Eagle Bancorp (EGBN) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Eagle Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" EGBN shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in EGBN, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Eagle Bancorp's shares. Their EGBN share price forecasts range from $29.00 to $45.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $37.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 58.3% from the stock's current price.
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Eagle Bancorp's stock was trading at $44.07 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, EGBN shares have decreased by 46.9% and is now trading at $23.38.
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Eagle Bancorp saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,210,000 shares, an increase of 14.2% from the April 30th total of 1,060,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 409,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.0 days. Approximately 4.0% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 19th 2023.
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Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGBN) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 19th. The financial services provider reported $1.36 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.17 by $0.19. The financial services provider earned $87.34 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $88.67 million. Eagle Bancorp had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.52% and a net margin of 25.97%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.28 earnings per share.

Eagle Bancorp announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 16th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 6th will be given a dividend of $0.45 per share on Friday, April 28th. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 5th.
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Eagle Bancorp (NASDAQ:EGBN) pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 8.31%. EGBN has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 44.55%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EGBN will have a dividend payout ratio of 46.51% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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21 employees have rated Eagle Bancorp Chief Executive Officer Susan Riel on Glassdoor.com. Susan Riel has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Susan Riel in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 67.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Eagle Bancorp to a friend.

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Eagle Bancorp trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "EGBN."

Eagle Bancorp's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.81%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.88%), State Street Corp (4.80%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.82%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.02%) and First Trust Advisors LP (1.35%). Insiders that own company stock include A Leslie Ludwig, Antonio F Marquez, Charles Levingston, Paul Saltzman and Susan G Riel.
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Shares of EGBN stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of EGBN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.38.

Eagle Bancorp (NASDAQ:EGBN) has a market capitalization of $718.14 million and generates $347.34 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $140.93 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.04 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 507 workers across the globe.

Eagle Bancorp's mailing address is 7830 Old Georgetown Road Third Floor, Bethesda MD, 20814. The official website for the company is www.eaglebankcorp.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (301) 986-1800, via email at mflynn@eaglebankcorp.com, or via fax at 301-986-8529.