NASDAQ:PFBC - Preferred Bank Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Preferred Bank declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 6th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, July 20th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.52%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 5th. This is a boost from Preferred Bank's previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. View Preferred Bank's Dividend History.

Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 18th. The bank reported $1.14 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.09 by $0.05. The bank earned $39.16 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $38.66 million. Preferred Bank had a net margin of 30.57% and a return on equity of 17.86%. View Preferred Bank's Earnings History.

Preferred Bank is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October, 23rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Preferred Bank.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Preferred Bank's stock. Their forecasts range from $70.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate Preferred Bank's stock price to reach $73.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Preferred Bank.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Preferred Bank in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating, 4 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Some companies that are related to Preferred Bank include Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), South State (SSB), Columbia Banking System (COLB), Bancorpsouth Bank (BXS), International Bancshares (IBOC), Union Bankshares (UBSH), CVB Financial (CVBF), Great Western Bancorp (GWB), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), United Community Banks (UCBI), Independent Bank (INDB), TowneBank (TOWN), Renasant (RNST), ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS) and Hilltop (HTH).

News coverage about PFBC stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Preferred Bank earned a news sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the bank an impact score of 43.70 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Preferred Bank's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.23%) and Columbia Partners L L C Investment Management (0.17%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Preferred Bank.

PFBC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can and Columbia Partners L L C Investment Management. View Insider Buying and Selling for Preferred 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 $65.59.

Preferred Bank has a market capitalization of $865 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.

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]