Bank OZK·Financial Services

Bank OZK (OZK) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock?

Bank OZK remains a "Strong Buy" as CRE overhang fades and diversification accelerates. OZK's credit quality holds firm, with reserves covering over three years of current charge-offs and a CET1 ratio of 11.6%. Loan growth is muted near-term but expected to reaccelerate toward 10% by 2027 as real estate exposure declines.

Bank OZK (OZK) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

OZK's Q1 EPS misses estimates on higher credit costs and expenses, while NII growth and loan and deposit gains offer some support.

The headline numbers for Bank OZK (OZK) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended March 2026, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.

Bank OZK (OZK) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.44 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.46 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.47 per share a year ago.
Bank OZK provides various retail and commercial banking services. It accepts various deposit products, including non-interest-bearing checking, interest bearing transaction, business sweep, savings, money market, individual retirement, and other accounts, as well as time deposits. The company also offers real estate, consumer and business purpose, indirect recreational vehicle and marine, commercial and industrial, government guaranteed, agricultural, small business, homebuilder, and affordable housing loans; business aviation and subscription financing services; and mortgage and other lending products. In addition, it provides trust and wealth services, such as personal, custodial, investment management, and retirement accounts, as well as corporate trust services comprising trustee, paying and registered transfer agent, and other incidental services. Further, the company offers treasury management services comprising automated clearing house, wire transfer, transaction reporting, wholesale lockbox, remote deposit capture, automated credit line transfer, reconciliation, positive pay, and merchant and commercial card services, as well as zero balance and investment sweep accounts. Additionally, it provides ATMs; telephone, online, and mobile banking services; debit and credit cards; safe deposit boxes; and other products and services, as well as processes merchant debit and credit card transactions. As of December 31, 2021, it operated approximately 240 offices in Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Carolina, California, New York, and Mississippi. The company was formerly known as Bank of the Ozarks and changed its name to Bank OZK in July 2018. Bank OZK was founded in 1903 and is headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Financial Services
Banks - Regional
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1997-07-17
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