EQUITY BANCSHARES INC — Form 8-K
Filed October 14, 2026 · analyzed by the 8-K Agent
8-K
▲ Likely positive
significance 72/100
What the filing says
Equity Bancshares reported Q3 2026 net income of $26.8M ($1.29 diluted EPS) and core EPS of $1.40, with organic loan growth of 11.9% in legacy markets. Critically, the company announced a merger with Lincoln Bancorp (est. to close Q4 2026), which will add ~$1.5B in assets and expand into Iowa. Loan production reached record $379.3M (+20.3% QoQ); total loans $5.4B; deposits $6.2B. Nonperforming assets rose to 0.99% of total assets. Dividend increased 22% to $0.22/share; 711,369 shares repurchased YTD at $44.84 avg. price.
Why this rating
M&A adds ~22% to asset base; expands into Iowa (5.17% market share via Lincoln). Earnings accretive post-2027; meaningful but not transformational. Offset by rising credit costs and margin compression. Approval in process; execution risk present but manageable.
Tradability signal
NO TRADE
No trade: positive news with only +1.5% moved so far — good news prices in within seconds and long-side continuation has shown no measured edge (this cell: -0.49% over 4 hrs, n=199). (Filing arrived outside market hours — evaluated at the next open with a live quote.)
Derived from this site's own measured outcomes + live price/liquidity at analysis time. An experiment, not investment advice.
Price action (we called it positive)
before filing · preread $46.47 ▼ 1.45% | at our read · unknown $47.16 | +10 min · unknown $46.62 ▼ 1.13% | +30 min · unknown $47.13 ▼ 0.05% | +1 hr · unknown $47.28 ▲ 0.28% | +4 hrs · unknown $47.03 ▼ 0.27% |
The stock had already moved +1.47% between hitting EDGAR and our read finishing — deltas above are measured from our read.
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