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 Friday, December 7th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, January 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Tuesday, January 22nd. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, January 7th. This is a positive change from Preferred Bank's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. View Preferred Bank's Dividend History.

Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 17th. The bank reported $1.13 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.24 by $0.11. The bank had revenue of $45.85 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $42.11 million. Preferred Bank had a net margin of 31.74% and a return on equity of 18.39%. View Preferred Bank's Earnings History.

4 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Preferred Bank's stock. Their predictions range from $72.00 to $76.00. On average, they anticipate Preferred Bank's stock price to reach $73.6667 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 57.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Preferred Bank.

4 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 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Preferred Bank.

Media stories about PFBC stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Preferred Bank earned a media sentiment score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the bank a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

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

Preferred Bank's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.09%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.04%).

PFBC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Louisiana State Employees Retirement System.

PFBC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bowling Portfolio Management LLC.

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 $46.77.

Preferred Bank has a market capitalization of $600.05 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]