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Preferred Bank

PFBC

95.000USD

+2.550+2.76%
Close 09/18, 16:00ETQuotes delayed by 15 min
1.18BMarket Cap
9.33P/E TTM

Preferred Bank

95.000

+2.550+2.76%

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively very healthy. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Buy. Despite an average stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
37 / 400
Overall Ranking
129 / 4723
Industry
Banking Services

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 5 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
107.000
Target Price
+16.18%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Company Highlights

StrengthsRisks
Preferred Bank is an independent commercial bank focusing primarily on the California market. The Bank provides a range of financial services. The Bank offers a range of deposit and loan products and services to both commercial and consumer customers. The Bank provides personalized deposit services as well as real estate finance, commercial loans and trade finance to small and mid-sized businesses, entrepreneurs, real estate developers, professionals, and high net worth individuals. The Bank conducts its banking business from its main office in Los Angeles, California, and through 12 full-service branch banking offices in California (Alhambra, Century City, City of Industry, Torrance, Arcadia, Irvine, Diamond Bar, Pico Rivera, Tarzana, and San Francisco), one branch in Flushing, New York and a branch office in the Houston, Texas suburb of Sugar Land. In addition, the Bank operates a loan production office in Sunnyvale, California.
High Dividend
The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 28.99%.
Stable Dividend
The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 28.99%.
Overvalued
The company’s latest PB is 1.54, at a high 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 12.96M shares, decreasing 2.31% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by The Vanguard
Star Investor The Vanguard holds 881.61K shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company's current financial score is 9.12, which is higher than the Banking Services industry's average of 7.07. Its financial status is robust, and its operating efficiency is high. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 70.01M, representing a year-over-year increase of 1.43%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 2.22%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
9.12
Change
0

Financials

9.58

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

Quality of Earnings

7.64

Operational Efficiency

9.43

Growth Potential

10.00

Shareholder Returns

8.94

Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current valuation score is 1.20, which is lower than the Banking Services industry's average of 1.34. Its current P/E ratio is 9.59, which is -10.13% below the recent high of 8.62 and 29.18% above the recent low of 6.79.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
1.20
Change
0

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 37/400
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 7.20, which is lower than the Banking Services industry's average of 7.39. The average price target for Preferred Bank is 106.50, with a high of 112.00 and a low of 103.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.20
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 5 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
107.000
Target Price
+15.74%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

306
Total
4
Median
5
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Preferred Bank
PFBC
5
JPMorgan Chase & Co
JPM
26
Bank of America Corp
BAC
26
Wells Fargo & Co
WFC
25
US Bancorp
USB
25
Regions Financial Corp
RF
24
1
2
3
...
61

Financial Forecasting

EPS

Revenue

Net Profit

EBIT

No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current price momentum score is 6.92, which is lower than the Banking Services industry's average of 7.69. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 96.39 and the support level at 89.38, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.77
Change
0.15

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators
Sell(2)
Neutral(3)
Buy(0)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
-0.773
Neutral
RSI(14)
45.164
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
16.446
Neutral
ATR(14)
1.867
High Vlolatility
CCI(14)
-133.118
Sell
Williams %R
83.478
Oversold
TRIX(12,20)
0.078
Sell
StochRSI(14)
16.218
Oversold
Moving Average
Sell(0)
Neutral(0)
Buy(6)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
93.211
Buy
MA10
94.161
Buy
MA20
93.978
Buy
MA50
93.021
Buy
MA100
88.571
Buy
MA200
87.517
Buy

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 10.00, which is higher than the Banking Services industry's average of 6.22. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 104.31%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 0.61%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 881.61K shares, representing 7.09% of shares outstanding, with 6.59% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
10.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.
1.15M
+1.74%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
1.22M
-0.15%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
885.31K
+0.85%
Yu Li
695.46K
+0.80%
State Street Global Advisors (US)
599.90K
-6.48%
Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.
633.67K
-4.62%
Boston Partners
525.12K
-0.93%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
475.02K
+9.30%
Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.
367.19K
+1.99%
American Century Investment Management, Inc.
257.06K
+28.77%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current risk assessment score is 5.88, which is higher than the Banking Services industry's average of 5.23. The company's beta value is 0.73. This indicates that the stock tends to underperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences smaller declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
5.88
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
0.73
VaR
+2.77%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+22.13%
240-Day Volatility
+32.05%
Return
Best Daily Return
60 days
+4.84%
120 days
+5.18%
5 years
+12.60%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-2.79%
120 days
-7.99%
5 years
-7.99%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
+2.44
120 days
+0.73
5 years
+0.87
Risk Assessment
Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+22.13%
3 years
+42.55%
5 years
+45.75%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
+0.67
3 years
+0.16
5 years
+0.60
Skewness
240 days
+0.83
3 years
+0.57
5 years
+0.43
Volatility
Realised Volatility
240 days
+32.05%
5 years
+32.37%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+2.46%
5 years
+2.13%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
+92.02%
240 days
+92.02%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+21.48%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+13.94%
Liquidity
Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+0.67%
120 days
+0.78%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
-5.86%
60 days
+2.02%
120 days
+18.88%

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