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Bank OZK delivered record Q2 earnings and robust loan growth, with deposits and loans both rising significantly, outpacing sector peers. Prudent underwriting and strong reserve coverage support manageable credit costs, despite commercial real estate exposure, and loan quality remains sound. OZK is diversifying its loan book away from real estate, maintaining a solid capital position, and rewarding shareholders with buybacks and a growing dividend.

Bank OZK (NASDAQ:OZK ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call July 18, 2025 8:30 AM ET Company Participants h - Corporate Participant e - Corporate Participant v - Corporate Participant Cynthia Wolfe - Chief Operating Officer George G. Gleason - Chairman & CEO Jake Munn - President of Corporate & Institutional Banking Jay Staley - Corporate Participant Paschall Brannon Hamblen - President Tim Hicks - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Brian Joseph Martin - Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Research Division Catherine Fitzhugh Summerson Mealor - Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods, Inc., Research Division Manan Gosalia - Morgan Stanley, Research Division Matthew Covington Olney - Stephens Inc., Research Division Michael Edward Rose - Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Research Division Nicholas Joseph Holowko - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division ts r - Unidentified Company ser - Unidentified Company ed.

OZK stock rises 1.5% after Q2 earnings top estimates, fueled by higher fee income, NII and loan growth.

Bank OZK is a U.S. regional bank focused on real estate financing, with net interest income accounting for 93% of Q2 2025 revenues. Despite weakness in the net interest margin Y/Y, the bank managed to post a modest increase in quarterly EPS in Q2 2025. Considering the 1% in Fed rate cuts priced in by July 2026, EPS growth will likely remain muted in the near term.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Bank OZK (OZK) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bank OZK (the “Bank”) (Nasdaq: OZK) today announced that net income available to common stockholders for the second quarter of 2025 was a record $178.9 million, a 3.1% increase from $173.5 million for the second quarter of 2024. For the first six months of 2025, net income available to common stockholders was $346.8 million, a 0.5% increase from $345.0 million for the first six months of 2024. Diluted earnings per common share ("EPS") for the second quarter of 2025 were a record $1.58, a 3.9% increase from $1.52 for the second quarter of 2024. EPS for the first six months of 2025 were $3.05, a 0.7% increase from $3.03 for the first six months of 2024.

Besides Wall Street's top-and-bottom-line estimates for Bank OZK (OZK), review projections for some of its key metrics to gain a deeper understanding of how the company might have fared during the quarter ended June 2025.