Eagle Bancorp (NASDAQ: EGBN – received rating) was downgraded by equity analysts StockNews.com from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note issued to investors on Thursday.

Eagle Bancorp is down 0.3%

NASDAQ:EGBN opened at $48.53 on Thursday. Eagle Bancorp has a yearly low of $44.85 and a yearly high of $63.84. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $48.25 and a 200-day simple moving average of $51.78. The company has a market cap of $1.56 billion, a P/E of 9.99 and a beta of 0.94. The company has a debt to equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 0.79 and a current ratio of 0.79.

Eagle Bancorp (NASDAQ: EGBN – received rating) last released its quarterly results on Wednesday, July 20. The financial services firm reported earnings per share of $0.78 for the quarter, falling short of analyst consensus estimates of $1.15 ($0.37). The company had revenue of $88.48 million for the quarter compared to the consensus estimate of $91.00 million. Eagle Bancorp had a net margin of 39.92% and a return on equity of 13.01%. In the same quarter last year, the company reported earnings per share of $1.50. Equity analysts expect Eagle Bancorp to post 4.97 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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Institutional investors have recently changed their positions in the company. ProShare Advisors LLC increased its stake in Eagle Bancorp by 62.2% in the fourth quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC now owns 7,909 shares of the financial services provider, valued at $461,000, after purchasing an additional 3,032 shares last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP increased its holding in Eagle Bancorp by 16.7% during the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 133,297 shares of the financial services provider, valued at $7,777,000, after purchasing an additional 19,067 shares last quarter. WINTON GROUP Ltd increased its holding in shares of Eagle Bancorp by 136.2% during the fourth quarter. WINTON GROUP Ltd now owns 17,153 shares of the financial services provider, valued at $1,001,000, after purchasing an additional 9,891 shares last quarter. The Teacher Retirement System of Texas increased its stake in Eagle Bancorp by 18.4% in the fourth quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas now owns 6,087 shares of the financial services provider, valued at $355,000, after purchasing an additional 946 shares during the period. Finally, Citigroup Inc. increased its holdings of Eagle Bancorp stock by 38.5% during the fourth quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 26,506 shares of the financial services provider, valued at $1,547,000, after purchasing an additional 7,369 shares last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.95% of the company’s shares.

Company Profile of Eagle Bancorp

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Eagle Bancorp, Inc acts as the banking holding company for EagleBank, which provides commercial and consumer banking services primarily in the United States. The Company also offers a variety of commercial and consumer credit products, including commercial loans for working capital, equipment purchases, real estate credit lines, and government contract financing; asset-based lending and receivables financing; building loans and commercial real estate loans; Financing of business equipment; consumer home equity lines of credit, personal lines of credit and term loans; consumer installment loans such as auto and personal loans; personal credit cards; and home loans.

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