Are Bank OZK (OZK) stocks a prudent buy?

Bank OZK [OZK] stock is trading at $50.93, up 0.12%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The OZK shares have gain 12.33% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 16.20%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Bank OZK [NASDAQ: OZK] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 21, 2025, when Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to a Equal Weight and also boosted its price target to $48 from $40. On September 17, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Mkt Perform. Citigroup downgraded its rating to a Sell and decreased its price target to $37 on May 29, 2024. UBS downgraded its rating to a Neutral. Raymond James upgraded its rating to Outperform for this stock on January 05, 2024, but kept the price target unchanged to $58. In a note dated January 05, 2024, Wells Fargo downgraded an Underweight rating on this stock but restated the target price of $41.

Bank OZK [OZK] stock has fluctuated between $37.43 and $51.50 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $57 within the next 12 months. Bank OZK [NASDAQ: OZK] shares were valued at $50.93 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 11.92% based on the average OZK price forecast.

Analyzing the OZK fundamentals

Bank OZK [NASDAQ:OZK] reported sales of 2.77B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 8.26%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 1.0% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.17%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.34%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.26%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.13 and Total Capital is 0.02. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.11.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 50.39 points at the first support level, and at 49.85 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 51.41, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 51.89.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Bank OZK’s Current Ratio is 0.80. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.08, the price to book ratio is 1.08 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 8.29.

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