Preferred Bank (PFBC) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Preferred Bank in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" PFBC shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in PFBC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Preferred Bank's shares. Their PFBC share price forecasts range from $60.00 to $81.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $73.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 44.3% from the stock's current price.
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Preferred Bank's stock was trading at $74.62 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, PFBC shares have decreased by 32.0% and is now trading at $50.76.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 19th 2023.
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Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 19th. The bank reported $1.76 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.62 by $0.14. The bank earned $50.54 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $49.76 million. Preferred Bank had a net margin of 39.69% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.83%. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.15 EPS.

Preferred Bank announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, April 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.55 per share on Friday, April 21st. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.33%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 5th.
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Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.77%. PFBC has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 22.94%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, PFBC will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.85% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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8 employees have rated Preferred Bank Chief Executive Officer Li Yu on Glassdoor.com. Li Yu has an approval rating of 56% among the company's employees. This puts Li Yu in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Preferred Bank's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.64%), FMR LLC (6.42%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.39%), State Street Corp (4.21%), Boston Partners (3.68%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.80%).

Shares of PFBC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of PFBC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $50.76.

Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) has a market capitalization of $732.47 million and generates $274.75 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $128.85 million in net income (profit) each year or $9.59 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 279 workers across the globe.

Preferred Bank's mailing address is 601 S. FIGUEROA STREET 48TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA, 90017. The official website for the company is www.preferredbank.com. The bank can be reached via phone at (213) 891-1188, via email at cfo@preferredbank.com, or via fax at 213-622-5161.