Quarterly Report for Quarter Ending March 31, 2026 (Form 10-Q)

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Introduction

Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc. is a bank holding company registered under the Bank Holding Company Act, is incorporated under the laws of Delaware and headquartered in Helena, Montana. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, Opportunity Bank of Montana (the "Bank"), is a Montana-state-chartered bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System.

This discussion and analysis provides information that management believes is necessary to understand Eagle's financial condition, changes in financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to the same period of 2025. The following should be read in conjunction with the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements, and accompanying Notes thereto, for the year ended December 31, 2025, included in Eagle's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on March 9, 2026, and in conjunction with the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, and accompanying Notes thereto, included in Part I - Item 1. Financial Statements of this report. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2026, are not necessarily indicative of the future results that may be attained for the entire year or other interim periods.

Executive Summary

The Company's primary business activity is the ownership of the Bank. The Bank focuses on consumer, commercial, and agricultural lending. It engages in typical banking activities: acquiring deposits from local markets and originating loans and investing in securities. Our earnings depend primarily on our level of net interest income, which is the difference between interest earned on our interest-earning assets, consisting primarily of loans and investment securities, and the interest paid on interest-bearing liabilities, consisting primarily of deposits, borrowed funds, and trust-preferred securities. Net interest income is a function of our interest rate spread, which is the difference between the average yield earned on our interest-earning assets and the average rate paid on our interest-bearing liabilities, as well as a function of the average balance of interest-earning assets compared to interest-bearing liabilities. Also contributing to our earnings is noninterest income, which consists primarily of service charges and fees on loan and deposit products and services, net gains and losses on sale of assets, and mortgage loan service fees. Net interest income and noninterest income are offset by provisions for credit losses, general administrative and other expenses, including salaries and employee benefits and occupancy and equipment costs, as well as by state and federal income tax expense.

The Bank has focused on diversifying the loan portfolio over the past decade, adding commercial and agricultural loans to the strong mortgage lending proficiency. Loan originations represented by single-family residential mortgages enabled the Bank to successfully market home equity loans, as well as a wide range of shorter-term consumer loans for various personal needs (automobiles, recreational vehicles, etc.). The Bank has grown the commercial loan portfolio in both real estate and non-real estate, and further added agricultural loans, which have a shorter term and slightly higher interest rate, through acquisitions. The purpose of diversification is to mitigate the Bank's exposure to specific market segments, as well as to improve our ability to manage our interest rate spread. This has provided additional interest income and improved interest rate sensitivity. The Bank's management recognizes that fee income will also enable it to be less dependent on specialized lending and it now maintains a significant loan serviced portfolio which provides a steady source of fee income. Fee income is also supplemented with fees generated from deposit accounts. The Bank has a high percentage of non-maturity deposits, such as checking accounts and savings accounts, which allows management flexibility in managing its spread. Non-maturity deposits and certificates of deposits do not automatically reprice as interest rates rise. Gain on sale of loans also provides significant noninterest income in periods of high mortgage loan origination volumes. Such income will be, and has recently been, adversely affected in periods of lower mortgage activity.

Management continues to focus on improving the Bank's earnings. Management believes the Bank needs to continue to concentrate on increasing net interest margin, other areas of fee income and control of operating expenses to achieve earnings growth going forward. Management's strategy of growing the loan portfolio and deposit base is expected to help achieve these goals as follows: loans typically earn higher rates of return than investments; a larger deposit base should yield higher fee income; increasing the asset base will reduce the relative impact of fixed operating costs. The biggest challenge to this strategy is funding growth in an efficient manner. It may become more difficult to maintain deposit growth due to significant competition, the current conditions in the banking industry and possible reduced customer demand for deposits as customers may shift into other asset classes.

The level and movement of interest rates impacts the Bank's earnings as well. The Federal Open Market Committee decreased the federal funds target rate to 3.75% during the year ended December 31, 2025. The rate remained at 3.75% during the three months ended March 31, 2026.

Financial Condition

Comparisons of financial condition in this section are between March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.

Total assets were $2.09 billion at March 31, 2026, a decrease of $14.52 million, or 0.7%, from $2.11 billion at December 31, 2025. Loans receivable, net increased by $207,000 from December 31, 2025. Securities available-for-sale decreased $6.81 million, or 2.4%, from December 31, 2025. Total liabilities were $1.90 billion at March 31, 2026, a decrease of $15.66 million, or 0.8%, from $1.91 billion at December 31, 2025. The decrease was largely due to a decrease in FHLB advances, offset by an increase in total deposits. Total borrowings decreased $11.32 million from December 31, 2025 and total deposits increased $4.48 million from December 31, 2025. Total shareholders' equity increased $1.15 million, or 0.6%, from December 31, 2025.

Financial Condition Details

Investment Activities

The following table summarizes investment activities:

		March 31,								December 31,
		2026								2025
		Fair Value				Percent of Total				Fair Value				Percent of Total
		(Dollars in Thousands)
Securities available-for-sale:
U.S. government and agency obligations		$	3,968				1.44	%		$	4,155				1.48	%
U.S. treasury obligations			43,926				15.98				44,308				15.73
Municipal obligations			115,816				42.13				118,324				41.99
Corporate obligations			1,970				0.72				1,971				0.70
Mortgage-backed securities			25,777				9.38				26,494				9.41
Collateralized mortgage obligations			76,899				27.97				79,661				28.28
Asset-backed securities			6,531				2.38				6,779				2.41
Total securities available-for-sale		$	274,887				100.00	%		$	281,692				100.00	%

Securities available-for-sale were $274.89 million at March 31, 2026, a decrease of $6.80 million, or 2.4% from $281.69 million at December 31, 2025. The decrease was primarily due to maturity, principal payments and call activity of $3.89 million and a decrease in fair value of $2.72 million.

Financial Condition - continued

Lending Activities

The following table includes the composition of the Bank's loan portfolio by loan category:

		March 31,								December 31,
		2026								2025
		Amount				Percent of Total				Amount				Percent of Total
		(Dollars in Thousands)
Real estate loans:
Residential 1-4 family (1)		$	145,070				9.55	%		$	148,515				9.78	%
Residential 1-4 family construction			43,714				2.88				35,278				2.32
Total residential 1-4 family			188,784				12.43				183,793				12.10
Commercial real estate			667,685				43.95				635,970				41.87
Commercial construction and development			98,282				6.47				120,289				7.92
Farmland			160,664				10.57				162,580				10.70
Total commercial real estate			926,631				60.99				918,839				60.49
Total real estate loans			1,115,415				73.42				1,102,632				72.59
Other loans:
Home equity			109,278				7.19				108,073				7.11
Consumer			23,154				1.52				24,424				1.61
Commercial			151,580				9.98				149,431				9.84
Agricultural			119,859				7.89				134,459				8.85
Total commercial loans			271,439				17.87				283,890				18.69
Total other loans			403,871				26.58				416,387				27.41
Total loans			1,519,286				100.00	%			1,519,019				100.00	%
Allowance for credit losses			(17,430	)							(17,370	)
Total loans, net		$	1,501,856							$	1,501,649

(1)

Excludes loans held-for-sale.

Total loans, net increased $207,000 to $1.50 billion at March 31, 2026 from $1.50 billion at December 31, 2025. The increase was largely driven by an increase in total commercial real estate loans of $7.79 million, an increase in total residential loans of $4.99 million and an increase of $1.21 million in home equity loans. The increases were largely offset by a decrease of $12.45 million in total commercial loans and a decrease of $1.27 million in consumer loans.

Total loan originations were $170.95 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026. Total residential 1-4 family originations were $91.77 million, which includes $69.26 million of loans held-for-sale originations. Total commercial originations were $45.38 million. Total commercial real estate originations were $25.71 million. Home equity loan originations totaled $5.98 million. Consumer loan originations totaled $2.11 million. Loans held-for-sale increased by $2.45 million to $9.90 million at March 31, 2026 from $7.45 million at December 31, 2025.

Financial Condition - continued

Lending Activities- continued

Generally, our collection procedures provide that when a loan is 15 or more days delinquent, the borrower is sent a past due notice. If the loan becomes 30 days delinquent, the borrower is sent a written delinquency notice requiring payment. If the delinquency continues, subsequent efforts are made to contact the delinquent borrower, including face to face meetings and counseling to resolve the delinquency. All collection actions are undertaken with the objective of compliance with the relevant state and federal banking laws, including the Fair Debt Collection Act.

For mortgage loans and home equity loans, if the borrower is unable to cure the delinquency or reach a payment agreement, we will institute foreclosure actions. If a foreclosure action is taken and the loan is not reinstated, paid in full or refinanced, the property is sold at judicial sale at which we may be the buyer if there are no adequate offers to satisfy the debt. Any property acquired as the result of foreclosure, or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, is classified as real estate owned until such time as it is sold or otherwise disposed of. When real estate owned is acquired, it is recorded at its fair market value less estimated selling costs. The initial recording of any loss is charged to the allowance for credit losses. Subsequent write-downs are recorded as a charge to operations. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 there was $70,000 and $98,000, respectively, of real estate owned and other repossessed property.

The following table sets forth information regarding nonperforming assets:

		March 31,				December 31,
		2026				2025
		(Dollars in Thousands)
Non-accrual loans
Real estate loans:
Residential 1-4 family		$	189			$	298
Commercial real estate			420				420
Commercial construction and development			1				1
Farmland			578				308
Other loans:
Home equity			550				395
Consumer			170				210
Commercial			264				279
Agricultural			156				177
Accruing loans delinquent 90 days or more
Real estate loans:
Residential 1-4 family			158				48
Commercial real estate			3				-
Farmland			815				841
Other loans:
Commercial			-				10
Agricultural			2,230				2,645
Total nonperforming loans			5,534				5,632
Real estate owned and other repossessed property, net			70				98
Total nonperforming assets		$	5,604			$	5,730
Total nonperforming loans to total loans			0.36	%			0.37	%
Total nonperforming loans to total assets			0.26	%			0.27	%
Total nonaccrual loans to total loans			0.15	%			0.14	%
Total nonperforming assets to total assets			0.27	%			0.27	%

Nonaccrual loans as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 include $721,000 and $460,000, respectively of acquired loans that deteriorated subsequent to the acquisition date.

The following tables include the composition of the commercial real estate loan category:

		March 31, 2026
		Non-Owner Occupied				Owner Occupied				Total				Percent of Total CRE
		(Dollars In Thousands)
Automotive related		$	-			$	23,603			$	23,603				3.54	%
Bars and restaurants			5,267				16,598				21,865			3.27
Car washes			975				-				975			0.15
Construction and related industries			17,581				15,872				33,453			5.01
Healthcare and social assistance			22,530				11,037				33,567			5.03
Hospitality industry related			-				11,542				11,542			1.73
Hotels and other traveler accommodations			87,999				-				87,999			13.18
Industrial/warehouse			60,017				-				60,017			8.99
Lessors of mini warehouses and self-storage units			18,392				-				18,392			2.75
Lessors of nonresidential buildings			60,031				-				60,031			8.99
Lessors of other real estate property			29,214				-				29,214			4.38
Multifamily			109,658				-				109,658			16.42
Office space			18,357				43,898				62,255			9.32
Real estate leasing activities			2,120				28,726				30,846			4.62
Wholesale and retail trade			7,734				12,140				19,874			2.98
Other			43,929				20,465				64,394			9.64
Total commercial real estate		$	483,804			$	183,881			$	667,685			100.00		%

		December 31, 2025
		Non-Owner Occupied				Owner Occupied				Total				Percent of Total CRE
		(Dollars In Thousands)
Automotive related		$	-			$	23,339			$	23,339				3.67	%
Bars and restaurants			5,341				15,803				21,144				3.32
Car washes			979				-				979				0.15
Construction and related industries			17,889				14,227				32,116				5.05
Healthcare and social assistance			9,746				9,016				18,762				2.95
Hospitality industry related			-				11,706				11,706				1.84
Hotels and other traveler accommodations			80,037				-				80,037				12.59
Industrial/warehouse			56,337				-				56,337				8.86
Lessors of mini warehouses and self-storage units			18,926				-				18,926				2.98
Lessors of nonresidential buildings			59,323				-				59,323				9.33
Lessors of other real estate property			29,003				-				29,003				4.56
Multifamily			109,041				-				109,041				17.14
Office space			19,610				44,235				63,845				10.04
Other real estate rental and leasing			2,351				-				2,351				0.37
Real estate leasing activities			-				30,452				30,452				4.79
Wholesale and retail trade			7,140				13,104				20,244				3.18
Other			34,028				24,337				58,365				9.18
Total commercial real estate		$	449,751			$	186,219			$	635,970				100.00	%

Commercial real estate loans made up $667.69 million or 43.9% of the Bank's total loan portfolio at March 31, 2026, compared to $635.97 million or 41.9% at December 31, 2025. The Bank's commercial real estate loans are primarily permanent loans secured by improved property such as office buildings, retail stores, commercial warehouses, and apartment buildings. The terms and conditions of each loan are tailored to the needs of the borrower and based on the financial strength of the project and any guarantors. Generally, commercial real estate loans originated by the Bank will not exceed 80.0% of the appraised value or the selling price of the property, whichever is less. The Bank's commercial real estate portfolio's average loan-to-value ratio range was 32% to 48% by property type as of March 31, 2026.

The Bank's asset quality with respect to commercial real estate loans has remained strong despite recent economic and market conditions. The Bank has limited exposure in the office space sector, none of which is located in central business districts. Management believes that the Bank has implemented appropriate risk management practices, including regular and ongoing loan reviews, stress tests, and sensitivity analysis. Loan reviews include monitoring past due rates, non-performing trends, concentrations, loan to value ratios, and other qualitative factors. The Bank's loan policy is robust and is updated annually or as needed to meet the risk mitigation and strategic goals of the Bank.

Financial Condition - continued

Deposits and Other Sources of Funds

The following table includes deposit accounts by category:

		March 31,								December 31,
		2026								2025
						Percent								Percent
		Amount				of Total				Amount				of Total
		(Dollars in Thousands)
Noninterest checking		$	437,574				24.50	%		$	452,183				25.38	%
Interest-bearing checking			218,113				12.21				218,484				12.27
Savings			214,133				11.99				207,789				11.66
Money market			443,473				24.83				440,971				24.75
Total			1,313,293				73.53				1,319,427				74.06
Certificates of deposit accounts:
IRA certificates			20,534				1.15				20,926				1.17
Other certificates			452,249				25.32				441,246				24.77
Total certificates of deposit			472,783				26.47				462,172				25.94
Total deposits		$	1,786,076				100.00	%		$	1,781,599				100.00	%

Deposits increased by $4.48 million, or 0.3%, from December 31, 2025 to March 31, 2026. Time certificates of deposit increased by $10.61 million, savings increased by $6.34 million and money market increased by $2.50 million. These increases were partially offset by decreases in noninterest checking of $14.61 million, and interest bearing checking of $371,000.

The estimated amount of uninsured deposits was $354.06 million, or 19.6%, of total deposits at March 31, 2026, compared to $354.59 million, or 19.5%, of total deposits at December 31, 2025.

The following table summarizes borrowing activity:

		March 31,								December 31,
		2026								2025
		Net				Percent				Net				Percent
		Amount				of Total				Amount				of Total
		(Dollars in Thousands)
FHLB advances and other borrowings		$	26,667				37.48	%		$	38,022				46.10	%
Other long-term debt:
Subordinated debentures fixed at 3.50% to floating, due 2032			39,324				55.27				39,295				47.65
Subordinated debentures variable at 3-Month SOFR plus 1.68%, due 2035			5,155				7.25				5,155				6.25
Total other long-term debt			44,479				62.52				44,450				53.90
Total borrowings		$	71,146				100.00	%		$	82,472				100.00	%

Total borrowings decreased by $11.32 million, or 13.7%, to $71.15 million at March 31, 2026 from $82.47 million at December 31, 2025, due to a decrease in FHLB advances and other borrowings.

Shareholders' Equity

Total shareholders' equity increased by $1.15 million, or 0.6%, to $192.96 million at March 31, 2026 from $191.81 million at December 31, 2025. The increase was primarily attributed to net income of $3.98 million. The increase was largely offset by an increase in unrealized losses of securities available for sale of $2.01 million and dividends paid of $1.16 million.

Analysis of Net Interest Income

The Bank's earnings have historically depended primarily upon net interest income, which is the difference between interest income earned on loans and investments and interest paid on deposits and any borrowed funds. It is the single largest component of Eagle's operating income. Net interest income is affected by (i) the difference between rates of interest earned on loans and investments and rates paid on interest-bearing deposits and borrowings (the "interest rate spread") and (ii) the relative amounts of loans and investments and interest-bearing deposits and borrowings.

The following table includes average balances for financial condition items, as well as interest and dividends and average yields related to the average balances. All average balances are daily average balances. Nonaccrual loans were included in the computation of average balances and reported in loans receivable as loans carrying a zero yield. The yields include the effect of deferred fees and discounts and premiums that are amortized or accreted to interest income or expense.

		Three Months Ended March 31, 2026												Three Months Ended March 31, 2025
		Average				Interest								Average				Interest
		Daily				and				Yield/				Daily				and				Yield/
		Balance				Dividends				Cost(4)				Balance				Dividends				Cost(4)
		(Dollars in Thousands)
Assets:
Interest earning assets:
Investment securities		$	280,552			$	2,215				3.20	%		$	293,273			$	2,451				3.39	%
FHLB and FRB stock			6,687				138				8.37				11,816				260				8.92
Loans receivable(1)			1,525,274				23,570				6.27				1,526,774				23,320				6.19
Other earning assets			33,862				299				3.58				3,347				38				4.60
Total interest-earning assets			1,846,375				26,222				5.76				1,835,210				26,069				5.76
Noninterest-earning assets			245,905												243,932
Total assets		$	2,092,280											$	2,079,142
Liabilities and equity:
Interest-bearing liabilities:
Deposit accounts:
Checking		$	216,444			$	92				0.17	%		$	219,912			$	97				0.18	%
Savings			211,263				30				0.06				203,079				31				0.06
Money market			443,353				2,422				2.22				376,988				2,191				2.36
Certificates of deposit			469,079				4,117				3.56				465,718				4,552				3.96
FHLB advances and other borrowings			30,582				412				5.46				138,830				1,626				4.75
Other long-term debt			44,460				446				4.07				59,174				670				4.59
Total interest-bearing liabilities			1,415,181				7,519				2.15				1,463,701				9,167				2.54
Noninterest checking			438,927												405,652
Other noninterest-bearing liabilities			42,823												40,701
Total liabilities			1,896,931												1,910,054
Total equity			195,349												169,088
Total liabilities and equity		$	2,092,280											$	2,079,142
Net interest income/interest rate spread(2)						$	18,703			3.61		%						$	16,902				3.22	%
Net interest margin(3)											4.11	%											3.74	%
Total interest earning assets to interest-bearing liabilities											130.47	%											125.38	%

(1) Includes loans held-for-sale.

(2) Interest rate spread represents the difference between the average yield on interest-earning assets and the average rate on interest-bearing liabilities.

(3) Net interest margin represents income before the provision for credit losses divided by average interest-earning assets.

(4) For purposes of this table, tax exempt income is not calculated on a tax equivalent basis.

Net Interest Margin ("NIM"). Net interest margin for the three months ended March 31, 2026 was 4.11%, an increase of 37 basis points compared to March 31, 2025. The increase in NIM reflects lower funding costs and improved balance sheet leverage through a favorable funding mix and reduced borrowings, with stable yields on interest-earning assets.

Rate/Volume Analysis

The following tables present the dollar amount of changes in interest income and interest expense for major components of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. For each category of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, information is provided on changes attributable to: (1) changes in volume multiplied by the old rate; (2) changes in rate, which are changes in rate multiplied by the old volume; and (3) changes not solely attributable to rate or volume, which have been allocated proportionately to the change due to volume and the change due to rate.

		Three Months Ended March 31,
		2026												2025
						Due to												Due to
		Volume				Rate				Net				Volume				Rate				Net
		(In Thousands)
Interest earning assets:
Investment securities		$	(106	)		$	(130	)		$	(236	)		$	(181	)		$	(92	)		$	(273	)
FHLB and FRB stock			(113	)			(9	)			(122	)			(28	)			41				13
Loans receivable(1)			(23	)			273				250				402				976				1,378
Other earning assets			346				(85	)			261				(2	)			11				9
Total interest earning assets			104				49				153				191				936				1,127
Interest-bearing liabilities:
Checking			(2	)			(3	)			(5	)			-				51				51
Savings			1				(2	)			(1	)			(3	)			(1	)			(4	)
Money market			386				(155	)			231				229				(63	)			166
Certificates of deposit			33				(468	)			(435	)			260				(150	)			110
FHLB advances and other borrowings			(1,267	)			53				(1,214	)			(584	)			(287	)			(871	)
Other long-term debt			(167	)			(57	)			(224	)			2				(15	)			(13	)
Total interest-bearing liabilities			(1,016	)			(632	)			(1,648	)			(96	)			(465	)			(561	)
Change in net interest income		$	1,120			$	681			$	1,801			$	287			$	1,401			$	1,688

(1) Includes loans held-for-sale.

Results of Operations

The following compares the results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.

		Three Months Ended
		March 31,
		2026				2025				Dollar Change				Percent Change
		(Dollars in Thousands)
Interest and dividend income		$	26,222			$	26,069			$	153				0.6	%
Interest expense			7,519				9,167				(1,648	)			-18.0
Net interest income			18,703				16,902				1,801				10.7
Provision for credit losses			279				42				237				564.3
Net interest income after provision for credit losses			18,424				16,860				1,564				9.3
Noninterest income			4,881				4,016				865				21.5
Noninterest expense			18,211				17,006				1,205				7.1
Provision for income taxes			1,110				631				479				75.9
Net income		$	3,984			$	3,239			$	745				23.0	%

Net Income. Eagle's net income for the three months ended March 31, 2026, was $3.98 million, compared to $3.24 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The increase of $745,000 was due to an increase in net interest income after provision for credit losses of $1.56 million and an increase in noninterest income of $865,000. These were partially offset by an increase in noninterest expense of $1.21 million and an increase in the provision for income taxes of $479,000. For the current period, basic earnings per common share and diluted earnings per common share were both $0.51. Basic earnings per common share and diluted earnings per common share were both $0.41 for the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Net Interest Income. Net interest income increased to $18.70 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, from $16.90 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The increase of $1.80 million, or 10.7%, was primarily the result of a decrease in interest expense of $1.65 million.

Interest and Dividend Income. Interest and dividend income was $26.22 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to $26.07 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, an increase of $153,000, or 0.6%. Interest and fees on loans increased to $23.57 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, from $23.32 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. This increase of $250,000, or 1.1%, was due in part to an increase in the average yield on loans, with average loan balances remaining relatively stable, period over period. The average interest rate earned on loans receivable increased by eight basis points, from 6.19% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, to 6.27% for the current period. Interest accretion on purchased loans was $185,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2026, which resulted in a four-basis point increase in net interest margin compared to $172,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, which also resulted in a four-basis point increase in net interest margin. Average balances for loans receivable, including loans held-for-sale, remained relatively stable at $1.53 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025. Interest on investment securities available-for-sale decreased by $236,000, or 9.6%, period over period, primarily due to the decrease in average balances for investments from $293.27 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, to $280.55 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026. In addition, average interest rates earned on investments decreased from 3.39% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, to 3.20% for the three months ended March 31, 2026.

Interest Expense. Total interest expense was $7.52 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, decreasing from $9.17 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The decrease of $1.65 million, or 18.0%, was primarily due to a decrease of $1.44 million in interest expense on total borrowings. The decrease in interest expense on total borrowings was driven by the average balance of FHLB advances and other borrowings decreasing from $138.83 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, to $30.58 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026. The average rate paid on FHLB advances and other borrowings increased from 4.75% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, to 5.46% for the three months ended March 31, 2026 due to the payoff of lower-cost borrowings. Interest expense on deposits decreased minimally by $210,000, period over period. The overall average rate on total deposits was down from 1.67% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to 1.52% for the three months ended March 31, 2026. However, the average balance for total deposits increased from $1.67 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2025, to $1.78 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2026.

Provision for Credit Losses. Provision for credit losses was $279,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to $42,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The provision for credit losses for the three months ended March 31, 2026, included an increase in the provision for credit losses on loans to $109,000, and unchanged provision for unfunded commitments of $170,000.

Noninterest Income. Total noninterest income was $4.88 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to $4.02 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, an increase of $865,000, or 21.5%. This increase was primarily due to an increase of $490,000 in other noninterest income due to insurance proceeds of $484,000 received for the three months ended March 31,2026 due to smoke damage caused by a furnace fire and other damage from a windstorm. In addition, mortgage banking, net increased $309,000 to $2.43 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, from $2.13 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. Mortgage banking, net, includes net gain on sale of mortgage loans, which increased to $1.68 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to $1.35 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, $66.08 million residential mortgage loans were sold, compared to $42.80 million in the three months ended March 31, 2025. However, gross margin levels decreased from 3.15% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, to 2.54% for the three months ended March 31, 2026.

Noninterest Expense. Noninterest expense was $18.21 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to $17.01 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, an increase of $1.21 million, or 7.1%. The driver of the increase was salaries and employee benefits, which increased $1.15 million.

Provision for Income Taxes. Provision for income taxes was $1.11 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to $631,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The effective tax rate was 21.8% for the current period compared to 16.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The effective tax rate increased as the Company's pretax earnings have increased at a faster pace than tax-exempt income.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity

The Bank is required by regulation to maintain sufficient levels of liquidity for safety and soundness purposes. Appropriate levels of liquidity will depend upon the types of activities in which the company engages. For internal reporting purposes, the Bank uses policy minimums of 1.0% and 8.0% for "basic surplus" and "basic surplus with FHLB" as internally defined. In general, the "basic surplus" is a calculation of the ratio of unencumbered short-term assets reduced by estimated percentages of CD maturities and other deposits that may leave the Bank in the next 30 days divided by total assets. "Basic surplus with FHLB" adds to "basic surplus" the additional borrowing capacity the Bank has with the FHLB of Des Moines. The Bank exceeded those minimum ratios as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.

The Bank's primary sources of funds are deposits, repayment of loans and mortgage-backed securities, maturities of investments, funds provided from operations, advances from the FHLB of Des Moines and other borrowings. Scheduled repayments of loans and mortgage-backed securities and maturities of investment securities are generally predictable. However, other sources of funds, such as deposit flows and loan prepayments, can be greatly influenced by the general level of interest rates, economic conditions and competition. The Company uses liquidity resources principally to fund existing and future loan commitments. It also uses them to fund maturing certificates of deposit and demand deposit withdrawals, for investment purposes, to meet operating expenses and capital expenditures, for dividend payments, for stock repurchases and to maintain adequate liquidity levels.

Liquidity may be adversely affected by unexpected deposit outflows, higher interest rates paid by competitors, and similar matters. Management monitors projected liquidity needs and determines the level desirable based in part on the Bank's commitments to make loans and management's assessment of the Bank's ability to generate funds.

The Company's available borrowing capacity was approximately $593.00 million as of March 31, 2026 and $601.00 million as of December 31, 2025.

		March 31,								December 31,
		2026								2025
		Borrowings				Remaining Borrowing				Borrowings				Remaining Borrowing
		Outstanding				Capacity				Outstanding				Capacity
		(In Thousands)
Federal Home Loan Bank advances		$	11,667			$	484,796			$	22,917			$	492,553
Federal Reserve Bank discount window			-				23,333				-				23,506
Correspondent bank lines of credit			15,000				85,000				15,105				84,895
Total		$	26,667			$	593,129			$	38,022			$	600,954

Brokered deposits are another source of funding the Bank may utilize from time to time. As of March 31, 2026, the Bank had no brokered certificates and $2.02 million in brokered money market deposits. As of December 31, 2025, the Bank had no brokered certificates and $3.21 million in brokered money market deposits. Policy limits for brokered deposits are set at 10% of assets.

In addition to bank level liquidity management, Eagle must manage liquidity at the parent company level for various operating needs, including the servicing of debt, the payment of dividends on our common stock, share repurchases, payment of general corporate expenses, and potential capital infusions into subsidiaries. The primary source of liquidity for Eagle consists of dividends from the Bank, which is governed by certain rules and regulations of the Montana Division of Banking and Financial Institutions and the Federal Reserve, and access to capital markets.

Eagle has a $15.00 million line of credit with a correspondent bank. The outstanding balance for this line of credit was $15.00 million at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025. The line of credit was used to finance the redemption payment for subordinated notes of $15.00 million. The line of credit has a two-year maturity and a variable interest rate equal to 0.50% below prime. The rate was 6.25% as of March 31, 2026. The draw is secured by the assets of the Company and includes certain financial covenants and negative covenants. The Company is in compliance with the covenants under the line of credit. Outstanding draws on the line impact remaining borrowing capacity for the Company's correspondent bank lines of credit included above.

Eagle presently believes that the sources of liquidity discussed above, including existing liquid funds on hand, are sufficient to meet its anticipated funding needs in the short and long term. However, if economic conditions were to significantly deteriorate, regulatory capital requirements for Eagle or the Bank were to increase as the result of regulatory directives or otherwise, or Eagle were to believe it is prudent to enhance current liquidity levels, then Eagle may seek additional liquidity from external sources.

Capital Resources

As of March 31, 2026, the Bank's internally determined measurement of sensitivity to interest rate movements as measured by a 200-basis point rise in interest rates scenario, increased the economic value of equity ("EVE") by 3.2% compared to an increase of 3.4% at December 31, 2025. A 200-basis point decrease in interest rates scenario decreased EVE by 9.1% compared to a decrease of 9.3% at December 31, 2025. The Bank is within the guidelines set forth by the Board of Directors for interest rate risk sensitivity in rising interest rate scenarios.

The Bank's regulatory capital was in excess of all applicable regulatory requirements and the Bank is deemed "well capitalized" pursuant to State of Montana and FRB rules as of March 31, 2026. The Bank's actual capital amounts and ratios as of March 31, 2026 are presented in the table below and all of the ratios, with the exception of the Tier 1 capital adjusted total average assets ratio, include the capital conservation buffer of 2.50%.

																		Minimum
																		To Be Well
										Minimum Required								Capitalized Under
										for Capital Adequacy								Prompt Corrective
		Actual								Purposes								Action Provisions
		Amount				Ratio				Amount				Ratio				Amount				Ratio
		(Dollars in Thousands)
March 31, 2026:
Total risk-based capital to risk weighted assets		$	244,174				14.46	%		$	177,258				10.50	%		$	168,817				10.00	%
Tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets			224,734				13.31				143,494				8.50				135,054				8.00
Common equity Tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets			224,734				13.31				118,172				7.00				109,731				6.50
Tier 1 capital to adjusted total average assets			224,734				10.85				82,833				4.00				103,541				5.00

The Bank's regulatory capital was in excess of all applicable regulatory requirements and the Bank is deemed "well capitalized" pursuant to State of Montana and FRB rules as of December 31, 2025. The Bank's actual capital amounts and ratios as of December 31, 2025 are presented in the table below and all of the ratios, with the exception of the Tier 1 capital adjusted total average assets ratio, include the capital conservation buffer of 2.50%.

																		Minimum
																		To Be Well
										Minimum Required								Capitalized Under
										for Capital Adequacy								Prompt Corrective
		Actual								Purposes								Action Provisions
		Amount				Ratio				Amount				Ratio				Amount				Ratio
		(Dollars in Thousands)
December 31, 2025:
Total risk-based capital to risk weighted assets		$	241,786				14.28	%		$	177,739				10.50	%		$	169,275				10.00	%
Tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets			222,576				13.15				143,884				8.50				135,420				8.00
Common equity Tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets			222,576				13.15				118,492				7.00				110,029				6.50
Tier 1 capital to adjusted total average assets			222,576				10.62				83,832				4.00				104,790				5.00

Impact of Inflation and Changing Prices

Our condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes, which are found in Part I, Item 1, have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, which require the measurement of financial position and operating results in terms of historical dollars without considering the change in the relative purchasing power of money over time and due to inflation. The impact of inflation is reflected in the increased cost of our operations. Interest rates have a greater impact on our performance than do the general levels of inflation. Interest rates do not necessarily move in the same direction or to the same extent as the prices of goods and services.

Interest Rate Risk

Interest rate risk is the potential for loss of future earnings resulting from adverse changes in the level of interest rates. Interest rate risk results from several factors and could have a significant impact on the Company's net interest income, which is the Company's primary source of revenue. Net interest income is affected by changes in interest rates, the relationship between rates on interest-bearing assets and liabilities, the impact of interest rate fluctuations on asset prepayments and the mix of interest-bearing assets and liabilities.

Although interest rate risk is inherent in the banking industry, banks are expected to have sound risk management practices in place to measure, monitor and control interest rate exposures. The objective of interest rate risk management is to contain the risks associated with interest rate fluctuations. The process involves identification and management of the sensitivity of net interest income to changing interest rates.

The ongoing monitoring and management of this risk is an important component of the Company's asset/liability committee, which is governed by policies established by the Company's Board that are reviewed and approved annually. The Board delegates responsibility for carrying out the asset/liability management policies to the Bank's asset/liability committee. In this capacity, the asset/liability committee develops guidelines and strategies impacting the Company's asset/liability management related activities based upon estimated market risk sensitivity, policy limits and overall market interest rate levels and trends. The Company's goal of its asset and liability management practices is to maintain or increase the level of net interest income within an acceptable level of interest rate risk.

The Bank has established acceptable levels of interest rate risk as follows for an instantaneous and permanent shock in rates: projected net interest income over the next twelve months (i.e. year-1) will not be reduced by more than 15.0% given an immediate increase or decrease in interest rates of up to 300 basis points, and the subsequent twelve months (i.e. year-2) will not be reduced by more than 20.0% given an immediate increase or decrease in interest rates of up to 300 basis points.

The following table includes the Bank's net interest income sensitivity analysis.

Changes in Market		As of March 31, 2026				Board Policy		Board Policy
Interest Rates		Rate Sensitivity				Limits		Limits
(Basis Points)		Year 1		Year 2		Year 1		Year 2
+300		-4.4%		7.7%		-15.0%		-20.0%
+200		-2.8%		6.5%		-15.0%		-15.0%
+100		-1.2%		5.6%		-10.0%		-10.0%
-100		0.1%		0.4%		-10.0%		-10.0%
-200		0.5%		-3.2%		-15.0%		-15.0%
-300		2.4%		-4.9%		-15.0%		-20.0%

The accounting and financial reporting policies of Eagle are in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and conform to the accounting and reporting guidelines prescribed by bank regulatory authorities. Eagle has identified certain of its accounting policies as "critical accounting policies," consisting of those related to the allowance for credit losses and business combinations. In determining which accounting policies are critical in nature, Eagle has identified the policies that require significant judgment or involve complex estimates. It is management's practice to discuss critical accounting policies with the Board of Directors' Audit Committee on a periodic basis, including the development, selection, implementation, and disclosure of the critical accounting policies. The application of these policies has a significant impact on Eagle's unaudited interim consolidated financial statements. Eagle's financial results could differ significantly if different judgments or estimates are used in the application of these policies. All accounting policies described in "Part II - Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data - Note 1 - Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" in Eagle's 2025 Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC on March 9, 2026, should be reviewed for a greater understanding of how we record and report our financial performance. There have been no significant changes to the accounting policies, estimates, and assumptions, or the judgments affecting the application of these estimates and assumptions from those disclosed in Eagle's 2025 Form 10-K.