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Bank OZK shares rallied 10% after strong quarterly results, driven by robust asset growth and stable credit quality despite high CRE exposure. OZK's deposit growth remains strong, with 78% insured or collateralized, and funding costs expected to decline, benefiting net interest margin. Exceptional loan growth and conservative underwriting have buoyed credit quality, with significant reserves and low nonperforming loan ratios.

Bank OZK (NASDAQ:OZK ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call January 17, 2025 11:00 AM ET Company Participants Jay Staley - Managing Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Development George Gleason - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jake Munn - President, Corporate and Institutional Banking Brannon Hamblen - President Tim Hicks - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Stephen Scouten - Piper Sandler Catherine Mealor - KBW Manan Gosalia - Morgan Stanley Matt Olney - Stephens Nicholas Holowko - UBS Michael Rose - Raymond James Brian Martin - Janney Montgomery Scott Operator Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Bank OZK Fourth Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call.

OZK's fourth-quarter 2024 earnings top estimates on higher NII and lower provisions and expenses. Yet, lower non-interest income and high funding costs are woes.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Bank OZK (OZK) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended December 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Bank OZK (OZK) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.56 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.45 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.50 per share a year ago.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bank OZK (the “Bank”) (Nasdaq: OZK) today announced that net income available to common stockholders for the fourth quarter of 2024 was $178.1 million, its ninth consecutive quarterly record and a 4.1% increase from $171.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2023. For the full year of 2024, net income available to common stockholders was a record $700.3 million, a 3.8% increase from $674.6 million for the full year of 2023.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bank OZK's (the “Bank”) (Nasdaq: OZK) fourth quarter and full year 2024 management comments are now available on the Bank's investor relations website https://ir.ozk.com.

Evaluate the expected performance of Bank OZK (OZK) for the quarter ended December 2024, looking beyond the conventional Wall Street top-and-bottom-line estimates and examining some of its key metrics for better insight.

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Bank OZK (OZK) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.