When a Citi analyst downgraded Bank OZK from a buy to a sell, sending the stock price tumbling 17 percent, the news shook the industry. Normally, an analyst’s downgrade is not the center of real ...

Bank OZK is growing and diversifying, but one of the largest construction lenders in the U.S. is continuing to cut back on real estate. Its real estate exposure fell to 52% of its total loan book in ...

The echoes began in May. Barry Sternlicht of Starwood Capital Group predicted a regional bank failure “every day or every week.” Days later, Newmark Chair Howard Lutnick warned, “Every single weekend ...

The Bank OZK Real Estate Specialties Group, or RESG, originated $1.5B in new loans in Q2, a modest uptick from the prior quarter and its best showing since Q2 2024, when it originated $1.6B. The ...