1 insider bought €40k of shares over the last 90 days, the latest filed 31 Aug 2026.
Embassy Bancorp, Inc., classified in the Finance & Banking sector, is a listed company. Its insiders report their share dealings to SEC (Form 4). From 18 October 2025 to 18 October 2026, the disclosure feed for Embassy Bancorp, Inc. logged 47 filings by 15 insiders.
Purchases and sales both appear in the filings: 24 purchases (7 insiders, €147k) and 5 sales (3 insiders, €133k). The totals exclude 8 filings filed without an amount. Buying on the open market means paying the going price with one's own funds, a different act from receiving shares as pay. Among those who bought: 6 senior executives, 1 finance chief and 1 chief executive. Smith Patti Gates filed the largest sale, €46k, on 4 December 2025.
For context, the typical company on the same exchange (median of 5,811 companies) published 19 filings over the same period, against 47 filings here. Since 2016, the database holds 83 purchases and 11 sales by insiders of the company. For the fiscal year to 31 December 2025, the annual 10-K puts net income at 13.7 m USD, and the dividend at 0.48 USD per share.
Within a 30-day window, 11 purchases overlapped with buying by a second insider. Purchases made close together by different insiders form what is called a cluster. The clock since the last published purchase (31 August 2026) now reads 47 days. Typically, a trade is published a median of 2 days after it takes place. For comparison, the SEC allows two business days to file a Form 4.
Elsewhere in the same sector, our signals recently picked up insider purchases at First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. and BCB Bancorp Inc. Source: insider filings from SEC (Form 4). Past trades are no guide to future returns.
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Embassy Bancorp, Inc. (ticker: EMYB) is a U.S.-listed banking company whose shares trade on the NYSE/NASDAQ market under the EMYB symbol. For international investors, the company is best understood as a local and relationship-driven community bank rather than a diversified national financial platform. Embassy Bancorp is a Pennsylvania corporation organized in 2008 and registered as a bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act. Its business is overwhelmingly tied to the United States, with a strong concentration in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1449794/000144979425000002/emyb-20241231x10k.htm?utm_source=openai))
The company operates as a single reportable segment, and through its banking subsidiary it provides a broad range of commercial and retail banking services to individuals, businesses, and government customers in the Lehigh Valley area. Its core activities include taking time, savings, and demand deposits, and making commercial, consumer, residential mortgage, and home equity loans. That mix gives the firm a classic community-banking profile: spread income from lending and deposits, supported by relationship banking and local market knowledge. In the company’s own disclosures, net interest income remains the key profitability driver, alongside non-interest income, operating expenses, and net income. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1449794/000144979425000006/annualreport1.pdf?utm_source=openai))
Geographically, Embassy Bancorp is headquartered in Hanover Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and draws the majority of its deposits and business from communities surrounding its principal office and branch network. The company’s footprint is centered around Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, and other municipalities in Lehigh and Northampton Counties. This is an important strategic point: the bank benefits from a concentrated local deposit franchise and strong community visibility, but it also has limited geographic diversification compared with larger regional or national banks. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1449794/000144979426000003/emyb-20251231x10k.htm?utm_source=openai))
From a competitive standpoint, Embassy Bancorp competes with much larger banks that have broader branch networks, larger capital bases, bigger technology budgets, and more extensive marketing reach. Its competitive edge is therefore not scale, but proximity, customer relationships, and specialized knowledge of its local market. The company’s filings indicate that it has built deposit relationships through relationship-building, sales, marketing, and cross-marketing with loan and other non-depository banking customers. In practical terms, this suggests a steady, deposit-led model rather than an aggressive growth story. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1449794/000144979425000002/emyb-20241231x10k.htm?utm_source=openai))
Recent disclosures also show a continued emphasis on governance, insider-trading compliance, and shareholder communication, including a 2026 proxy filing and a series of SEC Form 4 insider transaction reports. Those filings are relevant for equity investors because they provide a window into insider behavior and corporate governance discipline, both of which matter for smaller financial institutions. Overall, Embassy Bancorp appears positioned as a niche U.S. community bank with a focused franchise, local funding base, and lending book centered on commercial real estate, residential mortgages, and home equity products. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001449794/000144979426000005/emyb-20260617xdef14a.htm?utm_source=openai))
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All recommendations| Fiscal year end | Revenue | Net income | Diluted EPS | Dividend per share | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025 | n.d. | 13.7 m USD | 1.79 USD | 0.48 USD | 10-K |
| Dec 2024 | n.d. | 10.4 m USD | 1.37 USD | 0.42 USD | 10-K |
| Dec 2023 | n.d. | 12.7 m USD | 1.67 USD | 0.40 USD | 10-K |
| Dec 2022 | n.d. | 17.7 m USD | 2.34 USD | 0.35 USD | 10-K |
| Dec 2021 | n.d. | 16.8 m USD | 2.22 USD | 0.30 USD | 10-K |
Amounts in USD, as filed (forms 10-K, 20-F or 40-F). Source: SEC EDGAR.