Bank OZK Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bank OZK in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Bank OZK stock.
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Bank OZK saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 13th, there was short interest totaling 2,390,000 shares, an increase of 12.7% from the July 29th total of 2,120,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 568,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.2 days. Approximately 2.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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Bank OZK is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 28th 2021.
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Bank OZK (NASDAQ:OZK) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 21st. The company reported $1.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.92 by $0.24. The company earned $268.49 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $259.35 million. Bank OZK had a net margin of 44.62% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.08%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 11.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.39 EPS.
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Bank OZK's stock was trading at $21.01 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, OZK stock has increased by 94.3% and is now trading at $40.82.
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Bank OZK declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 2nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, July 12th will be given a dividend of $0.285 per share on Monday, July 19th. This represents a $1.14 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.79%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 9th. This is an increase from Bank OZK's previous quarterly dividend of $0.28.
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Bank OZK pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.76%. Bank OZK has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Bank OZK is 50.44%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Bank OZK will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.06% next year. This indicates that Bank OZK will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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3 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Bank OZK's stock. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $55.00. On average, they expect Bank OZK's share price to reach $46.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.6% from the stock's current price.
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132 employees have rated Bank OZK CEO George G. Gleason on Glassdoor.com. George G. Gleason has an approval rating of 92% among Bank OZK'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 a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.37%), State Street Corp (9.11%), BlackRock Inc. (8.37%), Wasatch Advisors Inc. (7.16%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.09%) and Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (2.65%).

OZK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Epoch Investment Partners Inc., Van Berkom & Associates Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Ziegler Capital Management LLC, Clearbridge Investments LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.

OZK stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wasatch Advisors Inc., UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Millennium Management LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., and FMR LLC.

Shares of OZK can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of OZK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.82.

Bank OZK has a market capitalization of $5.28 billion and generates $1.19 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $291.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.26 on an earnings per share basis.

Bank OZK employs 2,652 workers across the globe.

The official website for Bank OZK is www.ozk.com.

Bank OZK is headquartered at 18000 CANTRELL ROAD, LITTLE ROCK AR, 72223.

Bank OZK's mailing address is 18000 CANTRELL ROAD, LITTLE ROCK AR, 72223. The company can be reached via phone at (501) 978-2265 or via email at [email protected]