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Equity Bancshares, Inc. (EQBK)

Financial Services | Banks - Regional | Wichita, United States | NYSE
45.99 USD +0.92 (2.041%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4:01 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 45.99

Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★☆☆
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 1:08 a.m. EDT

Equity Bancshares is currently a defensive hold rather than a momentum play. While the dividend yield is reliably expanding (progressing from $0.12 to $0.18 in four quarters), the stock momentum is absent. The -1.2% forecasted directional change and Ljung-Box p-value indicating non-independence suggest the price is 'stuck' waiting for catalysts. The slight call buying at $45 aligns with the stock hovering near its 50-day average ($45.21), but without significant volume confirmation, this sets up for a 'wait-and-see' approach until clearer technical breakouts occur.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.021723
AutoARIMA0.021723
MSTL0.022249
AutoTheta0.027085

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 78%
H-stat 1.05
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.368
Excess Kurtosis -1.03
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-03-30
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-30
Revenue per Share 11.489
Market Cap 965,428,544
Trailing P/E 38.97
Forward P/E 8.73
Beta 0.85
Profit Margins 11.19%
Website https://www.equitybank.com

As of April 19, 2026, 1:08 a.m. EDT: Options flow shows minimal speculative positioning in short-dated calls (near term expiration shows negligible volume). In slightly longer-dated calls (July 2026), there is new buying activity ($9 volume vs $1 OI) at the $45 ATM strike, suggesting a neutral-to-slightly-bullish baseline support. Conversely, put activity is slightly elevated with higher volume than Open Interest at the $45 ATM strike (12 vol vs 0 OI), though a significant portion of put OI is deep ITM (35 and 20 strikes), indicating hedge positions rather than directional short bets. IV levels are extremely low (0.02-0.61), indicating a stagnant market with little pricing in of volatility events.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.41% 1.63% 1.60%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-31 0.18 0.405314
2025-12-31 0.18 0.404790
2025-09-30 0.18 0.445864
2025-06-30 0.15 0.372273
2025-03-31 0.15 0.386908
2024-12-31 0.15 0.360733
2024-09-30 0.15 0.375646
2024-06-28 0.12 0.350304
2024-03-27 0.12 0.363096
2023-12-28 0.12 0.361975
2023-09-28 0.12 0.518629
2023-06-29 0.10 0.451450
2023-03-30 0.10 0.438981
2022-12-29 0.10 0.321590
2022-09-29 0.10 0.355266
2022-06-29 0.08 0.290239
2022-03-30 0.08 0.263745
2021-12-30 0.08 0.251728
2021-09-29 0.08 0.249448
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.72
dividendYield 1.57
exDividendDate 2026-03-31
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.69
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.015309518
lastDividendValue 0.18
lastDividendDate 2026-03-31
dividendDate 2026-04-15

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.25279212
Address1 7,701 East Kellogg Drive
Address2 Suite 300
All Time High 50.85
All Time Low 12.49
Ask 47.45
Ask Size 1,200
Audit Risk 8
Average Analyst Rating 2.4 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 133,700
Average Daily Volume3 Month 120,421
Average Volume 120,421
Average Volume10Days 133,700
Beta 0.85
Bid 18.23
Bid Size 300
Board Risk 9
Book Value 39.371
City Wichita
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 9
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 45.99
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 46.28
Day Low 45.41
Display Name Equity Bancshares
Dividend Date 1,776,211,200
Dividend Rate 0.72
Dividend Yield 1.57
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,776,261,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,776,261,600
Earnings Growth -0.059
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.128
Earnings Timestamp 1,776,196,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,783,972,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,783,972,800
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 3.97
Enterprise Value 874,910,400
Eps Current Year 4.972
Eps Forward 5.266
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.18
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,774,915,200
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 45.183
Fifty Day Average Change 0.807003
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.017860767
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 25.279213
Fifty Two Week High 50.07
Fifty Two Week High Change -4.079998
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.08148588
Fifty Two Week Low 35.92
Fifty Two Week Low Change 10.0700035
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.28034532
Fifty Two Week Range 35.92 - 50.07
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,447,252,200,000
Float Shares 16,644,977
Forward Eps 5.266
Forward P E 8.733385
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 909
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.0
Gross Profits 220,396,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.13763
Held Percent Institutions 0.64341
Implied Shares Outstanding 20,992,140
Industry Banks - Regional
Industry Disp Banks - Regional
Industry Key banks-regional
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,774,915,200
Last Dividend Value 0.18
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Equity Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Equity Bank that provides a range of banking, mortgage banking, and financial services to individual and corporate customers. It accepts demand, savings, money market, and time deposits. The company's loan products include commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, commercial lines of credit, working capital, term, equipment and aircraft financing, acquisition, expansion and development, borrowing base, real estate construction, government guaranteed, letter of credit, and other loan products. It also provides loans for 1 – 4 family residential mortgages, agricultural, consumer, residential real estate mortgage, and agricultural real estate and production loans. In addition, the company offers debit and credit cards; insurance brokerage; trust and wealth management; online banking solutions, such as access to account balances, online transfers, online bill payment, and electronic delivery of customer statements; mobile banking solutions comprising remote check deposits with mobile bill pay; night depository; direct deposit; cashier's and travelers checks; letters of credit; and ITMs and ATMs. Further, it provides cash management deposit products, such as lockbox, remote deposit capture, positive pay, reverse positive pay, account reconciliation services, zero balance accounts, and sweep accounts; and banking services through telephone, mail, and personal appointments. Additionally, the company offers treasury management services, including balance reporting, transfers between accounts, wire transfer initiation, automated clearing house origination, and stop payments. It operates in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Equity Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Wichita, Kansas.
Long Name Equity Bancshares, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 965,428,544
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_47395004
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 24,651,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 955,075,387
Number Of Analyst Opinions 5
Open 45.56
Operating Margins 0.39816
Overall Risk 8
Payout Ratio 0.5847
Peg Ratio 1.69
Phone 316 612 6000
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 45.99
Post Market Time 1,776,464,521
Previous Close 45.07
Price Eps Current Year 9.249799
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.1681187
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 4.380427
Profit Margins 0.11185
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.4
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.920002
Regular Market Change Percent 2.04127
Regular Market Day High 46.28
Regular Market Day Low 45.41
Regular Market Day Range 45.41 - 46.28
Regular Market Open 45.56
Regular Market Previous Close 45.07
Regular Market Price 45.99
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,078
Regular Market Volume 100,339
Return On Assets 0.0037599998
Return On Equity 0.034360003
Revenue Growth 0.33
Revenue Per Share 11.489
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 20,767,023
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0257
Shares Short 539,755
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 391,051
Short Name Equity Bancshares, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0298
Short Ratio 4.39
Source Interval 15
State KS
Symbol EQBK
Target High Price 58.0
Target Low Price 47.0
Target Mean Price 51.6
Target Median Price 52.0
Total Cash 565,097,024
Total Cash Per Share 27.211
Total Debt 484,932,000
Total Revenue 220,396,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.69
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.015309518
Trailing Eps 1.18
Trailing P E 38.97458
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 43.0561
Two Hundred Day Average Change 2.9339027
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.0681414
Type Disp Equity
Volume 100,339
Website https://www.equitybank.com
Zip 67,207