Reviewing Eagle Bancorp (EGBN) and Its Peers

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

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Eagle Bancorp and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share 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 peers have higher revenue and earnings than Eagle Bancorp. Eagle Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk & Volatility

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Eagle Bancorp and its peers, 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 peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Eagle Bancorp has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Eagle Bancorp and its peers’ 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%

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.

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.

Summary

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

Eagle Bancorp Company Profile

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.