Not a good buy right now for an impatient investor: momentum is strong but the stock is technically overextended (RSI very overbought) and sitting near resistance.
Upside looks limited near-term because the latest Wall Street price target ($23) is already met/slightly exceeded by the current price ($23.15).
Positives (insider buying + strong Q4 growth) support staying involved, but a better risk/reward entry is likely on a pullback closer to the ~$21.9 pivot/support area rather than chasing strength at resistance.
Technical Analysis
Trend: Bullish (SMA_5 > SMA_20 > SMA_200) with positive momentum.
MACD: Histogram 0.198 and expanding above zero = bullish momentum still building.
RSI (6): 86.44 = overbought, raising odds of a near-term pause/pullback.
Pattern-based expectation: slight dip next day (-0.28% probability-weighted) and modest gain over a week (+0.78%), with stronger 1-month upside (+11.51%)—consistent with “short-term cooling, medium-term constructive.”
Insiders are Buying: buying amount increased ~295% over the last month (bullish internal confidence signal).
Q4 operational improvement cited by analyst: net interest margin and fee income lift plus expense improvement; “most efficient quarter in over four years.”
Financial momentum: strong YoY growth in revenue, net income, and EPS in 2025/Q4.
Neutral/Negative Catalysts
is already above the raised DA Davidson target ($23), limiting perceived upside from the latest coverage.
Recent change (2026-01-28, DA Davidson): Price target raised to $23 from $21, rating kept at Neutral after Q4 beat.
Wall Street pro view (pros): improving efficiency, better NIM/fee income, longer-term trajectory seen as positive.
Wall Street con view (cons): Neutral stance implies balanced risk/reward; seasonality may swing quarterly results; and the stock now trades around/above the new target, reducing near-term upside.
Wall Street analysts forecast EBMT stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for EBMT is 0 USD with a low forecast of 0 USD and a high forecast of 0 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
Analyst Rating
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Wall Street analysts forecast EBMT stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for EBMT is 0 USD with a low forecast of 0 USD and a high forecast of 0 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
Buy
Hold
Sell
0
Current: 23.360
Low
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Current: 23.360
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DA Davidson
Neutral
maintain
$21 -> $23
AI Analysis
2026-01-28
Reason
DA Davidson
Price Target
$21 -> $23
AI Analysis
2026-01-28
maintain
Neutral
Reason
DA Davidson raised the firm's price target on Eagle Bancorp to $23 from $21 and keeps a Neutral rating on the shares after its Q4 earnings beat. With Q4's net interest margin and fee income lift, against expense improvement, Eagle Bancorp posted the bank's most efficient quarter in over four years at the bank, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm adds that it expects seasonality to swing quarterly results around some, but views the bank's longer term trajectory as positive.
