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Equity Bancshares, Inc. was the recipient of a large increase in short interest during December, with 84,000 shares sold short, representing an increase of 22.3%. The short-interest ratio is currently 1.9 days, with 0.6% of the company’s shares sold short.

NASDQA:EQBK traded down $0.41 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $33.90. The company has a market cap of $522.40 million, a P/E ratio of 11.19, and a beta of 0.77. Equity Bancshares last reported quarterly earnings of $0.80 per share.

Equity Bancshares announced a quarterly dividend of $0.24 per share, and the company is set to post 3.04 earnings per share for the current year.

Director James S. Loving recently acquired 2,000 shares of Equity Bancshares stock, contributing to the 8.00% of the stock currently owned by insiders.

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in EQBK, with institutional investors and hedge funds now owning 62.01% of the company’s stock.

Equities research analysts on Wall Street have provided a “hold” rating for Equity Bancshares, and the company has recently received an increased target price.

Equity Bancshares, Inc. provides a range of banking, mortgage banking, and financial services to individual and corporate customers.

MarketBeat has identified a list of stocks that top analysts are recommending, none of which include Equity Bancshares.



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