Partners LLC, BlackRock Inc., Two Sigma Advisers LP, Geode Capital Management LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, and GSA Capital Partners LLP. Company insiders that have bought Live Oak Bancshares stock in the last two years include David G Salyers, Diane Beth Glossman, 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 activity for Live Oak Bancshares.

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One share of LOB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.54.

Live Oak Bancshares has a market capitalization of $548.51 million and generates $295.86 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $18.03 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.44 on an earnings per share basis. Live Oak Bancshares employs 493 workers across the globe.

The official website for Live Oak Bancshares is 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.