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

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

Preferred Bank announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, October 19th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.63%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 4th. View Preferred Bank's Dividend History.

Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 18th. The bank reported $1.14 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.09 by $0.05. The bank earned $39.16 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $38.66 million. Preferred Bank had a net margin of 30.57% and a return on equity of 17.86%. 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 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Preferred Bank's shares. Their predictions range from $70.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate Preferred Bank's stock price to reach $73.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets 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." View Analyst Ratings for Preferred Bank.

Some companies that are related to Preferred Bank include International Bancshares (IBOC), Bancorpsouth Bank (BXS), South State (SSB), Columbia Banking System (COLB), Union Bankshares (UBSH), CVB Financial (CVBF), First Interstate Bancsystem (FIBK), Great Western Bancorp (GWB), Independent Bank (INDB), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), United Community Banks (UCBI), TowneBank (TOWN), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Renasant (RNST) and ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS).

Media headlines about PFBC stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. Accern ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Preferred Bank earned a news impact score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the bank an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Preferred Bank.

Preferred Bank's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.34%), FMR LLC (6.79%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.27%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.76%), Northern Trust Corp (2.07%) and Phocas Financial Corp. (1.82%).

PFBC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Maltese Capital Management LLC, Maltese Capital Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Chicago Equity Partners LLC, Advisors Asset Management Inc. and Columbus Circle Investors.

PFBC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, BlackRock Inc., Millennium Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio, Rothschild Asset Management Inc., Portolan Capital Management LLC and Citadel Advisors LLC.

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 $61.37.

Preferred Bank has a market capitalization of $785.61 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]