Bank OZK (NASDAQ: OZK) is -1.71% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $35.71 and a high of $53.64 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The OZK stock was last observed hovering at around $43.67 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.1%.
Currently trading at $43.77, the stock is 5.34% and 1.71% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.1 million and changing 0.23% at the moment leaves the stock -2.31% off its SMA200. OZK registered -6.37% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -0.16%.
The stock witnessed a 14.70% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -15.78%, and is 2.75% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.20% over the week and 4.07% over the month.
Bank OZK (OZK) has around 3028 employees, a market worth around $4.96B and $2.78B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 7.17 and Fwd P/E is 6.75. Profit margin for the company is 25.08%. Distance from 52-week low is 22.57% and -18.40% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (10.56%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -1.46% this year
The shares outstanding are 113.73M, and float is at 107.79M with Short Float at 16.73%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 11.83 million shares valued at $485.04 million. The investor’s holdings represent 10.4178 of the OZK Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 9.99 million shares valued at $409.64 million to account for 8.7982 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 6.67 million shares representing 5.8738 and valued at over $273.47 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 5.8311 of the shares totaling 6.62 million with a market value of $271.49 million.
