Dragon Claws/iStock via Getty Images Written by Sam Kovacs. Bank OZK (NASDAQ:OZK) is a financial institution which we have always liked a lot because of their unusual strategy: double down on real estate loans, which is their absolute specialty. So far, they've done an impressive job, with fewer losses, better spreads, and increasing dividends every single quarter for a while, as you can see on the DFT chart below. OZK DFT Chart (Dividend Freedom Tribe) Not that the market has cared much, as during the past ...

One Wall Street analyst is sounding the alarm on two high-profile loans. A Wall Street analyst has lowered his rating on Bank OZK (OZK -14.67%) to sell from buy due to concerns about some of the bank's largest loans. Investors are heeding the alarm, sending shares of Bank OZK down 16% as of noon ET. Big projects, big risk Bank OZK, formerly known as Bank of the Ozarks, operates from 228 branches spread across five Southeastern states. Is Bank OZK a buy following the downgrade? Bank OZK's loan book has held ...

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Yes, Brian, on your provision question, as we mentioned earlier in the call, rates being higher for longer, certainly good from us, from an earnings perspective and our trajectory of net interest income. But could put some pressure on some of our borrowers as rates stay higher for longer, which is why you continue to see the build that we had in the quarter. As rates come down, obviously, that puts less pressure on the interest costs of some of our borrowers. And so I would anticipate a lower level of provi ...

Jay Staley - Director, Investor Relations and Corporate Development George Gleason - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brannon Hamblen - President Tim Hicks - Chief Financial Officer Cindy Wolfe - Chief Operating Officer Operator Good morning. I am Jay Staley, Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Development for Bank OZK. Thank you for joining our call this morning and participating in our question-and-answer session. Question-and-Answer Session Company Participants Stephen Scouten - Piper Sandle ...

Jay Staley - Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Development George Gleason - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brannon Hamblen - President Tim Hicks - Chief Financial Officer Cindy Wolfe - Chief Operating Officer Conference Call Participants Stephen Scouten - Piper Sandler Companies Manan Gosalia - Morgan Stanley Timur Braziler - Wells Fargo Securities Catherine Mealor - KBW Matt Olney - Stephens Brian Martin - Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Brody Preston - UBS Operator Good day, and thank you for ...

Bank OZK (NASDAQ:OZK) Q2 2023 Earnings Conference Call July 21, 2023 11:00 AM ET Company Participants Jay Staley - Investor Relations George Gleason - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brannon Hamblen - President Tim Hicks - Chief Financial Officer Cindy Wolfe - Chief Operating Officer Conference Call Participants Stephen Scouten - Piper Sandler Matt Olney - Stephens Manan Gosalia - Morgan Stanley Catherine Mealor - KBW Timur Braziler - Wells Fargo Michael Rose - Raymond James Brian Martin - Janney Montg ...

Catherine Mealor Okay. Great. And it seems like you still feel like you have capacity in your branch network to grow your funding through core CDs, not having to really tap the brokered market yet, even if your loan growth kind of continues at this $1 billion, $1.5 billion per quarter pace, is that a fair conclusion from what you were saying earlier? Cindy Wolfe It is there. We -- if you look at our branches in the aggregate, now we're in a lot of small markets as well as metro markets. So the nature of our ...

Company Participants Conference Call Participants Operator I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Jay Staley. Please go ahead. Good morning. I am Jay Staley, Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Development for Bank OZK. Thank you for joining our call this morning and participating in our question-and-answer session. Joining me on the call to take your questions are George Gleason, Chairman and CEO; Brandon Hamlin, President; Tim Hicks, Chief Financial Officer; and Cindy ...

Bank OZK (NASDAQ:OZK) Q3 2022 Earnings Conference Call October 21, 2022 11:00 AM ET Company Participants Jay Staley - Director of IR & Corporate Development George Gleason - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Cindy Wolfe - Chief Operating Officer Brannon Hamblen - President Tim Hicks - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Stephen Scouten - Piper Sandler Timur Braziler - Wells Fargo Catherine Mealor - KBW Matt Olney - Stephens Jennifer Demba - Truist Brian Martin - Janney Operator Ladies and ...