NASDAQ:PFBC - Preferred Bank Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Preferred Bank trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PFBC."

Preferred Bank announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 5th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, October 19th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.95%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 4th. View Preferred Bank's Dividend History.

Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 17th. The bank reported $1.20 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.18 by $0.02. The bank had revenue of $40.91 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $41.19 million. Preferred Bank had a return on equity of 18.39% and a net margin of 31.74%. View Preferred Bank's Earnings History.

Preferred Bank is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, January 28th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Preferred Bank.

5 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Preferred Bank's shares. Their forecasts range from $72.00 to $76.00. On average, they anticipate Preferred Bank's share price to reach $73.6667 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 44.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Preferred Bank.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Preferred Bank in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating, 2 buy ratings and 2 strong buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Preferred Bank.

Media coverage about PFBC stock has trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Preferred Bank earned a media sentiment score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Some companies that are related to Preferred Bank include Bancorpsouth Bank (BXS), International Bancshares (IBOC), First Interstate Bancsystem (FIBK), South State (SSB), Union Bankshares (UBSH), Independent Bank (INDB), Great Western Bancorp (GWB), Renasant (RNST), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), United Community Banks (UCBI), TowneBank (TOWN), First Bancorp (FBP), ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS), Banner (BANR) and Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI).

Preferred Bank's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (15.53%), FMR LLC (4.96%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.46%), Stieven Capital Advisors L.P. (2.22%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.21%) and Allianz Asset Management GmbH (1.84%).

PFBC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Phocas Financial Corp., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Chicago Equity Partners LLC, Stieven Capital Advisors L.P., Systematic Financial Management LP and Citadel Advisors LLC.

PFBC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Matarin Capital Management LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Arizona State Retirement System, Martingale Asset Management L P, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can and Comerica Bank.

Shares of PFBC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PFBC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $51.16.

Preferred Bank has a market capitalization of $679.18 million and generates $163.42 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $43.39 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.42 on an earnings per share basis. Preferred Bank employs 238 workers across the globe.

The official website for Preferred Bank is http://www.preferredbank.com.

Preferred Bank's mailing address is 601 S. FIGUEROA STREET 29TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA, 90017. The bank can be reached via phone at 213-891-1188 or via email at [email protected]