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Bank OZK OZK

$46.71 +0.80% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $5.10B

Inexpensive vs sector

Next earnings report: Oct 20, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. The company holds net cash of $886.1M (cash above total debt).
  2. Revenue over the last four quarters was $2.77B, down 0.4% from a year earlier.
  3. The diluted share count fell 3.6% in a year, mainly through buybacks.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth29Very weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 25%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 28%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 34%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 19%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 42%
Quality64Neutral

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 46%
  • Gross marginBottom 30%
  • Operating marginTop 24%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 44%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 45%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 17%
  • Interest coverBottom 45%
Value93Exceptional

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 9%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 19%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 6%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 19%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 48%
Momentum23Very weak

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 24%
  • 6-month returnBottom 24%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 24%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 42%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 27%
Revisions30Weak

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 25%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 42%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 8%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 37%
Stability57Neutral

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 39%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 48%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 25%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 17%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)0.7%-0.4%↓
EPS growth (YoY)0.7%-1.8%↓
Gross margin54.5%56.0%↑
Operating margin33.6%32.3%↓
FCF margin26.9%27.5%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)-0.4%0.7%↓Bottom 25%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)-1.8%0.7%↓Bottom 28%
Gross margin56.0%54.5%↑Bottom 30%
Operating margin32.3%33.6%↓Top 24%
Net margin25.0%25.8%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin27.5%26.9%↑—
Return on invested capital1.7%—Top 46%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR26.7%—Top 19%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.25×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-0.4%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.4%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-3.7 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
-0.89×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
0.9×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
3.98%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
3.55%
Shareholder yield
7.52%
Share count change, 1 year
-3.6%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
-1.4%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jun 30, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
2
Beats in the last 8 reports
5 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
-1.0%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-0.8%
Positive 20 days after report
4 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$56.00
Target vs current price
+19.9%
Analysts with a rating
22
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
14%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 21, 2026+0.7%-1.3%-2.0%-0.6%—
Apr 21, 2026+0.7%-1.5%-2.1%-3.9%+7.8%
Jan 20, 2026-1.9%-1.4%-4.6%+2.1%-1.3%
Oct 16, 2025-3.6%-6.9%-9.9%-10.9%-5.0%
Jul 17, 2025+4.6%+1.4%+2.8%-1.0%+0.4%
Apr 16, 2025+4.3%+0.3%+6.9%+18.5%+33.9%
Jan 16, 2025+7.6%+0.3%+12.5%+16.4%-16.0%
Oct 17, 2024+0.0%+2.4%-4.2%+4.8%-3.6%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 21, 2026$1.49$1.48+0.7%$435.8M
Apr 21, 2026$1.44$1.43+0.7%$422.3M
Jan 20, 2026$1.53$1.56-1.9%$444.6M
Oct 16, 2025$1.59$1.65-3.6%$449.9M
Jul 17, 2025$1.58$1.51+4.6%$428.0M
Apr 16, 2025$1.47$1.41+4.3%$409.2M
Jan 16, 2025$1.56$1.45+7.6%$412.3M
Oct 17, 2024$1.54$1.54+0.0%$423.0M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)7.7×7.6×52thTop 9%
P/E (forward)8.1×———
EV / EBITDA4.2×——Top 6%
EV / Sales1.52×——Top 19%
Free-cash-flow yield14.95%——Top 19%
Earnings yield12.95%——Top 9%

P/E over the past five years

Range 6.3× – 10.5× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
-7.9%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
-1.8%
Change in P/E multiple
+12.7%

Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-2.6%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+0.3%
Distance from 50-day average
-5.6%
Distance from 200-day average
-3.7%
RSI (14)
38.7
Relative volume
0.92×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
18.7%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
0th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.93
Correlation with S&P 500
0.46
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-12.0%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-29.2%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Jan 7, 2022May 11, 2023-38.4%336 days150 days (Dec 14, 2023)
Feb 11, 2025Apr 8, 2025-29.2%39 days97 days (Aug 27, 2025)
Dec 14, 2023Jun 14, 2024-26.7%125 days160 days (Feb 5, 2025)
Aug 27, 2025Nov 17, 2025-19.8%57 daysNot yet recovered
Mar 12, 2021Apr 20, 2021-15.4%26 days128 days (Oct 20, 2021)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$5.10B
P/E (TTM)
7.7
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$6.05
Revenue (TTM)
$2.77B
Dividend yield
5.03%
52-week range
$42.37 – $53.39
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$1.19B$1.38B$2.25B$2.77B$2.81B
Gross profit$1.18B$1.17B$1.40B$1.48B$1.56B
Operating income$752.9M$721.5M$867.0M$931.3M$934.3M
Net income$579.0M$564.1M$690.8M$716.5M$715.5M
EPS (diluted)$4.47$4.54$5.87$6.14$6.17
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$715.7M$695.6M$670.5M$699.6M$731.1M$704.6M$661.5M$672.9M
Net income$181.2M$182.2M$172.0M$183.0M$184.6M$176.0M$163.4M$167.4M
EPS (diluted)$1.55$1.56$1.47$1.58$1.59$1.53$1.44$1.49
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$528.2M$764.9M$881.6M$834.5M$837.7M
Capital expenditure-$33.9M-$29.9M-$29.1M-$95.6M-$106.0M
Free cash flow$494.3M$735.1M$852.4M$738.8M$731.7M
Dividends paid-$146.5M-$152.2M-$163.0M-$179.5M-$196.8M
Net share buybacks-$188.2M-$355.5M-$160.1M-$8.5M-$151.3M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$1.55B
Total assets
$41.70B
Total liabilities
$35.43B
Total debt
$668.2M
Net debt
-$886.1M
Shareholders’ equity
$6.28B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jun 30, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Oct 13, 2026$0.49Oct 20, 2026
Jul 13, 2026$0.48Jul 20, 2026
Apr 13, 2026$0.47Apr 20, 2026
Jan 13, 2026$0.46Jan 20, 2026
Oct 14, 2025$0.45Oct 21, 2025
Jul 11, 2025$0.44Jul 18, 2025
Apr 14, 2025$0.43Apr 21, 2025
Jan 14, 2025$0.42Jan 21, 2025

Short interest

Shares sold short
16,512,969
Days to cover
17.60
Change vs previous report
+1.9%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Jun 24, 2014
2-for-1
Aug 17, 2011
2-for-1
Dec 11, 2003
2-for-1
Jun 18, 2002
2-for-1