Bank OZK (OZK) Stock Analysis
Financial Services · Banks - Regional
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $47.32 — A.R:R is negative (-0.8) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.5).
Bank OZK operates as a full-service Arkansas state-chartered bank that provides retail and commercial banking services. The company provides deposit services, including non-interest-bearing checking, interest bearing transaction, business sweep, savings, money market, individual... Read more
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $47.32 — A.R:R is negative (-0.8) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.5). Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Score 5.0/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/9 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 58d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: moderate.
Recent Developments — Bank OZK
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- Bank OZK Misses Estimates as Q1 Profit Slips and Expenses Rise - Arkansas Business — Arkansas Business negative
- Bank OZK (OZK) Reports Q1 Earnings, EPS Beats Expectations - GuruFocus — GuruFocus positive
- Bank OZK posts a first-quarter profit of $159.3M - The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette — The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette positive
- Bank OZK posts a first-quarter profit of $159.3M - Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette — Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette positive
- Bank OZK net income dips in the first quarter, revenue rises - Talk Business & Politics — Talk Business & Politics neutral
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Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $47.32 — A.R:R is negative (-0.8) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.5). Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Prior stop was $45.18. Score 5.0/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $48.52 (+2.5% upside). Prior stop was $45.18. Stop-loss: $45.18.
Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.5); Consecutive earnings misses (2).
Bank OZK trades at a P/E of 7.7 (forward 7.4). TrendMatrix value score: 7.2/10. Verdict: Sell.
14 analysts cover OZK with a consensus score of 3.5/5. Average price target: $52.
What does Bank OZK do?Bank OZK operates as a full-service Arkansas state-chartered bank that provides retail and commercial banking services....
Bank OZK operates as a full-service Arkansas state-chartered bank that provides retail and commercial banking services. The company provides deposit services, including non-interest-bearing checking, interest bearing transaction, business sweep, savings, money market, individual retirement, and other accounts, as well as time and reciprocal deposits. It offers trust and wealth services, such as personal trusts, custodial accounts, investment management accounts, and retirement accounts; corporate trust services that include trustee, paying agent and registered transfer agent services, and other related services; and treasury management services, which include automated clearing house, wire transfer, current and prior day transaction reporting, wholesale lockbox, remote deposit capture, automated credit line transfer, reconciliation, positive pay, commercial card, and other services, as well as zero balance and investment sweep accounts. In addition, the company provides real estate, consumer, small business, indirect recreational vehicle and marine, equipment, agricultural, commercial and industrial, government guaranteed, lines of credit, homebuilder, and housing loans; lender and structured, business aviation, and subscription financing services; and mortgage and other lending products. 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.