Published on 28 May 2024 on Simply Wall St. via Yahoo Finance
Equity Bancshares' (NYSE:EQBK) investors will be pleased with their respectable 52% return over the...
Passive investing in index funds can generate returns that roughly match the overall market. But investors can boost returns by picking market-beating companies to own shares in. For example, the Equity Bancshares, Inc. (NYSE:EQBK) share price is up 49% in the last 1 year, clearly besting the market return of around 26% (not including dividends). So that should have shareholders smiling. The longer term returns have not been as good, with the stock price only 3.0% higher than it was three years ago.
So let's investigate and see if the longer term performance of the company has been in line with the underlying business' progress.