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 Thursday, June 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, July 20th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis 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) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 18th. The bank reported $1.14 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.09 by $0.05. The bank had revenue of $39.16 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $38.66 million. Preferred Bank had a return on equity of 17.86% and a net margin of 30.57%. 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 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Preferred Bank's stock. Their predictions range from $70.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate Preferred Bank's share price to reach $73.50 in the next year. 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).

Media coverage about PFBC stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Preferred Bank earned a media sentiment score of 0.24 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the bank an impact score of 47.57 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Preferred Bank's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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]