Live Oak Bancshares (LOB)

• Market cap: $1.47B
• 1 day: -2.81%
• 5 days: -1.17%
• 1 month: 7.79%
• 3 months: 22.88%
• 6 months: -9.37%
• Year to date: -16.66%
• 1 year: -28.08%
• 5 years: 85.34%
• 10 years: 59.40%
• Sector: Financials
• Industry: Banks - Regional

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: 1,025

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

201% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.47M | Put options by funds: $490K

77% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 85 | Existing positions reduced: 48

26% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 43 | Existing positions closed: 34

3% more funds holding

Funds holding: 215 [Q4 2024] → 221 (+6) [Q1 2025]

1.17% less ownership

Funds ownership: 67.15% [Q4 2024] → 65.98% (-1.17%) [Q1 2025]

33% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $1.2B [Q4 2024] → $802M (-$399M) [Q1 2025]

100% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 [Q4 2024] → 0 (-2) [Q1 2025]

Research analyst outlook

1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $37 15% upside
• Avg. target: $37 15% upside
• High target: $37 15% upside

1 analyst rating

• positive: 0 0%
• neutral: 1 100%
• negative: 0 0%

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Timothy Switzer

15% upside $37

Market Perform Reiterated

25 Jul 2025