Eagle Bancorp Montana Earnings Increase 61% to $658,000 in Third Fiscal Quarter; Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend

HELENA, Mont.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc. (NASDAQ: EBMT), (the “Company,” “Eagle”), the holding company of American Federal Savings Bank, today reported its earnings increased 61% to $658,000, or $0.17 per diluted share, in the third fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2012, compared to $408,000, or $0.10 per diluted share, in the third quarter a year ago. In the quarter ended December 31, 2011 it earned $487,000, or $0.12 per diluted share. In the first nine months of fiscal 2012 Eagle earned $1.6 million, or $0.40 per diluted share, compared to $1.9 million, or $0.49 per diluted share, in the like period a year ago.