Financial Services
Equity Bancshares, Inc.(EQBK)
Live Price
Offline$46.60
+0.24% today
1Y Change
+17.06%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $970.00M
- Revenue Growth
- -3.8%
- EPS Growth
- -69.3%
- Dividend Yield
- 1.5%
Coverage: 247 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Equity Bancshares, Inc. (EQBK) is a Financial Services stock with a market cap of $970.00M and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $46.60 and up 17.1% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -3.8%, EPS growth of -69.3%, a dividend yield of 1.5%. What stands out right now is revenue -3.8%, EPS -69.3%, free cash flow -41.7% with operating margin 10.4% and ROIC 2.2%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.5%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 35.6 and price/sales 2.8. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines EQBK price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Financial Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-3.8% vs +3.4% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+10.4% vs +4.7% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 14, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -3.8% and EPS is at -69.3%, with operating margin around 10.4%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 1.5%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -4.8% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 0 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 14, 2026 | โ | -2.5% | -3.5% | -3.1% |
2026 Jan 21, 2026 | +3.3% | -0.2% | -7.8% | -6.8% |
2025 Oct 14, 2025 | +22.2% | -1.8% | -3.1% | -0.0% |
Benchmark Edge
EQBK vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
EQBK
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
EQBK Max Drawdown
-17.02%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for EQBK and SPY.
Company Overview
Equity Bancshares, Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
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. The company accepts various demand, savings, money market, and time deposits. Its loan products include commercial and industrial, commercial real estate-backed, commercial lines of credit, working capital, term, equipment financing, acquisition, expansion and development, borrowing base, real estate construction, homebuilder, agricultural, government guaranteed, and other loan products to national and regional companies, restaurant franchisees, hoteliers, real estate developers, manufacturing and industrial companies, agribusiness companies, and other businesses. The company's loan products also comprise various consumer loans to individuals and professionals, including residential real estate loans, home equity loans and lines of credit, installment loans, unsecured and secured personal lines of credit, overdraft protection, and letters of credit. It also provides debit cards; 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; ATMs; and treasury management, wire transfer, automated clearing house, and stop payment services. In addition, the company offers cash management deposit products, such as lockbox, remote deposit capture, positive pay, reverse positive pay, account reconciliation services, zero balance accounts, and sweep accounts, as well as banking services through telephone, mail, and personal appointments. As of December 31, 2021, it operated a network of 69 branches in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Wichita, Kansas.
- Leadership
- Brad S. Elliott
- IPO Date
- Nov 11, 2015
- Employees
- 810
- Street Address
- 7701 East Kellogg Drive
- Mailing
- Wichita, KS, 67207
- Region
- Wichita, KS, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 316 612 6000
- Last Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 35.6
- EV/EBITDA
- 10.3
- Price/Sales
- 2.8
- Price/Book
- 1.1
Growth
- Revenue
- -3.8%
- EPS
- -69.3%
- Free Cash Flow
- -41.7%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 51.3%
- Operating Margin
- 10.4%
- Net Margin
- 7.1%
- ROE
- 3.4%
- ROIC
- 2.2%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.59
- Current Ratio
- 0.26
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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