Research Analysts Offer Predictions for CWBC Q4 Earnings

Community West Bancshares (NASDAQ:CWBC) – Stock analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for Community West Bancshares in a research report issued on Tuesday, October 21st. DA Davidson analyst G. Tenner forecasts that the financial services provider will post earnings of $0.56 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson has a “Buy” rating and a $24.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Community West Bancshares’ current full-year earnings is $2.15 per share.

Community West Bancshares (NASDAQ:CWBC) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, October 16th. The financial services provider reported $0.57 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.53 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $37.91 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $36.75 million. Community West Bancshares had a net margin of 17.49% and a return on equity of 9.26%.

Other research analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upped their price objective on shares of Community West Bancshares from $19.00 to $22.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research report on Friday, July 18th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Community West Bancshares in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Zacks Research downgraded shares of Community West Bancshares from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $21.67.

Community West Bancshares Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of Community West Bancshares stock opened at $21.05 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $20.89 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $19.34. The company has a market cap of $402.69 million, a P/E ratio of 11.83 and a beta of 0.91. Community West Bancshares has a fifty-two week low of $15.57 and a fifty-two week high of $22.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 0.84.

Institutional Trading of Community West Bancshares

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of CWBC. Cutler Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Community West Bancshares during the first quarter worth about $2,995,000. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its stake in shares of Community West Bancshares by 70.4% during the first quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 152,187 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $2,812,000 after purchasing an additional 62,854 shares in the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP increased its stake in shares of Community West Bancshares by 192.6% during the second quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 55,451 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,082,000 after purchasing an additional 36,499 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Community West Bancshares during the first quarter worth about $591,000. Finally, Nuveen LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Community West Bancshares during the first quarter worth about $578,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 33.80% of the company’s stock.

Community West Bancshares Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 31st. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.3%. Community West Bancshares’s payout ratio is currently 26.97%.

About Community West Bancshares

Community West Bancshares operates as the bank holding company for Community West Bank, N.A. that provides various financial products and services in California. The company offers deposit products, such as checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, and fixed rate and fixed maturity certificates of deposits; and cash management products.