Private Bancorp (PBAM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

PrivateBancorp, Inc. was a Chicago-based financial holding company and the parent of The PrivateBank and Trust Company. It provided banking and financial services to businesses, professionals, and individuals, including commercial lending, deposit accounts, treasury management, private banking, and wealth management.

The company served customers in Chicago and other Midwestern markets. Its history as an independent public company ended in 2017, when Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce completed its acquisition of PrivateBancorp and integrated the business into its U.S. operations.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $84.79 to $87.50
• 50-Day Range: $82.30 to $91.20
• 52-Week Range: $55.12 to $92.09
• Volume: 40,964 shs
• Average Volume: 99,174 shs
• Market Capitalization: $488.25 million
• P/E Ratio: 10.62
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $96.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Private Bancorp Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Private Bancorp scored higher than 52% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Private Bancorp has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.80, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Private Bancorp has a consensus price target of $96.00, representing about 12.7% upside from its current price of $85.21.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Private Bancorp has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 4.27%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Private Bancorp are expected to grow by 4.27% in the coming year, from $8.44 to $8.80 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Private Bancorp is 10.62, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.40.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Private Bancorp has a P/B Ratio of 1.85. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.24% of the float of Private Bancorp has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Private Bancorp has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.41, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Private Bancorp has recently increased by 23.19%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Private Bancorp does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Private Bancorp does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.89

News Sentiment

Private Bancorp has a news sentiment score of 0.89. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Private Bancorp this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Private Bancorp insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

13.54% of the stock of Private Bancorp is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 10/16/2026
• Today: 11/15/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 1/15/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: N/A
• Industry: N/A
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:PBAM
• Previous Symbol: OTCMKTS:PBAM
• CIK: 1705284
• Web: www.calprivate.bank
• Phone: (858) 875-6900
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 12
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Private Bancorp: $96.00
• High Price Target: $107.00
• Low Price Target: $80.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +12.7%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.80
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $8.02
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.62
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.68
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $40.67 million
• Net Margins: 26.03%
• Pretax Margin: -10.25%
• Return on Equity: 16.91%
• Return on Assets: 1.75%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.00
• Quick Ratio: 1.00

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $172.31 million
• Price / Sales: 2.83
• Cash Flow: $6.90 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.35
• Book Value: $46.06 per share
• Price / Book: 1.85

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 5,730,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $488.25 million
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: 0.05