Live Oak Bancshares (LOB) is a $15.3B asset SBA/USDA-focused bank holding company. Under a liquidation lens, recovery to common equity is negative and materially so. Total liabilities at face value were $14.02B at March 31, 2026, against total assets of $15.30B. Under standard bank liquidation haircuts, the asset base erodes substantially: the loan and lease portfolio held for investment at gross carry ($12.20B before ACL) would face a 15-30% haircut in a forced liquidation absent government guarantee realizations — the guarantees (SBA/USDA) are contingent on proper compliance and orderly workout, not a liquidation event. The investment securities portfolio ($1.43B fair value, carrying $68.7M in gross unrealized losses) would recover at close to fair value. Cash and equivalents ($816M) recover at par. The net result is that haircutted assets would likely fall below face-value liabilities, leaving common equity with negative or negligible recovery. MFFAIS CLV/LLV/OLV are reported uniformly at $716M, which is below reported book equity of $1.28B — consistent with haircut-adjusted analysis compressing recovery. Key negative drivers: (1) $193.3M ACL covers only 44% of the $444.2M nonaccrual pool (excluding fair value option loans) on a gross basis, and the unguaranteed nonperforming exposure increased 16.9% QoQ to $120.1M; (2) net charge-offs spiked to 0.63% annualized in Q1 2026 vs. 0.27% in Q1 2025, a 174% YoY increase; (3) $13.84B in deposits at face value represent a senior claim that absorbs nearly the full asset base before equity; (4) an unremediated material weakness in internal controls over loan participation classification (income statement and cash flow statement) persists as of the filing date, though management asserts no net income impact. Total uninsured deposits were $2.38B (17% of deposits), a factor relevant to run dynamics in a liquidation scenario. Since December 31, 2025, assets grew modestly (+$165M), deposits increased +$146M, and shareholders' equity increased $27.7M to $1.28B. The AOCI deficit of $47.4M reflects mark-to-market losses on the AFS securities portfolio, consistent with the $68.7M gross unrealized loss. CET1 at 10.63% consolidated and 10.61% bank-level is well above minimums but does not change the liquidation recovery calculus. Filing discusses the material weakness in MD&A/controls section but does not separately XBRL-tag the specific remediation charge or restatement exposure.
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