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

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

Preferred Bank declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 7th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, January 8th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Tuesday, January 22nd. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.64%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, January 7th. This is a boost from Preferred Bank's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. View Preferred Bank's Dividend History.

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

Preferred Bank is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 17th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Preferred Bank.

4 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Preferred Bank's shares. Their predictions range from $72.00 to $76.00. On average, they expect Preferred Bank's stock price to reach $73.6667 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 61.9% 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.

News headlines about PFBC stock have been trending positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the bank a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

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

Preferred Bank's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include 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.

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 $45.50.

Preferred Bank has a market capitalization of $590.16 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]