Bank OZK - OZK Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bank OZK in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" OZK shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in OZK, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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8 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Bank OZK's shares. Their OZK share price forecasts range from $40.00 to $54.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $47.56 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.1% from the stock's current price.
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Bank OZK's stock was trading at $40.06 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, OZK stock has increased by 14.0% and is now trading at $45.67.
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Bank OZK saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,480,000 shares, an increase of 23.9% from the December 31st total of 5,230,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 881,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 7.4 days. Approximately 5.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 20th 2023.
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Bank OZK (NASDAQ:OZK) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 20th. The company reported $1.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.97 by $0.03. The company earned $273.94 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $264.05 million. Bank OZK had a net margin of 40.86% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.13%. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.84 EPS.

Bank OZK declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, January 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.34 per share on Tuesday, January 24th. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.98%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 13th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.33.
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Bank OZK (NASDAQ:OZK) pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.07%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 27 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 29.96%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, OZK will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.19% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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132 employees have rated Bank OZK Chief Executive Officer George G. Gleason on Glassdoor.com. George G. Gleason has an approval rating of 92% among the company's employees. This puts George G. Gleason in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Bank OZK trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "OZK."

Bank OZK's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Copeland Capital Management LLC (1.44%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.62%), Cabot Wealth Management Inc. (0.31%), Ziegler Capital Management LLC (0.24%), QV Investors Inc. (0.15%) and Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC (0.10%).

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One share of OZK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $45.67.

Bank OZK (NASDAQ:OZK) has a market capitalization of $5.73 billion and generates $1.38 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $564.14 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.54 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,542 workers across the globe.

Bank OZK's mailing address is 18000 CANTRELL ROAD, LITTLE ROCK AR, 72223. The official website for the company is www.ozk.com. The company can be reached via phone at (501) 978-2265, via email at info@bankozarks.com, or via fax at 501-978-2224.