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

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

Preferred Bank announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share on Monday, April 23rd. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.31%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, April 6th. View Preferred Bank's Dividend History.

Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 19th. The bank reported $1.09 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.06 by $0.03. The bank had revenue of $37.71 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $37.29 million. Preferred Bank had a net margin of 28.88% and a return on equity of 16.74%. View Preferred Bank's Earnings History.

Preferred Bank is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 17th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Preferred Bank.

6 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Preferred Bank's stock. Their predictions range from $70.00 to $76.00. On average, they anticipate Preferred Bank's share price to reach $72.50 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Preferred Bank.

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Headlines about PFBC stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Preferred Bank earned a media sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the bank an impact score of 45.58 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Preferred Bank's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.12%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (5.91%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.14%), Allianz Asset Management GmbH (2.22%), Allianz Asset Management GmbH (2.22%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.01%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Preferred Bank.

PFBC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., ClariVest Asset Management LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, Federated Investors Inc. PA and Rothschild Asset Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Preferred Bank.

PFBC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Systematic Financial Management LP, Guggenheim Capital LLC and WINTON GROUP Ltd. 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 $66.98.

Preferred Bank has a market capitalization of $873.44 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]