PacWest Bancorp - PACW Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PacWest Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" PACW shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in PACW, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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9 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for PacWest Bancorp's stock. Their PACW share price forecasts range from $13.00 to $51.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $30.89 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 226.9% from the stock's current price.
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PacWest Bancorp's stock was trading at $22.95 at the beginning of the year. Since then, PACW shares have decreased by 58.8% and is now trading at $9.45.
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PacWest Bancorp saw a drop in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 4,140,000 shares, a drop of 16.2% from the February 13th total of 4,940,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,540,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.7 days. Currently, 3.6% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 18th 2023.
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PacWest Bancorp (NASDAQ:PACW) issued its earnings results on Sunday, October, 17th. The financial services provider reported $1.17 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.03 by $0.14. The financial services provider earned $327.19 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $317.04 million. PacWest Bancorp had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.92% and a net margin of 25.97%. PacWest Bancorp's revenue for the quarter was up 13.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.38 earnings per share.

PacWest Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Tuesday, February 28th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 10.58%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 14th.
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PacWest Bancorp (NASDAQ:PACW) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 8.19%. PACW has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 29.59%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, PACW will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.49% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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1 employees have rated PacWest Bancorp Chief Executive Officer Matthew P. Wagner on Glassdoor.com. Matthew P. Wagner has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Matthew P. Wagner in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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PacWest Bancorp trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PACW."

PacWest Bancorp's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Cardinal Capital Management LLC CT (3.55%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.10%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (2.20%), American Century Companies Inc. (1.60%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (1.55%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.44%). Insiders that own company stock include Bryan M Corsini, C William Hosler, Christopher D Blake, Daniel B Platt, James Pieczynski, Mark Yung, Matthew P Wagner, Monica L Sparks, Paul W Taylor, Rebecca H Cordes, Susan E Lester and William J Black.
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Shares of PACW stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of PACW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $9.45.

PacWest Bancorp (NASDAQ:PACW) has a market capitalization of $1.11 billion and generates $1.63 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $423.61 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.38 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,438 workers across the globe.

PacWest Bancorp's mailing address is 9701 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 700, Beverly Hills CA, 90212. The official website for the company is www.pacwestbancorp.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (310) 887-8500 or via fax at 858-756-5797.