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

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

Preferred Bank declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 11th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, January 7th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Tuesday, January 21st. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.88%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, January 6th. View Preferred Bank's Dividend History.

Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 22nd. The bank reported $1.31 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.26 by $0.05. The bank had revenue of $42.29 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $42.57 million. Preferred Bank had a return on equity of 17.76% and a net margin of 33.47%. View Preferred Bank's Earnings History.

Preferred Bank is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 15th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Preferred Bank.

5 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Preferred Bank's shares. Their forecasts range from $56.00 to $65.00. On average, they expect Preferred Bank's stock price to reach $59.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Preferred Bank.

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

Press coverage about PFBC stock has trended somewhat positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Preferred Bank earned a coverage optimism score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Preferred Bank.

Preferred Bank saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,020,000 shares, an increase of 10.3% from the December 15th total of 924,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 64,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 15.9 days. Approximately 7.4% of the company's stock are short sold. View Preferred Bank's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Preferred Bank include PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), SunTrust Banks (STI), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Republic Bank (FRC), KeyCorp (KEY), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Signature Bank (SBNY), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), TCF Financial (TCF) and East West Bancorp (EWBC).

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Preferred Bank's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.10%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.01%).

PFBC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and State of Alaska Department of Revenue.

PFBC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including New York State Teachers Retirement System and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank .

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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PFBC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $63.98.

Preferred Bank has a market capitalization of $962.90 million and generates $234.19 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $70.99 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.23 on an earnings per share basis. Preferred Bank employs 263 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Preferred Bank.

The official website for Preferred Bank is http://www.preferredbank.com/.

Preferred Bank's mailing address is 601 S. FIGUEROA STREET 48TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA, 90017. The bank can be reached via phone at 213-891-1188 or via email at [email protected]