Live Oak Bancshares
About: Live Oak Bancshares Inc operates as the bank holding company for the Live Oak Banking Company. The company specializes in lending and deposit-related services to small businesses nationwide. The company identifies and extends lending to credit-worthy borrowers both within specific industries, also called verticals, through expertise within those industries, and more broadly to select borrowers outside of those industries. A portion of the loans originated by the Bank are partially guaranteed by the Small Business Administration under the 7(a) Loan Program and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Energy for America Program, Water and Environmental Program, Business and Industry and Community Facilities loan programs.
Employees: 999
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
552% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $3.21M | Put options by funds: $492K
63% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 31 | Existing positions closed: 19
34% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $1.05B [Q2] → $1.41B (+$359M) [Q3]
10% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 66 | Existing positions reduced: 60
6% more funds holding
Funds holding: 197 [Q2] → 209 (+12) [Q3]
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 2 [Q2] → 2 (+0) [Q3]
0.28% less ownership
Funds ownership: 66.23% [Q2] → 65.95% (-0.28%) [Q3]
Research analyst outlook
2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
2 analyst ratings
Truist Securities Brandon King 80% 1-year accuracy 44 / 55 met price target | 16%upside $46 | Buy Maintained | 28 Oct 2024 |
Piper Sandler Crispin Love 46% 1-year accuracy 13 / 28 met price target | 11%upside $44 | Neutral Maintained | 25 Oct 2024 |