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Equity Bancshares, Inc. Class AEQBKCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Regional Banks
Momentum neutral 58
Mkt cap
$1.00B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
81%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$7.10M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.23×
price to book
ROE
12.1%
delivered
Implied ROE
10.4%
what the price asks
Next earnings
82 days
27 Jan 2027
Close · USD$48.71
1D-0.2%
1W+0.1%
1M+2.6%
3M-3.9%
6M+6.6%
YTD+9.1%
1Y+17.6%
ATR %2.5%
Beta0.28
52w lowhigh6.8% off high

What Equity Bancshares does

Employees: 909

Equity Bancshares at a glance

Size Equity Bancshares (EQBK) is a United States Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $1.00B, the 2242nd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $48.71 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 6.6%, against +9.8% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 52.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +9.4%); the operating margin is 38.9% (peer median 36.5%).

Valuation It trades at 1.23× book value against a peer median of 1.17× (10th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 10.4%; Equity Bancshares delivers 12.1%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Short interest Short interest is 2.9% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 27 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 111EQBK 108
Six months, rebased to 100: Equity Bancshares against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Equity Bancshares financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$453M$313M$341M$227M$221M
Revenue growth—-8%+50%+3%—
Net income$92.3M$22.7M$62.6M$7.82M$57.7M
Free cash flown/a$38.5M$62.4M$60.9M$66.0M
Capital expendituren/a$13.3M$68.5M$15.6M$3.48M
Total debt$547M$452M$328M$403M$302M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Equity Bancshares competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+20%+40%-20%0%+20%SBSIEGBNCPFMCBSBFSTAKTIAMBWM6190CCNE7322NBNFSBC2849UVSPNBBK71848600EQBK6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Equity Bancshares is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

5%10%15%10×1.50×SBSIEGBNCPFMCBSBFSTFRBTHAFCAKTIAMBWM6190CCNEHBNC7322NBNFSBCNBBK71848600EQBKReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Equity Bancshares is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

5%10%15%20%10%20%SBSIEGBNCPFMCBSBFSTHAFCAKTIAMBWM6190CCNEHBNC7322NBN2849NBBK8600EQBKROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Equity Bancshares is the large dot.

Equity Bancshares competitors and peer comparison

How Equity Bancshares compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Equity Bancshares against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureEQBKPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+2.6%+3.6%10th lowest of 21
6-month return+6.6%+9.8%8th lowest of 20
Return on equity12.1%10.8%8th highest of 21
Price / book1.23×1.17×10th most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E10.8×11.7×9th cheapest of 21
ROE the price implies10.4%9.0%7th most demanding of 21
ROE delivered12.1%10.2%8th highest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Equity Bancshares EQBKUnited States$1.00B+7%+53%12%1.23×10.4%12.1%
Southside Bancshares SBSIUnited States$1.01B+2%+9%12%1.54×10.1%11.8%
Eagle Bancorp EGBNUnited States$1.03B+28%-11%5%0.89×9.0%4.7%
Central Pacific Financial CPFUnited States$974M+10%+4%15%1.68×13.2%14.9%
MetroCity Bankshares MCBSUnited States$1.04B+10%+25%17%1.78×12.2%16.9%
Business First Bancshares BFSTUnited States$1.04B+16%+7%10%1.02×8.6%10.1%
Forbright FRBTUnited States$1.04Bn/a+11%11%1.01×6.4%n/a
Hanmi Financial HAFCUnited States$964M+8%+3%11%1.19×9.4%11.4%
Aktia Bank AKTIA.HEFinland$963M+3%+1%2%1.32×7.6%1.8%
Mercantile Bank MBWMUnited States$1.05B+16%+5%14%1.41×11.5%13.6%
Bank of Jiujiang 6190.HKHong Kong$1.06B+55%-2%1%0.20×3.5%1.5%
CNB Financial CCNEUnited States$1.06B+15%+26%13%1.24×9.0%13.2%
Horizon Bancorp HBNCUnited States$1.07B+13%+424%16%1.52×12.0%15.7%
San ju San Financial 7322.TJapan$1.08B+1%+23%5%0.72×6.9%5.4%
Northeast Bank NBNUnited States$1.08B+1%+9%20%1.72×11.8%20.0%
Five Star Bancorp FSBCUnited States$1.08B+6%+18%15%1.75×10.4%14.8%
Entie Commercial Bank 2849.TWTaiwan$927M+14%+10%5%0.86×3.2%5.4%
Univest Financial UVSPUnited States$1.10B+4%+2%10%1.16×9.1%10.0%
NB Bancorp NBBKUnited States$902M+10%+36%8%1.13×6.8%8.4%
First Bank of Toyama 7184.TJapan$1.12B+10%+14%10%0.90×7.9%10.2%
TOMONY 8600.TJapan$1.13B+6%+12%6%0.60×4.5%5.9%

Questions

Which companies are Equity Bancshares's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), Business First Bancshares (BFST), Forbright (FRBT), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), Aktia Bank (AKTIA.HE).
Is Equity Bancshares expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.23× against a peer median of 1.17×, 10th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 10.4%; Equity Bancshares delivers 12.1%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has Equity Bancshares stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +6.6% against +9.8% for the median peer; over one year +17.6%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.