Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. had return on equity of 9.4% and a net margin of 18.3%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 41.7% | 13.4% | 18.8% | 10.1% | 40.0% | 25.2% | 8.9% | 21.2% | 36.5% | 31.2% | 16.4% | 15.9% | 18.3% | 22.9% |
| Return on equity | 58.0% | 14.3% | 14.2% | 6.5% | 30.5% | 11.1% | 3.5% | 10.8% | 26.0% | 23.1% | 8.6% | 8.1% | 9.4% | 10.9% |
| Return on assets | — | 1.5% | 2.4% | 1.0% | 4.5% | 1.6% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.9% |
| Effective tax rate | 0.0% | 42.4% | 40.1% | 20.0% | −2.3% | −11.7% | 23.1% | −25.6% | 20.8% | 16.2% | 10.8% | 13.2% | 26.0% | 24.5% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 42.5% | 436.4% | 13.2% | 19.9% | 3.8% | 9.3% | 26.8% | 8.2% | 3.1% | 3.0% | 7.2% | 7.0% | 5.2% | 4.0% |
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Live Oak Bancshares's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 10 / 20
Net income has been a median 0.9% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 8 / 20
Net margin has been a median 20.2%; its worst year was 3.1%.
- Discipline 7 / 20
The diluted share count rose 12.9% over five years.
AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (43 before it).
Compare with peers
- Coastal Financial Corp statistics
- Bank Of N.t. Butterfield & Son Ltd statistics
- Servisfirst Bancshares, Inc. statistics
- Nicolet Bankshares Inc statistics
- Hope Bancorp Inc statistics
Head to head: CCB vs LOBLOB vs NTBLOB vs SFBS
More: Regional Banks stocks compared, Financials sector, rankings of US companies