BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES	NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES The interim consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Equity Bancshares, Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Equity Bank (“Equity Bank”), EBAC, LLC (“EBAC”) and Equity Risk Management, Inc. (“ERMI”). ERMI provides property and casualty insurance coverage to Equity Bancshares and Equity Bank and reinsurance to other third party insurance captives for which insurance may not be currently available or economically feasible in today's insurance marketplace. The wholly-owned subsidiaries of Equity Bank are comprised of SA Holdings, Inc. (“SA Holdings”), SA Property LLC (“SA Property”), and EQBK Investments, LLC. (“EQBK Investments”). SA Holdings and SA Property were established for the purpose of holding and selling other real estate owned. EQBK Investments was established for the purpose to hold Equity Bank's investment in a real estate investment trust. These entities are collectively referred to as the “Company”. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The accompanying unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with guidance provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial information. The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. In the opinion of management, the interim statements reflect all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company on a consolidated basis and all such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. These financial statements and the accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 6, 2026. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2026, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2026, or any other period. Reclassifications Some items in prior financial statements were reclassified to conform to the current presentation. Management determined the items reclassified are immaterial to the consolidated financial statements taken as a whole and did not result in a change in equity or net income for the periods reported. Recent Accounting Pronouncements In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures. The amendments in ASU 2024-03, update require disclosure, in the notes to financial statements, of specified information about certain costs and expenses. The amendments will require the Company to disclose employee compensation, depreciation, and intangible amortization included in each relevant expense caption on the face of the income statement. In addition, certain amounts already required to be disclosed under other current GAAP will be disclosed in this disaggregation and a qualitative description of the amounts remaining in each relevant expense caption. The amendments in this update are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and early adoption is permitted for annual financial statements that have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. The amendments in this update should be applied on a prospective basis; however, retrospective application is permitted. The Company's financial condition, results of operations and cash flows will not be impacted by this guidance; however, this guidance will impact the Company's financial statement disclosures. In January 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-01, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures - Clarifying the Effective Date. The amendments in ASU 2025-01, clarify that all public entities should initially adopt the disclosure requirements of ASU 2024-03 in the first annual reporting period beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. The transition guidance included in ASU 2024-03 and related impact is unchanged by this guidance. In November 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-08, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326): Purchased Loans. The amendments in ASU 2025-08, amends the guidance in ASC 326 to expand and clarify the accounting for acquired loans, including “purchased seasoned loans,” with the objective of addressing concerns about complexity and potential double counting of expected credit losses in acquisition accounting. ASU 2025-08 requires entities to apply the amendments prospectively to loans acquired on or after the initial application date and does not require retrospective restatement of prior periods. The amendments in this update are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and early adoption is permitted for annual financial statements that have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. The Company early adopted the provisions of ASU 2025-08 in connection with its acquisition of Frontier Holdings LLC, which was completed on January 1, 2026. The Company applied the guidance prospectively to loans acquired in the transaction and will apply the updated guidance to any subsequent acquisitions occurring on or after initial adoption. Early adoption of the ASU 2025-08 affected the timing and measurement of expected credit losses for acquired performing loans. The impact from adoption is included in the accompanying footnotes. In November 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-09, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), Hedge Accounting Improvements. The amendments in ASU 2025-09, will cause the guidance in ASC 815 to more closely align hedge accounting with the economics of an entities risk management activities by: (1) allowing aggregating in a group of individual forecasted transaction in a cash flow hedge that have similar risk exposure rather than shared risk exposure; (2) allows the application of cash flow hedge accounting on variable rate debt instruments with contractual terms that permit the borrower to change the interest rate index and interest rate tenor; (3) permits hedge accounting for forecasted purchases and sales of non-financial assets, that meet specific criteria, to apply hedge accounting to eligible components of forecasted sport-market transactions, forward-market transactions and subcomponents of an agreements pricing formula; (4) eliminates the requirement to apply the net written options test to a compound derivative that comprises a swap and a written option designated in a cash flow or fair value hedge of interest rate risk; and (5) eliminates the recognition and presentation mismatch related to a dual hedge strategy, when a foreign currency denominated debt instrument is both designated as the hedge in a net investment hedge and as the hedged item in a fair value hedge of interest rate risk. The amendments in this update are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted on any date on or after the issuance of this Update. Entities should apply the amendments in this update on a prospective basis for all hedging relationships. The company is currently evaluating the impact of adoption of ASU 2025-09, but does not expect it to have a significant impact on the Company's financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

The interim consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Equity Bancshares, Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Equity Bank (“Equity Bank”), EBAC, LLC (“EBAC”) and Equity Risk Management, Inc. (“ERMI”). ERMI provides property and casualty insurance coverage to Equity Bancshares and Equity Bank and reinsurance to other third party insurance captives for which insurance may not be currently available or economically feasible in today's insurance marketplace. The wholly-owned subsidiaries of Equity Bank are comprised of SA Holdings, Inc. (“SA Holdings”), SA Property LLC (“SA Property”), and EQBK Investments, LLC. (“EQBK Investments”). SA Holdings and SA Property were established for the purpose of holding and selling other real estate owned. EQBK Investments was established for the purpose to hold Equity Bank's investment in a real estate investment trust. These entities are collectively referred to as the “Company”. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The accompanying unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with guidance provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial information. The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. In the opinion of management, the interim statements reflect all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company on a consolidated basis and all such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. These financial statements and the accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 6, 2026. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2026, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2026, or any other period.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures. The amendments in ASU 2024-03, update require disclosure, in the notes to financial statements, of specified information about certain costs and expenses. The amendments will require the Company to disclose employee compensation, depreciation, and intangible amortization included in each relevant expense caption on the face of the income statement. In addition, certain amounts already required to be disclosed under other current GAAP will be disclosed in this disaggregation and a qualitative description of the amounts remaining in each relevant expense caption. The amendments in this update are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and early adoption is permitted for annual financial statements that have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. The amendments in this update should be applied on a prospective basis; however, retrospective application is permitted. The Company's financial condition, results of operations and cash flows will not be impacted by this guidance; however, this guidance will impact the Company's financial statement disclosures.

In January 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-01, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures - Clarifying the Effective Date. The amendments in ASU 2025-01, clarify that all public entities should initially adopt the disclosure requirements of ASU 2024-03 in the first annual reporting period beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. The transition guidance included in ASU 2024-03 and related impact is unchanged by this guidance.

In November 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-08, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326): Purchased Loans. The amendments in ASU 2025-08, amends the guidance in ASC 326 to expand and clarify the accounting for acquired loans, including “purchased seasoned loans,” with the objective of addressing concerns about complexity and potential double counting of expected credit losses in acquisition accounting. ASU 2025-08 requires entities to apply the amendments prospectively to loans acquired on or after the initial application date and does not require retrospective restatement of prior periods. The amendments in this update are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and early adoption is permitted for annual financial statements that have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. The Company early adopted the provisions of ASU 2025-08 in connection with its acquisition of Frontier Holdings LLC, which was completed on January 1, 2026. The Company applied the guidance prospectively to loans acquired in the transaction and will apply the updated guidance to any subsequent acquisitions occurring on or after initial adoption. Early adoption of the ASU 2025-08 affected the timing and measurement of expected credit losses for acquired performing loans. The impact from adoption is included in the accompanying footnotes.

In November 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-09, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), Hedge Accounting Improvements. The amendments in ASU 2025-09, will cause the guidance in ASC 815 to more closely align hedge accounting with the economics of an entities risk management activities by: (1) allowing aggregating in a group of individual forecasted transaction in a cash flow hedge that have similar risk exposure rather than shared risk exposure; (2) allows the application of cash flow hedge accounting on variable rate debt instruments with contractual terms that permit the borrower to change the interest rate index and interest rate tenor; (3) permits hedge accounting for forecasted purchases and sales of non-financial assets, that meet specific criteria, to apply hedge accounting to eligible components of forecasted sport-market transactions, forward-market transactions and subcomponents of an agreements pricing formula; (4) eliminates the requirement to apply the net written options test to a compound derivative that comprises a swap and a written option designated in a cash flow or fair value hedge of interest rate risk; and (5) eliminates the recognition and presentation mismatch related to a dual hedge strategy, when a foreign currency denominated debt instrument is both designated as the hedge in a net investment hedge and as the hedged item in a fair value hedge of interest rate risk. The amendments in this update are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted on any date on or after the issuance of this Update. Entities should apply the amendments in this update on a prospective basis for all hedging relationships. The company is currently evaluating the impact of adoption of ASU 2025-09, but does not expect it to have a significant impact on the Company's financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.