Bank of the Ozarks

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Shares of Bank Of The Ozarks Inc (NASDAQ: OZRK) were trading lower by around 14 percent percent Wednesday afternoon after Muddy Waters' Carson Block presented the bank as a short idea at the Ira Sohn conference. According to Block, the Arkansas-based bank's earnings are unsustainable at best and...

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Wunderlich Securities reiterated its Buy rating on Bank of the Ozarks (NASDAQ: OZRK). At the same time, Wunderlich left its price target on the company's stock unchanged at $57. On Friday, OZRK added 1.44% to its value to end the week at $52.81.

Wunderlich Securities published a research report reiterating Buy rating on share and increased price target on the Bank of the Ozark (NASDAQ: OZRK) up $7.00 from $50.00 to $57.00 after the company's recent FDIC-assisted acquisitions completed on April 29. Wunderlich Securities reported that, “...

Wunderlich Securities has raised the price target on Bank of the Ozarks (NASDAQ: OZRK) from $45 to $50.