---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-053781"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EQBK"
cik: "0001227500"
company_name: "EQUITY BANCSHARES INC"
filed_at: "2023-10-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T22:26:04.768371+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Equity Bancshares Q3 net income $12.3M ($0.80 EPS); NIM 3.51%; dividend raised to $0.12/share

## Summary
- Net income $12.3M, diluted EPS $0.80; PTPP ROAA 1.22%, ROATCE 14.18%.
- Net interest income $41.0M (+$1.6M QoQ); NIM 3.51%; loan yield 6.67% (+33bps).
- Total deposits $4.1B, noninterest-bearing 23%; cost of deposits 1.84%.
- Dividend increased to $0.12/share from $0.10; Board approved 1M share repurchase plan.
- TCE/TA 7.29% (9.55% ex AOCI); CET1 12.65%; all capital ratios above well-capitalized.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-053781
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EQBK
- cik: 0001227500
- company_name: EQUITY BANCSHARES INC
- filed_at: 2023-10-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227500/000095017023053781/0000950170-23-053781-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227500/000095017023053781/eqbk-20231017.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-053781
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-053781.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  EQUITY BANCSHARES INC reported third quarter ended September 30, 2023 results: net income $12.3 million, EPS $0.80.
  - Period: third quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Net income: $12.3 million
  - EPS: $0.80
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On October 17, 2023. Equity Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227500/000095017023053781/0000950170-23-053781-index.htm

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