PacWest Bancorp Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PacWest Bancorp in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating, 4 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" PacWest Bancorp stock.
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PacWest Bancorp is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 13th 2021.
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PacWest Bancorp (NASDAQ:PACW) posted its earnings results on Sunday, July, 18th. The financial services provider reported $1.52 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.54. PacWest Bancorp had a net margin of 39.30% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.62%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.28 earnings per share.
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PacWest Bancorp's stock was trading at $25.21 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PACW shares have increased by 63.5% and is now trading at $41.23.
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PacWest Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 3rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, May 28th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.43%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 14th.
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PacWest Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.44%. PacWest Bancorp does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of PacWest Bancorp is 47.62%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, PacWest Bancorp will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.70% next year. This indicates that PacWest Bancorp will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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6 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for PacWest Bancorp's shares. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate PacWest Bancorp's share price to reach $41.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.5% from the stock's current price.
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1 employees have rated PacWest Bancorp CEO Matthew P. Wagner on Glassdoor.com. Matthew P. Wagner has an approval rating of 100% among PacWest Bancorp'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 Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (1.86%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.03%) and New Mexico Educational Retirement Board (0.02%). Company insiders that own PacWest Bancorp stock include Christopher D Blake, James Pieczynski, Mark A Christian, Mark Yung, Paul Robert Burke, Robert A Stine and Susan E Lester.
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PACW stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., New Mexico Educational Retirement Board, and Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund. Company insiders that have bought PacWest Bancorp stock in the last two years include Christopher D Blake, Mark Yung, Paul Robert Burke, Robert A Stine, and Susan E Lester.
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One share of PACW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $41.23.

PacWest Bancorp has a market capitalization of $4.82 billion and generates $1.25 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $-1,237,570,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $2.10 on an earnings per share basis.

PacWest Bancorp employs 1,700 workers across the globe.

PacWest Bancorp was founded in 1999.

The official website for PacWest Bancorp is www.pacwestbancorp.com.

PacWest Bancorp is headquartered at 9701 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 700, Beverly Hills CA, 90212.

PacWest Bancorp's mailing address is 9701 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 700, Beverly Hills CA, 90212. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (310) 887-8500.