Eagle Bancorp - EGBN Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Eagle Bancorp in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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Eagle Bancorp's stock was trading at $58.34 at the start of the year. Since then, EGBN stock has decreased by 17.3% and is now trading at $48.27.
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Eagle Bancorp saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 953,600 shares, an increase of 51.4% from the July 15th total of 629,800 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 218,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.4 days. Currently, 3.0% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 19th 2022.
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Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGBN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 20th. The financial services provider reported $0.78 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.15 by $0.37. The financial services provider had revenue of $88.48 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $91 million. Eagle Bancorp had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.98% and a net margin of 39.92%. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.50 EPS.

Eagle Bancorp announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 16th. Shareholders of record on Monday, July 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.45 per share on Friday, July 29th. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.73%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 8th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40.
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Eagle Bancorp (NASDAQ:EGBN) pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.78%. 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 37.04%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EGBN will have a dividend payout ratio of 37.50% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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4 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.

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

Eagle Bancorp's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Victory Capital Management Inc. (4.49%), Brown Advisory Inc. (0.40%), State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D (0.15%), Aviva PLC (0.13%), State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System (0.12%) and WINTON GROUP Ltd (0.11%). Insiders that own company stock include Antonio F Marquez and Lindsey S Rheaume.
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One share of EGBN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.27.

Eagle Bancorp (NASDAQ:EGBN) has a market capitalization of $1.55 billion and generates $404.88 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $176.69 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.86 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 507 workers across the globe.

Eagle Bancorp was founded in 1998.

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.