How to buy Eagle Bancorp Montana stock | $22.19

Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc is a banks-regional business based in the US. Eagle Bancorp Montana shares (EBMT) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Eagle Bancorp Montana employs 279 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$81.5 million.

How to buy shares in Eagle Bancorp Montana

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Eagle Bancorp Montana. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: EBMT. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Eagle Bancorp Montana reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$22.19, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Eagle Bancorp Montana, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Eagle Bancorp Montana. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Eagle Bancorp Montana share price

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Eagle Bancorp Montana shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-27.

Latest market close	USD$22.19
52-week range	USD$11.5496 - USD$22.5058
50-day moving average	USD$20.8371
200-day moving average	USD$18.3866
Wall St. target price	USD$23.17
PE ratio	7.9755
Dividend yield	USD$0.39 (1.79%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$2.739

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Eagle Bancorp Montana price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $22.19 from 2020-12-18

1 week (2021-01-07)	-0.27%
1 month (2020-12-17)	2.54%
3 months (2020-10-16)	11.56%
6 months (2020-07-16)	43.72%

1 year (2020-01-16)	1.56%
2 years (2019-01-16)	24.59%
3 years (2018-01-16)	3.45%
5 years (2016-01-15)	88.85%

Is Eagle Bancorp Montana under- or over-valued?

Valuing Eagle Bancorp Montana stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Eagle Bancorp Montana's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Eagle Bancorp Montana's P/E ratio

Eagle Bancorp Montana's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 8x. In other words, Eagle Bancorp Montana shares trade at around 8x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Eagle Bancorp Montana's PEG ratio

Eagle Bancorp Montana's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.61. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Eagle Bancorp Montana's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Eagle Bancorp Montana financials

Revenue TTM	USD$81.5 million
Operating margin TTM	33.25%
Gross profit TTM	USD$60 million
Return on assets TTM	1.61%
Return on equity TTM	13.73%
Profit margin	22.55%
Book value	$21.812
Market capitalisation	USD$147.6 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Eagle Bancorp Montana shares

There are currently 46,152 Eagle Bancorp Montana shares held short by investors – that's known as Eagle Bancorp Montana's "short interest". This figure is 8.6% down from 50,479 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Eagle Bancorp Montana shares can be evaluated.

Eagle Bancorp Montana's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Eagle Bancorp Montana's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Eagle Bancorp Montana shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Eagle Bancorp Montana shares traded daily (recently around 22295.652173913). Eagle Bancorp Montana's SIR currently stands at 2.07. In other words for every 100,000 Eagle Bancorp Montana shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2070 shares are currently held short.

However Eagle Bancorp Montana's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Eagle Bancorp Montana shares, or, against the total number of tradable Eagle Bancorp Montana shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Eagle Bancorp Montana's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Eagle Bancorp Montana shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0074% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Eagle Bancorp Montana shares, roughly 7 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Eagle Bancorp Montana.

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Eagle Bancorp Montana share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 14.21% of net profits

Recently Eagle Bancorp Montana has paid out, on average, around 14.21% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.79% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Eagle Bancorp Montana shareholders could enjoy a 1.79% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Eagle Bancorp Montana's case, that would currently equate to about $0.39 per share.

While Eagle Bancorp Montana's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Eagle Bancorp Montana is investing more in its future growth.

Eagle Bancorp Montana's most recent dividend payout was on 4 December 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 12 November 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Eagle Bancorp Montana's shares ever split?

Eagle Bancorp Montana's shares were split on a 19:5 basis on 5 April 2010. So if you had owned 5 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 19 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Eagle Bancorp Montana shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 73.7% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Eagle Bancorp Montana shares which in turn could have impacted Eagle Bancorp Montana's share price.

Eagle Bancorp Montana share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Eagle Bancorp Montana's shares have ranged in value from as little as $11.5496 up to $22.5058. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Eagle Bancorp Montana's is 0.7176. This would suggest that Eagle Bancorp Montana's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Eagle Bancorp Montana overview

Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Opportunity Bank of Montana that provides various retail banking products and services to small businesses and individuals in Montana. It accepts various deposit products, such as checking, savings, money market, and individual retirement accounts, as well as certificates of deposit accounts. The company also provides 1-4 family residential mortgage loans, such as residential mortgages and construction of residential properties; commercial real estate loans, including multi-family dwellings, nonresidential property, commercial construction and development, and farmland loans; and home equity loans. In addition, it offers consumer loans, such as loans secured by collateral other than real estate, such as automobiles, recreational vehicles, and boats; commercial business loans consisting of business loans and lines of credit on a secured and unsecured basis; construction loans; agricultural loans; and mortgage loan services. As of April 23, 2020, the company had 23 branch offices. It operates 26 automated teller machines, as well as various branches under the Dutton State Bank, Farmers State Bank of Denton, and The State Bank of Townsend brand names. The company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Helena, Montana.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Eagle Bancorp Montana is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 7.464% of Eagle Bancorp Montana shares are held by insiders and 46.403% by institutions.

• How many people work for Eagle Bancorp Montana?

  Latest data suggests 279 work at Eagle Bancorp Montana.

• When does the fiscal year end for Eagle Bancorp Montana?

  Eagle Bancorp Montana's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Eagle Bancorp Montana based?

  Eagle Bancorp Montana's address is: 1400 Prospect Avenue, Helena, MT, United States, 59601

• What is Eagle Bancorp Montana's ISIN number?

  Eagle Bancorp Montana's international securities identification number is: US26942G1004

• What is Eagle Bancorp Montana's CUSIP number?

  Eagle Bancorp Montana's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 26942B101