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Market Cap 0.95B P/E 6.98 EPS this Y -7.90% Ern Qtrly Grth -12.10%
Income 145.43M Forward P/E 7.23 EPS next Y -6.00% 50D Avg Chg 19.00%
Sales 281.5M PEG 0.78 EPS past 5Y 21.93% 200D Avg Chg 6.00%
Dividend 3.00% Price/Book 1.42 EPS next 5Y 10.00% 52W High Chg -14.00%
Recommedations 2.00 Quick Ratio - Shares Outstanding 13.39M 52W Low Chg 57.00%
Insider Own 8.00% ROA 2.20% Shares Float 12.22M Beta 1.02
Inst Own 79.96% ROE 21.45% Shares Shorted/Prior 1.09M/1.03M Price 66.77
Gross Margin - Profit Margin 51.66% Avg. Volume 101,854 Target Price 87.75
Oper. Margin 70.38% Earnings Date Jul 17 Volume 76,116 Change -0.15%
About Preferred Bank

Preferred Bank provides various commercial banking products and services to small and mid-sized businesses and their owners, entrepreneurs, real estate developers and investors, professionals, and high net worth individuals in the United States. The company accepts checking, savings, and money market deposit accounts; fixed-rate and fixed maturity retail, and non-retail certificates of deposit; and individual retirement accounts. It also provides real estate mortgage loans that are secured by retail, industrial, office, special purpose, and residential single and multi-family properties; real estate construction loans; and commercial loans comprising lines of credit for working capital, term loans for capital expenditures, and commercial and stand-by letters of credit; and SBA loans. In addition, the company offers trade finance services, including commercial and export letters of credit, import lines of credit, documentary collections, international wire transfers, acceptances/trust receipt financing products, export financing, and bills purchase programs. Further, it provides various high-wealth banking services to wealthy individuals residing in the Pacific Rim area; and remote deposit capture, bill pay, treasury management, and internet and mobile banking services. Additionally, the company offers various banking services to physicians, accountants, attorneys, business managers, and other professionals; and safe deposit boxes, account reconciliation, courier service, and cash management services to the manufacturing, service, and distribution companies. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Preferred Bank News
04/27/24 Preferred Bank First Quarter 2024 Earnings: Beats Expectations
04/26/24 Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) Released Earnings Last Week And Analysts Lifted Their Price Target To US$87.75
04/25/24 Preferred Bank (PFBC) Upgraded to Buy: What Does It Mean for the Stock?
04/24/24 Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
04/23/24 Preferred Bank Reports Quarterly Results
04/11/24 Preferred Bank Announces 2024 First Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call
04/11/24 Unlocking Q1 Potential of Preferred Bank (PFBC): Exploring Wall Street Estimates for Key Metrics
03/20/24 CORRECTION – Preferred Bank Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend
03/20/24 Preferred Bank Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend
01/27/24 Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript
01/24/24 Preferred Bank (PFBC) Q4 Earnings: Taking a Look at Key Metrics Versus Estimates
01/24/24 Preferred Bank Reports Quarterly and Annual Results
01/17/24 Earnings Preview: Preferred Bank (PFBC) Q4 Earnings Expected to Decline
01/09/24 Preferred Bank Announces Continuation of Share Repurchase Plan
01/08/24 Preferred Bank Announces 2023 Fourth Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call
12/13/23 Preferred Bank Announces Increased Cash Dividend
10/19/23 Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) Q3 2023 Earnings Call Transcript
10/17/23 Preferred Bank Reports Quarterly Earnings
10/10/23 Should Value Investors Buy Preferred Bank (PFBC) Stock?
10/06/23 Preferred Bank Announces 2023 Third Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call
PFBC Chatroom

User Image StockInvest_us Posted - 04/24/24

Signal alert: $PFBC - Overbought Trend Short (Overvalued) https://stockinvest.us/l/pJ1z3Sdw41

User Image briefingcom Posted - 04/23/24

$PFBC: Preferred Bank reports Q1 EPS of $2.44 vs. $2.28 FactSet consensus https://www.briefing.com/in-depth-analysis/content/article?ArticleId=IN20240423080555PFBC&utm_campaign=inplay&utm_medium=social&utm_source=st&utm_content=view_page

User Image epsguid Posted - 04/23/24

$PFBC reported earnings of $2.44, consensus was $2.40 via @eWhispers #epsbeat http://eps.sh/d/pfbc

User Image DonCorleone77 Posted - 04/23/24

$PFBC Preferred Bank reports Q1 EPS $2.44, consensus $2.38 Reports Q1 book value per share $52.23. Li Yu, Chairman and CEO, commented, "We are pleased to report first quarter 2024 net income of $33.5 million or $2.44 per diluted share. For the quarter, loans grew $52 million and total deposits increased $92 million from December 31, 2023, which equates to annual growth rates of 4.0% and 6.5%, respectively. The Bank's net interest margin for the quarter was 4.19% which was better than expected. This compares to a margin of 4.24% for the previous quarter and the slight decrease was primarily the result of higher deposit costs."

User Image Stock_Titan Posted - 04/23/24

$PFBC Preferred Bank Reports Quarterly Results https://www.stocktitan.net/news/PFBC/preferred-bank-reports-quarterly-uirmy9c3buz3.html

User Image StockInvest_us Posted - 04/20/24

Signal alert: $PFBC - Possible Runner https://stockinvest.us/l/XX1XQ0SeFC

User Image StockInvest_us Posted - 04/18/24

Signal alert: $PFBC - PivotPoint bottom https://stockinvest.us/l/lXT6jlRHNy

User Image Stock_Titan Posted - 04/11/24

$PFBC Preferred Bank Announces 2024 First Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call https://www.stocktitan.net/news/PFBC/preferred-bank-announces-2024-first-quarter-earnings-release-and-kbizf41qx1p5.html

User Image TickerDD_com Posted - 02/08/24

From 2/2/2024, looking back across 22 Month-Ends for PFBC, Percentage Change of Average Monthly Price had More Negatives (64%) while Percentage Change of Average Monthly Volume had More Positives (91%) $PFBC #PFBC #PFBCStock #TickerDD #PFBCPrice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZKQyN3UvrU

User Image epsguid Posted - 01/24/24

$PFBC reported earnings of $2.60, consensus was $2.54 via @eWhispers #epsbeat http://eps.sh/d/pfbc

User Image tickeron Posted - 01/21/24

$PFBC enters bullish trend https://srnk.us/go/4974568

User Image ABCStockNews Posted - 01/19/24

$PFBC with earnings next week. Here is our projected outcome. https://abcnews.co/Why-Preferred-Bank-earnings-will-be-good

User Image dividendinvestorbyeagle Posted - 01/11/24

$PFBC div. rate increased > 3% (Preferred Bank (Los Angeles, CA)) https://www.dividendinvestor.com/dividend-news/?symbol=pfbc http://dlvr.it/T1GhQS

User Image DonCorleone77 Posted - 01/09/24

$PFBC Preferred Bank board approves repurchase of 'another $50M' in common stock Preferred Bank announced that the Board of Directors has approved the repurchase of another $50M of the Bank's common stock. The shares will be purchased in the open market. Recall that at the Annual Shareholder's Meeting on May 16 , the Bank's shareholders approved a stock repurchase plan which calls for the repurchase of up to a total of $150M of the Bank's common stock. On June 12, 2023, the Bank announced that the Board had approved the first $50 million in repurchases under that blanket shareholder approval and those stock repurchases were completed in October of 2023. The average price of the shares purchased was $58.

User Image Stock_Titan Posted - 01/09/24

$PFBC Preferred Bank Announces Continuation of Share Repurchase Plan https://www.stocktitan.net/news/PFBC/preferred-bank-announces-continuation-of-share-repurchase-q96vomsxsia7.html

User Image Stock_Titan Posted - 01/08/24

$PFBC Preferred Bank Announces 2023 Fourth Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call https://www.stocktitan.net/news/PFBC/preferred-bank-announces-2023-fourth-quarter-earnings-release-and-lp816fpky8ml.html

User Image StockAutomatePro Posted - 12/19/23

$PFBC Looks like the stock may experience a surge chart analysis confirms. We alerted the BUY signal at $67.3 and we were able to close this one with profit at $75.28🤙

User Image DonCorleone77 Posted - 12/13/23

$PFBC Preferred Bank increases quarterly dividend 27.3% to 70c per share Preferred Bank reported that the board of directors has increased the quarterly cash dividend to 70c per share from the previous level of 55c per share, an increase of 27.3%. The dividend is payable on January 22 to holders of record on January 8.

User Image tickeron Posted - 5 months ago

How will this affect the market? $PFBC price moved above its 50-day Moving Average. View odds of downtrend. https://srnk.us/go/4929293

User Image StockInvest_us Posted - 5 months ago

Signal alert: $PFBC - Undervalued https://stockinvest.us/l/ZNSjEWvxaz

User Image StockAutomatePro Posted - 11/29/23

$PFBC Stock headed for a drop chart shows. We alerted the SELL signal at $65.5 and we were able to close this one with profit at $61.55 📊

User Image tickeron Posted - 11/27/23

A.I.dvisor made a bullish call on $PFBC, netting in a 9.92% gain over 2 weeks https://srnk.us/go/4926106

User Image StockInvest_us Posted - 11/23/23

Signal alert: $PFBC - PivotPoint bottom https://stockinvest.us/l/ep9TFkEp3b

User Image tickeron Posted - 11/15/23

A.I.dvisor is predicting $PFBC is about to move higher. View odds of uptrend. https://srnk.us/go/4915697

User Image cctranscripts Posted - 10/18/23

Going through admissions advanced wrt $PFBC earnings call transcript https://conferencecalltranscripts.com/summary/?id=530946&pr=true

User Image epsguid Posted - 10/17/23

$PFBC reported earnings of $2.71, consensus was $2.55 via @eWhispers #epsbeat http://eps.sh/d/pfbc

User Image DonCorleone77 Posted - 10/17/23

$PFBC Preferred Bank reports Q3 EPS $2.71, consensus $2.56 Reports Q3 book value per share $48.75. Reports Q3 CET1 capital ratio 11.63%. Li Yu, chairman and CEO, commented, "We are pleased to report another quarter of record profit. Earnings per diluted share for the third quarter was $2.71. For the quarter, loans practically stayed even and deposits grew modestly, which is the reflection of the cautiousness of both the Bank and its clients under the current environment. The margin decreased moderately from 4.58% in Q2 to 4.39% for Q3, largely because interest cost increases have slowed down."

User Image Stock_Titan Posted - 10/17/23

$PFBC Preferred Bank Reports Quarterly Earnings https://www.stocktitan.net/news/PFBC/preferred-bank-reports-quarterly-bg5tb3ygy4aa.html

User Image tickeron Posted - 10/16/23

Preferred Bank to report earnings on October 17, 2023. Earnings per share (EPS) estimate: $2.56 $PFBC https://srnk.us/go/4889188

User Image stockilluminati Posted - 10/06/23

$PFBC https://www.stockilluminati.com/pfbc/news.php - Preferred Bank Announces 2023 Third Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call

Analyst Ratings
Stephens & Co. Overweight Jul 21, 23
Stephens & Co. Overweight Jul 20, 23
DA Davidson Neutral Apr 20, 23
Stephens & Co. Overweight Mar 13, 23
DA Davidson Neutral Jan 20, 23
Raymond James Market Perform Jul 7, 22
Janney Montgomery Scott Buy Feb 16, 22
Piper Sandler Overweight Jan 24, 22
B. Riley Securities Buy Jan 21, 22