Equity Bank/$EQBK
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About Equity Bank
Equity Bancshares Inc is a bank holding company. It provides a broad range of financial services to businesses and business owners as well as individuals through network of nearly 77 branches located in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. The majority of the Company's revenues come from interest income on financial instruments, including loans, leases, securities and derivatives. The company also earns revenue from Non-interest income which includes Service charges and fees, Debit card income, Investment Referral Income, Trust Income and Insurance Sales Commissions.
- Ticker
- $EQBK
- Sector
- Finance
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 909
- Headquarters
- Wichita, United States
- Website
- www.equitybank.com
Equity Bank Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$1B
27.79
$1.77
0.77
$0.72
1.46%
Price and volume
Market cap
$1B
Beta
0.77
52-week high
$52.27
52-week low
$38.60
Average daily volume
94K
Dividend rate
$0.72
Financial strength
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
37.27%
Profitability
Net profit margin (TTM)
14.76%
Operating margin (TTM)
28.69%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
20.61%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$270,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
0.55%
Return on equity (TTM)
4.90%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
27.794
Price to revenue (TTM)
4.028
Price to book
1.23
Price to tangible book (TTM)
1.46
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
25.204
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
3.97%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
1.952
Dividend yield (TTM)
1.46%
Forward dividend yield
1.46%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
7.13%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-55.84%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
7.69%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-17.55%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
1.61%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
21.64%
Bulls say / Bears say
Q2 earnings showed stronger underlying profitability: core EPS was $1.41, core return on tangible common equity reached 17.2%, and the efficiency ratio improved to 53.4%. This suggests the Frontier integration is beginning to deliver operating leverage. (Morningstar)
Organic growth is starting to emerge alongside the acquisition strategy. Q2 loan production reached a record $315 million, non-acquired markets grew loans at an annualised rate above 10%, and the loan pipeline rose 23% to $1.6 billion. (Exa)
The proposed Lincoln Bancorp merger would add 16 Iowa locations, $1.7 billion of assets and $1.5 billion of deposits, while management models it to add 5.1% to 2027 EPS. The deal would expand EQBK's Iowa platform and lift pro forma assets to about $9.1 billion. (Equity Bank, SEC filing)
Credit quality weakened after the Frontier transaction. Non-performing assets rose from 0.76% to 0.86% of total assets, with the increase primarily linked to inherited Frontier credits, while management still cites inflation, trade-policy disruption and monetary pressure in its loss assumptions. (Morningstar)
Balance-sheet growth remains uneven. Q2 loans fell by $22.6 million and deposits were flat, while brokered deposits rose to 8.0% of total deposits from 5.7% in the prior quarter, pointing to greater reliance on potentially less stable funding. (Morningstar)
Earnings could face pressure as acquisition benefits fade. Management expects the net interest margin to ease to roughly 4.25%-4.35% in the second half as purchase-accounting accretion burns down, while the pending Lincoln deal still needs approvals and system conversion is not expected until Q2 2027. (Morningstar, Equity Bank)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 17 Sept 2026.
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Funds containing Equity Bank
AllEURUSDGBP
Fund name | Fund size | $EQBK weighting |
|---|---|---|
SPDR Russell 2000 US Small Cap€R2US | €4.8B | 0.04% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap$WSML | $9B | 0.01% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap€IUSN | €7.8B | 0.01% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap£WLDS | £6.7B | 0.01% |
SPDR MSCI All Country World IM€SPYI | €7.5B | 0.00% |
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