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Banking Stocks on Investors' Radar -- Bank of the Ozarks, EverBank Financial, BancorpSouth, and Hancock

HWC, EVER

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NEW YORK, January 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

Ahead of today's trading session, Stock-Callers.com scans the performances of four Regional Southeast Banks equities which are: Bank of the Ozarks Inc. (NASDAQ: OZRK), EverBank Financial Corp. (NYSE: EVER), BancorpSouth Inc. (NYSE: BXS), and Hancock Holding Co. (NASDAQ: HBHC). These companies belong to the Financials sector, which continued to trade mostly higher on Tuesday, January 10th, 2017. As per a NASDAQ report, the NYSE Financials Sector Index rose over 0.3%, while Financials companies in the S&P 500 Index were ahead by about 0.7% in recent trade. Learn more about these stocks by downloading their comprehensive and free reports at:

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Bank of the Ozarks  

Little Rock, Arkansas headquartered Bank of the Ozarks Inc.'s stock finished Tuesday's session 0.32% higher at $53.05 with a total trading volume of 1.18 million shares. The Company's shares have advanced 0.80% in the past month, 28.80% over the previous three months, and 0.87% on an YTD basis. The stock is trading above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages by 11.67% and 30.19%, respectively. Furthermore, shares of Bank of the Ozarks, which operates as a bank holding company for Bank of the Ozarks that provides various banking products and services, have a Relative Strength Index (RSI) of 60.98.

On January 03rd, 2017, Bank of the Ozarks announced its Board of Directors has approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.17 per common share payable January 27th, 2017 to shareholders of record as of January 20th, 2017. The dividend of $0.17 per common share represents an increase of 3.03%, over the dividend paid in the previous quarter. OZRK complete research report is just a click away and free at:

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EverBank Financial  

Shares in Jacksonville, Florida headquartered EverBank Financial Corp. ended at $19.41, up 0.05% from the last trading session. The stock recorded a trading volume of 711,651 shares. The Company's shares have gained 0.05% in the last one month and 0.88% over the previous three months. The stock is trading 0.30% above its 50-day moving average and 11.82% above its 200-day moving average. Moreover, shares of EverBank Financial, which provides various financial products and services to individuals and small and mid-size businesses in the US, have an RSI of 50.28.

As per a SEC filing date December 02nd, 2016, EverBank and Sageview Partners, L.P.  entered into an Underwriting Agreement on November 28th, 2016, with UBS Securities LLC pursuant to which Sageview Partners agreed to sell to UBS Securities 7,012,230 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share. Sageview Partners completed its public offering of the shares of Common Stock on December 02nd, 2016. Following the sale by Sageview Partners of the Common Stock in the public offering, it ceased to own any shares of the Company's Common Stock. The complimentary report on EVER can be downloaded at:


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BancorpSouth  

Tupelo, Mississippi headquartered BancorpSouth Inc.'s stock ended yesterday's session 1.62% higher at $31.40 with a total trading volume of 483,680 shares. The Company's shares have advanced 4.25% in the past month, 35.34% in the previous three months, and 1.13% since the start of this year. The stock is trading 10.34% above its 50-day moving average and 29.26% above its 200-day moving average. Additionally, shares of BancorpSouth, which operates as a financial holding company for BancorpSouth Bank that provides commercial banking and financial services to individuals and small-to-medium size businesses, have an RSI of 62.82.

On January 03rd, 2017, BancorpSouth announced that it will release Q4 2016 earnings on January 25th, 2017, after the close of the financial markets. The Company will hold its regularly scheduled webcast on January 26th, 2017, beginning at 10:00 a.m. CST.

Yesterday, research firm Brean Capital initiated a 'Hold' rating on the Company's stock. Sign up for your complimentary research report on BXS at:

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Hancock  

At the close on Tuesday, shares in Gulfport, Mississippi headquartered Hancock Holding Co. recorded a trading volume of 1.43 million shares, which was above their three months average volume of 707,920 shares. The stock finished 1.85% higher at $44.05. The Company's shares have gained 33.73% in the previous three months and 2.20% on an YTD basis. The stock is trading above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages by 9.18% and 41.89%, respectively. Furthermore, shares of Hancock Holding, which operates as the bank holding company for Whitney Bank that provides a range of community banking services to commercial, small business, and retail customers, have an RSI of 59.78.

On December 30th, 2016, Hancock announced that its banking subsidiary, Whitney Bank, has signed a purchase agreement to acquire approximately $1.3 billion in loans, 9 branch locations with approximately $500 million in transaction and savings deposits, and to assume approximately $600 million in FHLB borrowings from First NBC Bank Holding Company's banking subsidiary, First NBC Bank. Get free access to your research report on HBHC at:

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