Eagle Bancorp Montana (EBMT) Competitors $17.50 +0.10 (+0.57%) Closing price 05/1/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$16.87 -0.63 (-3.60%) As of 04:33 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock EBMT vs. SMBK, HKD, HONE, MFH, CBNK, ALRS, GNTY, BCAL, SHBI, and ACNBShould you be buying Eagle Bancorp Montana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eagle Bancorp Montana include SmartFinancial (SMBK), AMTD Digital (HKD), HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), Mercurity Fintech (MFH), Capital Bancorp (CBNK), Alerus Financial (ALRS), Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY), Southern California Bancorp (BCAL), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), and ACNB (ACNB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. Eagle Bancorp Montana vs. SmartFinancial AMTD Digital HarborOne Bancorp Mercurity Fintech Capital Bancorp Alerus Financial Guaranty Bancshares Southern California Bancorp Shore Bancshares ACNB Eagle Bancorp Montana (NASDAQ:EBMT) and SmartFinancial (NASDAQ:SMBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations. Is EBMT or SMBK a better dividend stock? Eagle Bancorp Montana pays an annual dividend of $0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. SmartFinancial pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Eagle Bancorp Montana pays out 40.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SmartFinancial pays out 14.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Eagle Bancorp Montana has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Eagle Bancorp Montana is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EBMT or SMBK? 35.7% of Eagle Bancorp Montana shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.8% of SmartFinancial shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Eagle Bancorp Montana shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of SmartFinancial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has preferable earnings & valuation, EBMT or SMBK? SmartFinancial has higher revenue and earnings than Eagle Bancorp Montana. Eagle Bancorp Montana is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SmartFinancial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioEagle Bancorp Montana$79.65M1.75$9.78M$1.4112.41SmartFinancial$178.24M2.91$36.14M$2.2613.47 Do analysts rate EBMT or SMBK? Eagle Bancorp Montana currently has a consensus target price of $13.50, indicating a potential downside of 22.86%. SmartFinancial has a consensus target price of $33.70, indicating a potential upside of 10.70%. Given SmartFinancial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SmartFinancial is more favorable than Eagle Bancorp Montana.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Eagle Bancorp Montana 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00SmartFinancial 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.40 Is EBMT or SMBK more profitable? SmartFinancial has a net margin of 12.67% compared to Eagle Bancorp Montana's net margin of 8.02%. SmartFinancial's return on equity of 7.33% beat Eagle Bancorp Montana's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Eagle Bancorp Montana8.02% 5.68% 0.46% SmartFinancial 12.67%7.33%0.71% Does the MarketBeat Community favor EBMT or SMBK? SmartFinancial received 29 more outperform votes than Eagle Bancorp Montana when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.96% of users gave SmartFinancial an outperform vote while only 43.50% of users gave Eagle Bancorp Montana an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformEagle Bancorp MontanaOutperform Votes16443.50% Underperform Votes21356.50% SmartFinancialOutperform Votes19357.96% Underperform Votes14042.04% Does the media favor EBMT or SMBK? In the previous week, Eagle Bancorp Montana had 10 more articles in the media than SmartFinancial. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Eagle Bancorp Montana and 1 mentions for SmartFinancial. Eagle Bancorp Montana's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat SmartFinancial's score of 0.27 indicating that Eagle Bancorp Montana is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Eagle Bancorp Montana 2 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SmartFinancial 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Which has more risk & volatility, EBMT or SMBK? Eagle Bancorp Montana has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SmartFinancial has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummarySmartFinancial beats Eagle Bancorp Montana on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Eagle Bancorp Montana News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for EBMT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart EBMT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricEagle Bancorp MontanaState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$139.60M$3.08B$11.10B$7.93BDividend Yield3.33%3.86%5.77%4.22%P/E Ratio14.1123.5922.1018.54Price / Sales1.753.0126.31103.30Price / Cash7.6010.6317.6034.62Price / Book0.831.162.674.25Net Income$9.78M$372.21M$1.03B$248.18M7 Day Performance2.52%1.21%0.72%1.03%1 Month Performance3.80%-1.21%-0.58%2.70%1 Year Performance35.24%16.16%537.58%4.05% Eagle Bancorp Montana Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)EBMTEagle Bancorp Montana3.9494 of 5 stars$17.50+0.6%$13.50-22.9%+35.9%$139.60M$79.65M14.11350Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementShort Interest ↑Analyst RevisionNews CoverageHigh Trading VolumeSMBKSmartFinancial3.1513 of 5 stars$30.11+0.1%$33.70+11.9%+43.7%$512.48M$178.24M14.07550HKDAMTD Digital1.0598 of 5 stars$2.07-3.1%N/A-42.5%$508.69M$23.45M0.0050HONEHarborOne Bancorp3.6763 of 5 stars$11.31+0.1%$13.00+14.9%+8.0%$502.85M$167.94M17.14640Analyst ForecastHigh Trading VolumeMFHMercurity Fintech0.7005 of 5 stars$7.75+17.1%N/A+453.1%$471.43M$716,863.000.0010News CoveragePositive NewsCBNKCapital Bancorp4.6484 of 5 stars$28.28+0.6%$34.50+22.0%+58.2%$471.06M$183.73M13.28270Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementNews CoveragePositive NewsALRSAlerus Financial4.6952 of 5 stars$17.76+0.2%$23.40+31.8%+1.6%$453.08M$215.87M17.41840Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageGNTYGuaranty Bancshares1.8843 of 5 stars$39.52-0.5%$41.50+5.0%+33.6%$448.57M$118.37M14.37470BCALSouthern California Bancorp2.8966 of 5 stars$13.81+0.9%$19.50+41.2%+0.3%$447.47M$150.68M72.69204Upcoming EarningsBuyback AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionNews CoveragePositive NewsSHBIShore Bancshares4.5533 of 5 stars$13.14+0.4%$20.00+52.2%+31.8%$438.53M$201.70M9.88450Earnings ReportNews CoveragePositive NewsACNBACNB3.5462 of 5 stars$41.49+1.2%$48.40+16.7%+27.4%$437.43M$116.36M11.12400 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies SMBK Competitors HKD Competitors HONE Competitors MFH Competitors CBNK Competitors ALRS Competitors GNTY Competitors BCAL Competitors SHBI Competitors ACNB Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:EBMT) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThe next market Nvidia is positioned to dominate …Robots — built by Nvidia. 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