Stephens analyst Terry McEvoy raised the firm’s price target on Old Second Bancorp (OSBC) to $22 from $21 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares after the bank announced the acquisition of privately-held Bancorp Financial, parent of Evergreen Bank. From a strategic perspective, the deal adds a new nationwide consumer lending platform and additional scale in Chicago, the analyst tells investors.
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