Holdings of Live Oak Bancshares Inc (LOB) are aligned with the stars

With 0.29 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.33 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $24.32 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $23.78. The 52-week range on LOB shows that it touched its highest point at $50.57 and its lowest point at $22.68 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $33.00. With its current market cap of 1.10 billion, LOB has annualized dividend of $0.12 while the current yield stands at 0.50%. LOB paid its most recent dividend on 1740441600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1740441600. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.85.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of LOB was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.98%, but this was down by -12.06% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -39.37% while six-month performance fell -50.41%. The stock lost -34.33% in the past year, while it has lost -38.76% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for LOB yields 1.69 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.43. For the next quarter, that number is 0.37. This implies an EPS growth rate of 38.07% for this year and 47.14% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 45.36 million LOB shares are outstanding with a float of 34.89 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-03-31, short shares totaled 1.32 million, which was 289.00001 higher than short shares on 1740700800. In addition to Mr. James S. Mahan III as the firm’s Chairman & CEO, Mr. William C. Losch III serves as its President.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.72492 of LOB’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for LOB since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With LOB analysts setting a high price target of 36.0 and a low target of 30.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 33.0. Based on these targets, LOB could surge 48.64% to reach the target high and rise by 23.86% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 36.25% from current levels.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $1.75839 being high and $1.65495 being low. For LOB, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.70667.