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EQUITY BANCSHARES INC

FinancialsBanks & Brokers
Ticker EQBKWICHITA, KSFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $39.32Diluted shares 21.0M

Equity Bancshares, Inc. (EQBK: NASDAQ) operates as a financial holding company headquartered in Wichita, Kansas with its wholly-owned banking subsidiary, Equity Bank, providing comprehensive commercial and personal banking services. The company maintains a network of 77 branches across Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and… From the company’s description.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-06-30
Sales & profitability
$210.05M
−6.6% year over year
Last 12 mo $256.12M
12.56%
−22.2 percentage points
Last 12 mo 17.62%
$22.73M
−63.7% year over year
Last 12 mo $35.83M
3.10%
−7.5 percentage points
Cash & financing
$51.37M
−30.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $55.58M
$38.11M
−41.7% year over year
Last 12 mo $38.97M
7.56
Was 7.84× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 0.58
18.5M
+17.8% year over year
Last 12 mo 21.0M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What EQUITY BANCSHARES INC does

In the company’s own words

Equity Bancshares, Inc. (EQBK: NASDAQ) operates as a financial holding company headquartered in Wichita, Kansas with its wholly-owned banking subsidiary, Equity Bank, providing comprehensive commercial and personal banking services. The company maintains a network of 77 branches across Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma as of December 31, 2025, serving businesses, business owners, and individuals throughout the Midwest.

As of year-end 2025, Equity Bancshares reported consolidated total assets of $6.37 billion, total deposits of $5.14 billion, total loans of $4.15 billion, and stockholders' equity of $732.1 million. The company employs approximately 909 full-time equivalent employees and operates a strategically positioned branch network split between growing metropolitan markets including Kansas City, Wichita, Oklahoma City, and Tulsa, and stable community markets across the region.

The company's loan portfolio consists primarily of commercial real estate loans representing 53.0 percent of total loans, commercial and industrial loans comprising 19.5 percent, and residential real estate loans accounting for 13.9 percent. Equity Bancshares generates revenue through traditional lending activities, deposit products, and ancillary banking services including treasury management, trust and wealth management, insurance brokerage services, and online and mobile banking solutions.

Equity Bancshares pursues a disciplined acquisition strategy focused on consolidating community banks within its targeted markets while maintaining organic growth through hiring experienced bankers and cross-selling products to existing customers. Since its founding in 2002, the company has completed over 25 acquisitions, expanding from two branches to its current 77-branch network. The company's competitive positioning centers on its experienced management team, focus on commercial banking relationships, efficient scalable platform, strong risk management practices, and ability to integrate acquired institutions while preserving community banking service quality.

The company's website is www.equitybank.com.

Company details
Sector
Financials
Industry
Banks & Brokers
Headquarters
WICHITA, KS
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
1227500
SIC
6022

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2015–2025 · USD
$-108.08M$-8.75M$90.58M$189.90M$289.23M20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns EQUITY BANCSHARES INC — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

178
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$286.74M
held by funds, at market
29.0%
of shares held by funds
1
bond issues held by funds

Largest fund holders · EQUITY BANCSHARES INC’s weight in each

T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Stock Fund, Inc.
OTCFX · T. ROWE PRICE SMALL-CAP STOCK FUND, INC.
0.35%of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Value Fund, Inc.
PRSVX · T. ROWE PRICE SMALL-CAP VALUE FUND, INC.
0.23%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.03%of fund net assets
T. Rowe Price Institutional Small-Cap Stock Fund
TRSSX · T. Rowe Price Equity Funds, Inc.
0.35%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

EQUITY BANCSHARES INC’s bonds, as funds hold them

Funds report holding 1 issues of EQUITY BANCSHARES INC’s debt, $9.76M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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