LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Preferred Bank (NASDAQ: PFBC), one of the larger independent California banks, today reported results for the quarter ended December 31, 2024. Preferred Bank (“the Bank”) reported net income of $30.2 million or $2.25 per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2024. This represents a decrease in net income of $3.2 million from the prior quarter and a decrease of $5.6 from the same quarter last year. The decrease compared to both periods was mainly due to a one- ...

The upcoming report from Preferred Bank (PFBC) is expected to reveal quarterly earnings of $2.42 per share, indicating a decline of 6.9% compared to the year-ago period. Analysts forecast revenues of $70 million, representing a decrease of 2.1% year over year.Over the last 30 days, there has been an upward revision of 3.7% in the consensus EPS estimate for the quarter, leading to its current level. This signifies the covering analysts' collective reconsideration of their initial forecasts over the course of ...

A downtrend has been apparent in Preferred Bank (PFBC) lately with too much selling pressure. The stock has declined 11.9% over the past four weeks. However, given the fact that it is now in oversold territory and Wall Street analysts are majorly in agreement about the company's ability to report better earnings than they predicted earlier, the stock could be due for a turnaround.Guide to Identifying Oversold StocksWe use Relative Strength Index (RSI), one of the most commonly used technical indicators, for ...

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Preferred Bank (NASDAQ: PFBC), one of the larger independent commercial banks in California, today announced plans to release its financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2024 after the close of market on Monday, January 27, 2025. On the following day, Tuesday, January 28, 2025, management will host a conference call at 2:00 p.m. Eastern (11:00 a.m. Pacific). The call will be simultaneously broadcast over the Internet. Interested participants ...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Preferred Bank (NASDAQ: PFBC), one of the largest independent commercial banks in California, today reported that the Board of Directors has increased the quarterly cash dividend to $0.75 per share from the previous $0.70 per share, an increase of 7.1%. The dividend is payable on January 23, 2025 to holders of record on January 9, 2025. About Preferred Bank Preferred Bank is one of the larger independent commercial banks headquartered in California. The Bank is ...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Preferred Bank (NASDAQ: PFBC), (“the Bank”), an independent commercial bank, today announced that the Bank had uncovered an unreconciled difference in its calculation of its right of use asset (“ROU”) and lease liabilities. As a result of this error, the Bank will record $8.1 million on a pre-tax basis of occupancy expense in the fourth quarter of 2024. On an after-tax basis, this will reduce fourth quarter diluted earnings per share by approximately $0.43. In ...

Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript October 21, 2024 2:00 PM ET Company Participants Jeff Haas - Financial Profiles Li Yu - Chairman and CEO Edward Czajka - CFO Wellington Chen - President and COO Nick Pi - CCO Conference Call Participants Matthew Clark - Piper Sandler Andrew Terrell - Stephens Gary Tenner - D.A. Davidson David Feaster - Raymond James Operator Good day, and welcome to the Preferred Bank Third Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in listen ...

For the quarter ended September 2024, Preferred Bank (PFBC) reported revenue of $72.31 million, down 4.8% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $2.46, compared to $2.71 in the year-ago quarter. The reported revenue represents a surprise of +5.10% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $68.8 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $2.39, the EPS surprise was +2.93%. While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to deter ...

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Preferred Bank (NASDAQ: PFBC), one of the larger independent commercial banks in California, today announced plans to release its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024 before the open of market on Monday, October 21, 2024. That same day, management will host a conference call at 2:00 p.m. Eastern (11:00 a.m. Pacific). The call will be simultaneously broadcast over the Internet. Interested participants and investors may access the conf ...

Preferred Bank (PFBC) obtained regulatory approval to proceed with its shareholder-approved existing $150 million share repurchase program. Details of PFBC's Repurchase Plan Preferred Bank launched the $150 million program in June 2023 and received regulatory approval to initiate the first leg of the plan. Under this, the bank repurchased $72.5 million worth of shares at an average price of $62.02. The approval expired in July 2024. The currently obtained approval is for the remaining $77.5 million worth of ...