How to buy Bank OZK stock | 21.56

Bank OZK is a banks—regional business based in the US. Bank OZK shares (OZK) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Bank OZK employs 2,803 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$760 million.

How to buy shares in Bank OZK

1. Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Bank OZK. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: OZK. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Bank OZK reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$21.56, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Bank OZK, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Bank OZK. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

How has coronavirus impacted Bank OZK's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Bank OZK's share price has had significant negative movement.

Its last market close was USD$21.56, which is 22.64% down on its pre-crash value of USD$27.87 and 51.83% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$14.2.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Bank OZK shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$602.33 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$792.33.

Bank OZK share price

Use our graph to track the performance of OZK stocks over time.

Bank OZK shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-14.

Latest market close	USD$21.56
52-week range	USD$14.2 - USD$31.76
50-day moving average	USD$22.3034
200-day moving average	USD$22.3036
Wall St. target price	USD$27.9
PE ratio	11.0194
Dividend yield	USD$1.1 (4.94%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$2.067

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Is it a good time to buy Bank OZK stock?

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Bank OZK price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $21.56 from 2020-10-16

1 week (2020-10-22)	-10.47%
1 month (2020-09-29)	0.37%
3 months (2020-07-29)	-12.75%
6 months (2020-04-29)	-5.93%

1 year (2019-10-29)	-26.79%
2 years (2018-10-29)	-18.12%
3 years (2017-10-27)	-54.36%
5 years (2015-10-29)	-57.81%

Is Bank OZK under- or over-valued?

Valuing Bank OZK stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Bank OZK's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Bank OZK's P/E ratio

Bank OZK's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 11x. In other words, Bank OZK shares trade at around 11x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Bank OZK financials

Revenue TTM	USD$760 million
Operating margin TTM	46.09%
Gross profit TTM	USD$962.3 million
Return on assets TTM	1.08%
Return on equity TTM	6.58%
Profit margin	35.11%
Book value	$31.779
Market capitalisation	USD$2.8 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Bank OZK shares

There are currently 10.9 million Bank OZK shares held short by investors – that's known as Bank OZK's "short interest". This figure is 2.5% up from 10.6 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Bank OZK shares can be evaluated.

Bank OZK's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Bank OZK's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Bank OZK shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Bank OZK shares traded daily (recently around 769321.36812412). Bank OZK's SIR currently stands at 14.18. In other words for every 100,000 Bank OZK shares traded daily on the market, roughly 14180 shares are currently held short.

However Bank OZK's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Bank OZK shares, or, against the total number of tradable Bank OZK shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Bank OZK's short interest could be expressed as 0.08% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Bank OZK shares in existence, roughly 80 shares are currently held short) or 0.0898% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Bank OZK shares, roughly 90 shares are currently held short).

A SIR above 10% would generally be considered pretty high, pointing to a potentially pessimistic outlook for the share price and a discouraging interest in betting against Bank OZK.

Find out more about how you can short Bank OZK stock.

Bank OZK share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 52.05% of net profits

Recently Bank OZK has paid out, on average, around 52.05% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 4.94% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Bank OZK shareholders could enjoy a 4.94% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Bank OZK's case, that would currently equate to about $1.1 per share.

Bank OZK's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Bank OZK's most recent dividend payout was on 19 October 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 8 October 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Bank OZK's shares ever split?

Bank OZK's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 24 June 2014. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Bank OZK shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Bank OZK shares which in turn could have impacted Bank OZK's share price.

Bank OZK share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Bank OZK's shares have ranged in value from as little as $14.2 up to $31.76. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Bank OZK's is 1.9978. This would suggest that Bank OZK's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Bank OZK overview

Bank OZK provides various retail and commercial banking services. The company 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. It also offers real estate, consumer and small business, indirect consumer RV and marine, commercial and industrial, government guaranteed, agricultural, homebuilder, and affordable housing loans; business aviation and subscription financing services; and mortgage and other lending products. The company also provides trust and wealth services, such as personal trusts, custodial accounts, investment management accounts, retirement accounts, and corporate trust services. In addition, it offers 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. Further, the company is involved in the provision of real estate appraisals; 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 June 30, 2020, it operated approximately 250 offices in Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Alabama, South 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.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Bank OZK is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 6.198% of Bank OZK shares are held by insiders and 87.634% by institutions.

• How many people work for Bank OZK?

  Latest data suggests 2,803 work at Bank OZK.

• When does the fiscal year end for Bank OZK?

  Bank OZK's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Bank OZK based?

  Bank OZK's address is: 18000 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, AR, United States, 72223

• What is Bank OZK's CUSIP number?

  Bank OZK's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 063904106