Zacks Research Has Bullish Forecast for Bank OZK Q1 Earnings

Bank OZK (NASDAQ:OZK) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Bank OZK in a research report issued on Wednesday, November 20th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $1.38 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.37. The consensus estimate for Bank OZK’s current full-year earnings is $6.03 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Bank OZK’s Q1 2026 earnings at $1.52 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also recently issued reports on OZK. Raymond James cut Bank OZK from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 17th. Piper Sandler lifted their price objective on Bank OZK from $58.00 to $63.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, October 18th. Stephens lifted their price target on shares of Bank OZK from $48.00 to $51.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, October 21st. Truist Financial dropped their price objective on shares of Bank OZK from $48.00 to $46.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, October 21st. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on shares of Bank OZK from $48.00 to $51.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, August 5th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $48.50.

Bank OZK Stock Performance

Shares of Bank OZK stock opened at $49.33 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a current ratio of 1.02 and a quick ratio of 1.02. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.11 and a beta of 1.16. The business has a 50-day moving average of $44.45 and a 200 day moving average of $43.25. Bank OZK has a 12 month low of $37.43 and a 12 month high of $52.36.

Bank OZK (NASDAQ:OZK) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 17th. The company reported $1.55 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.53 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $423.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $419.08 million. Bank OZK had a net margin of 26.07% and a return on equity of 14.15%.

Bank OZK Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 18th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 11th were paid a dividend of $0.41 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, October 11th. This is an increase from Bank OZK’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.32%. Bank OZK’s dividend payout ratio is currently 26.97%.

Institutional Trading of Bank OZK

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in OZK. LRI Investments LLC acquired a new position in Bank OZK during the first quarter worth $29,000. PSI Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Bank OZK by 20,933.3% during the 2nd quarter. PSI Advisors LLC now owns 631 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 628 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Bank OZK by 73.8% in the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 968 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,000 after purchasing an additional 411 shares in the last quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc increased its holdings in shares of Bank OZK by 423.0% in the 2nd quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 978 shares of the company’s stock valued at $40,000 after purchasing an additional 791 shares in the last quarter. Finally, American National Bank & Trust acquired a new stake in shares of Bank OZK in the third quarter valued at about $44,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.18% of the company’s stock.

Bank OZK Company Profile

Bank OZK provides various retail and commercial banking services for individuals and businesses in the United States. The company offers deposit services, including non-interest bearing checking, interest bearing transaction, business sweep, savings, money market, individual retirement, and other accounts, as well as time and reciprocal deposits.