Eagle Bancorp (EGBN) and Its Rivals Critical Contrast

Eagle Bancorp (NASDAQ:EGBN) is one of 919 public companies in the “Banks” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Eagle Bancorp to related companies based on the strength of its risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

78.0% of Eagle Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.8% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Eagle Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Eagle Bancorp and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eagle Bancorp	1	2	1	1	2.40
Eagle Bancorp Competitors	7492	30250	27848	1488	2.35

Eagle Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential downside of 9.62%. As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 14.28%. Given Eagle Bancorp’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Eagle Bancorp has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Dividends

Eagle Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Eagle Bancorp pays out 2.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Banks” companies pay a dividend yield of 8.9% and pay out 28.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Risk and Volatility

Eagle Bancorp has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Bancorp’s competitors have a beta of 0.52, meaning that their average stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Eagle Bancorp and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eagle Bancorp	$634.26 million	-$138.05 million	19.60
Eagle Bancorp Competitors	$37.81 billion	$2.42 billion	21.33

Eagle Bancorp’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Eagle Bancorp. Eagle Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Eagle Bancorp and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eagle Bancorp	9.30%	4.66%	0.54%
Eagle Bancorp Competitors	15.64%	9.43%	0.93%

Summary

Eagle Bancorp competitors beat Eagle Bancorp on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

About Eagle Bancorp

Eagle Bancorp, Inc. is the bank holding company for EagleBank, a community bank headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. Founded in 1998, EagleBank serves businesses, organizations and individuals in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, including parts of Maryland and Northern Virginia. The company provides commercial and consumer banking services, including business and commercial real estate lending, deposit accounts, cash management and other treasury services. EagleBank also offers banking and lending products to individuals and nonprofit organizations.