SeekingAlpha · Oct 27, 2026
Preferred Bank: Despite Mixed Results, Further Upside Is On The Table
Preferred Bank's asset quality is strong, with return on assets at 1.69% and return on equity at 16.18%. Read why PFBC stock remains a soft Buy.
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NASDAQ · PFBC
Preferred Bank
Financial Services · Banks - Regional
$105.65
Down-$1.33 (-1.24%)
Updated Nov 1, 2026, 11:19 PM
SID Score
5.7/10
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- Market cap
- 1.26B
- P/E ratio
- 9.39
- Dividend yield
- 2.84%
- 52-week range
- $85.75 – $112.26
- Volume
- 81.91K
- Avg. volume
- 77.35K
Price performance · PFBC
PFBC price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 30, 2026
PFBC closed at $105.65 after 20 trading sessions, up 0.40% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $105.65
- Period change
- +0.40%
- Period low
- $101.99
- Period high
- $108.62
Daily close
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| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | $107.73 | $107.84 | $105.365 | $105.65 | 81.91K |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $108.40 | $108.87 | $106.85 | $106.98 | 73K |
| Oct 28, 2026 | $106.15 | $107.25 | $104.60 | $107.08 | 106.51K |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $107.02 | $107.02 | $105.965 | $106.28 | 86.83K |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $107.40 | $109.76 | $106.06 | $106.09 | 118.45K |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $103.81 | $107.535 | $103.43 | $106.72 | 280.49K |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $105.42 | $108.88 | $105.34 | $108.62 | 110.16K |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $105.55 | $105.65 | $104.41 | $105.38 | 78.1K |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $104.00 | $105.81 | $104.00 | $105.09 | 176.5K |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $104.08 | $104.52 | $103.00 | $103.59 | 51.06K |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $103.88 | $105.57 | $103.6401 | $104.41 | 76.26K |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $102.49 | $103.62 | $102.49 | $103.59 | 61.59K |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $101.40 | $102.82 | $100.78 | $101.99 | 87.73K |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $104.04 | $104.6608 | $101.35 | $102.56 | 82.25K |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $103.08 | $104.15 | $102.23 | $103.35 | 159.26K |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $102.63 | $102.73 | $101.80 | $102.58 | 57.51K |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $102.70 | $103.235 | $101.41 | $102.63 | 125.27K |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $103.27 | $103.69 | $102.08 | $103.03 | 68.69K |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $105.64 | $106.76 | $104.15 | $104.54 | 79.28K |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $106.01 | $106.48 | $103.9057 | $105.23 | 118.72K |
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Company profile
Preferred Bank is a commercial bank located in California. Its products and services are divided into Personal Banking, Business Banking, and Commercial Banking which includes Checking accounts, Savings accounts, CDs, Loans and Credit, Electronic banking, and Treasury Management. It provides personalized deposit services, real estate finance, commercial loans, and trade finance credit facilities to small and mid-sized businesses and their owners, entrepreneurs, real estate developers and investors, professionals, and high-net-worth individuals. The bank generates a majority of its revenue from Southern and Northern California and Flushing.
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- —
- Average target
- $111.50
- Implied upside
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Overweight | — |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Overweight | — |
| Sep 24, 2026 | StoneX | Buy | — |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | — |
| Apr 27, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Overweight | — |
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Yahoo · Oct 26, 2026
PFBC Q3 deep dive: deposit competition and credit challenges weigh on results
Commercial banking company Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) fell short of the market’s revenue expectations in Q3 2026, with sales falling 7% year on year to $69.7 million. Its non-GAAP profit of $2.73 per share was 1.6% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Yahoo · Oct 26, 2026
The 5 most interesting analyst questions from Preferred Bank’s Q3 earnings call
Preferred Bank’s third quarter results fell short of Wall Street’s revenue expectations, and the market responded with a negative reaction. Management identified heightened deposit competition and a modest decline in loan balances as key factors behind the softer performance. CEO Li Yu highlighted that “the deposit market is very competitive” and pointed out that many customers are moving funds to U.S. Treasuries, which offer more attractive yields, impacting both deposit growth and costs. The b
Benzinga · Oct 26, 2026
Piper Sandler Maintains Overweight on Preferred Bank, Raises Price Target to $130
Piper Sandler analyst Matthew Clark maintains Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) with a Overweight and raises the price target from $120 to $130.
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