EGBN vs. TRMK, BUSE, NBTB, EFSC, OFG, FBNC, CHCO, FCF, LKFN, and SRCE
Should you be buying Eagle Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eagle Bancorp include Trustmark (TRMK), First Busey (BUSE), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), OFG Bancorp (OFG), First Bancorp (FBNC), City (CHCO), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Lakeland Financial (LKFN), and 1st Source (SRCE). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Eagle Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Trustmark (NASDAQ:TRMK) and Eagle Bancorp (NASDAQ:EGBN) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
67.6% of Trustmark shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of Eagle Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Trustmark shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Eagle Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Trustmark has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Bancorp has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Trustmark presently has a consensus price target of $39.80, suggesting a potential upside of 17.20%. Eagle Bancorp has a consensus price target of $21.75, suggesting a potential upside of 23.79%. Given Eagle Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Eagle Bancorp is more favorable than Trustmark.
In the previous week, Eagle Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Trustmark. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Eagle Bancorp and 7 mentions for Trustmark. Trustmark's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Eagle Bancorp's score of 0.39 indicating that Trustmark is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Trustmark has higher revenue and earnings than Eagle Bancorp. Eagle Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trustmark, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Trustmark has a net margin of 19.42% compared to Eagle Bancorp's net margin of -6.65%. Trustmark's return on equity of 10.12% beat Eagle Bancorp's return on equity.
Eagle Bancorp received 52 more outperform votes than Trustmark when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.58% of users gave Eagle Bancorp an outperform vote while only 49.83% of users gave Trustmark an outperform vote.
Trustmark pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Eagle Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Trustmark pays out 25.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eagle Bancorp pays out -44.0% 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. Trustmark has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Eagle Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Trustmark beats Eagle Bancorp on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:EGBN) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
