How to buy Equity Bancshares stock (EQBK)

Equity Bancshares is a banks - regional business based in the US. Equity Bancshares shares (EQBK) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $42.69 – an increase of 0.87% over the previous week. Equity Bancshares employs 717 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $157.8 million.

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Equity Bancshares stock price (NYSE: EQBK)

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Equity Bancshares shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-26.

Latest market close	$42.69
52-week range	$30.22 - $50.85
50-day moving average more info button	$45.54
200-day moving average more info button	$38.51
Wall St. target price	$52.00
PE ratio more info button	37.2261
Dividend yield more info button	$0.51 (1.42%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$1.15

Is it a good time to buy Equity Bancshares stock?

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Equity Bancshares price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $42.87 from 2024-12-26

1 week (2024-12-20)	1.30%
1 month (2024-11-27)	-11.17%
3 months (2024-09-27)	5.64%
6 months (2024-06-27)	25.87%

1 year (2023-12-27)	24.12%
2 years (2022-12-27)	35.29%
3 years (2021-12-27)	31.38%
5 years (2019-12-27)	46.83%

Is Equity Bancshares stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Equity Bancshares stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Equity Bancshares's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Equity Bancshares's P/E ratio

Equity Bancshares's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 37x. In other words, Equity Bancshares shares trade at around 37x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Equity Bancshares financials

Revenue TTM	$157.8 million
Operating margin TTM	33.14%
Gross profit TTM	$197.7 million
Return on assets TTM	0.34%
Return on equity TTM	3.76%
Profit margin	10.99%
Book value	$32.95
Market Capitalization more info button	$743 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Equity Bancshares share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 46.36% of net profits

Recently Equity Bancshares has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Equity Bancshares shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Equity Bancshares's case, that would currently equate to about $0.51 per share.

While Equity Bancshares's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Equity Bancshares may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Equity Bancshares's most recent dividend payout was on 14 January 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 30 December 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Equity Bancshares share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Equity Bancshares's shares have ranged in value from as little as $30.2206 up to $50.845. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Equity Bancshares's is 0.894. This would suggest that Equity Bancshares's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Equity Bancshares overview

Equity Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Equity Bank that provides a range of banking, mortgage banking, and financial services to individual and corporate customers. The company accepts various demand, savings, money market, and time deposits. Its loan products include commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, commercial lines of credit, working capital, term, equipment and aircraft financing, acquisition, expansion and development, borrowing base, real estate construction, homebuilder, agricultural, government guaranteed, and other loan products. The company's loan products also comprise 1 " 4 family residential mortgages, agriculture, consumer, residential real estate mortgage, and agricultural real estate and production loans. It also provides debit and credit cards; insurance brokerage; trust and wealth management; online banking solutions, such as access to account balances, online transfers, online bill payment, and electronic delivery of customer statements; mobile banking solutions comprising remote check deposits with mobile bill pay; ATMs; and treasury management, wire transfer, automated clearing house, and stop payment services. In addition, the company offers cash management deposit products, such as lockbox, remote deposit capture, positive pay, reverse positive pay, account reconciliation services, zero balance accounts, and sweep accounts, as well as banking services through telephone, mail, and personal appointments.

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of Equity Bancshares is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 6.032% of Equity Bancshares shares are held by insiders and 63.351% by institutions. How many people work for Equity Bancshares?
Latest data suggests 717 work at Equity Bancshares. When does the fiscal year end for Equity Bancshares?
Equity Bancshares's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Equity Bancshares based?
Equity Bancshares's address is: 7701 East Kellogg Drive, Wichita, KS, United States, 67207 What is Equity Bancshares's ISIN number?
Equity Bancshares's international securities identification number is: US29460X1090 What is Equity Bancshares's CUSIP number?
Equity Bancshares's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 29460X109