The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Live Oak Bancshares Inc shares valued at $100,499 were purchased by LUCHT DAVID G on Aug 18 ’25. At $25.12 per share, LUCHT DAVID G acquired 4,000 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 4,000 shares worth approximately $0.15 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Cameron William Henderson purchased 5,000 shares, netting a total of over 130,500 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $26.10 each, the insider now holds 16,904 shares.
Before that, Cameron William Henderson had added 5,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $129,610, the Director bought Live Oak Bancshares Inc shares for $25.92 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 5,000 shares, worth approximately $0.44 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Cantor Fitzgerald on September 10, 2025, Live Oak Bancshares Inc [LOB] has been a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $42. Analysts at Keefe Bruyette upgraded the stock from ‘”a Mkt perform”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid August. As of October 05, 2023, JP Morgan has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “an Overweight” for LOB. Earlier on April 28, 2023, JP Morgan upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for LOB stock which previously was a “an Underweight”.
Analyzing LOB Stock Performance
On last trading session, Live Oak Bancshares Inc [NYSE: LOB] rose 2.34% to $37.25. The stock’s lowest price that day was $36.55, but it reached a high of $37.65 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.70%. Over the course of the year, Live Oak Bancshares Inc shares have dropped approximately -20.41%.
Is Live Oak Bancshares Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Live Oak Bancshares Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-08-29 dropping by 17556.0 shares to 1.57 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 1.59 million shares. A decline of -1.12% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.74 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 5.74.
Which companies own the most shares of Live Oak Bancshares Inc (LOB)?
In terms of Live Oak Bancshares Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 42 in the next 12 months, up nearly 15.38% from the previous closing price of $36.4. Analysts anticipate Live Oak Bancshares Inc stock to reach 42 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 42. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked Live Oak Bancshares Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025.
