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Equity Bancshares EQBK

US equityMarket cap rank #3267Banks - Regional

$47.00 −$0.50 (-1.05%)

Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:20 am ET · After hours $47.00 0.00%

Open$47.23

Prev close$47.50

Day range$46.75 – $47.26

Volume90.6K

Market cap$967.85M

P/E (TTM)29.9

Dividend yield1.53%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership67.2%+0.11 pts vs. prior quarter

Institutions holding177+0 vs. prior quarter

Insider trades (recent)33 buys / 17 sellsNet buying

Short interest2.43% of floatDays to cover 4.7 · as of 15 Sep 2026

Short-sale volume share27.8%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$238.4K (5 inflow days, 15 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 37.0% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.11.53%
C. Fergeson8.41%
BlackRock7.43%
Patriot Financial Manager, L.P.4.94%
FJ Capital Management, LLC4.67%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.23%
Dimensional Fund Advisors3.74%
State Street Global Advisors2.89%

By investor type

Mutual Fund49.11%
Individual/Insider14.11%
Hedge Fund9.51%
VC/PE Fund4.94%
Public Company2.05%
Family Office/Trust0.59%
Government Pension Fund0.42%
Private Company0.38%

Reported short interest has fallen from 3.58% to 2.43% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

Holder	Type	Period	Share change	New stake
Nuveen Asset Management LLC	Insurance Company	2026/Q3	+31,907	0.2%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+272,258	11.5%
BlackRock	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+151,536	7.4%
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+107,857	0.6%
State Street Global Advisors	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+96,515	2.9%
Citadel Advisors LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+81,425	0.5%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+67,594	4.2%
Prairie Wealth Advisors, Inc.	Family Office/Trust	2026/Q3	+50,705	0.2%
FJ Capital Management, LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+40,418	4.7%
Millennium Management LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+38,307	0.2%
Pittenger & Anderson, Inc.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+36,225	0.2%
Geode Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+35,441	2.1%
New Jersey Division of Investment	Government Pension Fund	2026/Q3	+24,982	0.1%
Dimensional Fund Advisors	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+24,706	3.7%
AQR Capital Management	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+16,359	0.3%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

Date	Insider	Title	Transaction	Shares	Price	Held after
20 Aug 2026	D. Rogerson	Director	Open Market Acquisition	+2,000	$50.00	10,103
16 Aug 2026	David Pass	Executive Vice President	Open Market Disposition	-147	$51.31	2,426
30 Jul 2026	D. Rogerson	Director	Open Market Acquisition	+2,000	$50.25	8,103
29 Jul 2026	Brad Elliott	Chairperson & CEO	Derivative Exercise and Sale	-4,581	$51.12	328,113
28 Jul 2026	Julie Huber	Executive VP of Strategic Initiatives & Secretary	Intent to Sell (Form 144)	-2,197	$51.12	–
28 Jul 2026	Julie Huber	Executive VP of Strategic Initiatives & Secretary	Derivative Exercise and Sale	-7,500	$51.12	62,009
27 Jul 2026	Brad Elliott	Chairperson & CEO	Derivative Exercise and Sale	-12,272	$51.06	328,113
27 Jul 2026	Lisa Schlehuber	Independent Director	Open Market Acquisition	+989	$50.98	2,092
27 Jul 2026	Julie Huber	Executive VP of Strategic Initiatives & Secretary	Intent to Sell (Form 144)	-5,303	$51.05	–
22 Jul 2026	Jerry Maland	Independent Director	Other Disposition	-3,800	–	132,599
10 Jun 2026	Jerry Maland	Independent Director	Other Disposition	-2,228	–	136,399
10 Jun 2026	Brett Reber	Executive Vice President	Open Market Disposition	-1,686	$47.85	24,877
8 Jun 2026	Leon Borck	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+1,035	–	126,215
8 Jun 2026	Leon Borck	Independent Director	Other Disposition	-1,035	–	126,215
17 May 2026	Kevin Cook	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+1,035	–	25,081
17 May 2026	Kevin Cook	Independent Director	Other Disposition	-1,035	–	25,081
5 May 2026	Brett Reber	Executive Vice President	Open Market Disposition	-100	$46.55	26,563
30 Apr 2026	Gregory Gaeddert	Independent Director	Other Derivative Acquisition	+3,726	$45.34	3,726
30 Apr 2026	C. Fergeson	Director	Other Acquisition	+1,103	–	1,731,788
30 Apr 2026	Jerry Maland	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+1,103	–	138,627

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report date	Shares short	% of float	Days to cover
15 Sep 2026	500,858	2.4%	4.7
31 Aug 2026	465,287	2.3%	5.0
14 Aug 2026	448,394	2.2%	5.4
31 Jul 2026	441,012	2.1%	3.3
15 Jul 2026	553,357	2.7%	3.2
30 Jun 2026	739,835	3.6%	3.6

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