DA Davidson Forecasts Preferred Bank Q4 Earnings

Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) – Stock analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Preferred Bank in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, October 23rd. DA Davidson analyst G. Tenner forecasts that the bank will post earnings per share of $2.70 for the quarter. DA Davidson currently has a “Neutral” rating and a $104.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Preferred Bank’s current full-year earnings is $9.81 per share.

Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 20th. The bank reported $2.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.57 by $0.27. The business had revenue of $74.98 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $72.74 million. Preferred Bank had a return on equity of 16.91% and a net margin of 25.67%.During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.46 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on PFBC. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Preferred Bank in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Piper Sandler boosted their target price on Preferred Bank from $112.00 to $119.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $104.67.

Preferred Bank Price Performance

PFBC stock opened at $93.09 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $91.91 and a 200 day moving average price of $88.13. The stock has a market cap of $1.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.46 and a beta of 0.71. Preferred Bank has a fifty-two week low of $71.90 and a fifty-two week high of $99.78. The company has a quick ratio of 1.07, a current ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47.

Preferred Bank Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 21st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, October 7th were issued a dividend of $0.75 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, October 7th. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.2%. Preferred Bank’s payout ratio is currently 30.49%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Copeland Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Preferred Bank by 16.2% during the second quarter. Copeland Capital Management LLC now owns 845 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $73,000 after buying an additional 118 shares in the last quarter. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund grew its holdings in shares of Preferred Bank by 2.1% during the first quarter. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund now owns 6,828 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $571,000 after buying an additional 138 shares in the last quarter. SummerHaven Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Preferred Bank by 1.6% during the second quarter. SummerHaven Investment Management LLC now owns 10,582 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $916,000 after buying an additional 170 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Preferred Bank by 1.4% during the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 13,581 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $1,175,000 after buying an additional 187 shares in the last quarter. Finally, MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Preferred Bank by 2.9% during the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 7,266 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $608,000 after buying an additional 202 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.77% of the company’s stock.

Preferred Bank Company Profile

Preferred Bank provides various commercial banking products and services to small and mid-sized businesses and their owners, entrepreneurs, real estate developers and investors, professionals, and high net worth individuals. The company accepts checking, savings, and money market deposit accounts; fixed-rate and fixed maturity retail, and non-retail certificates of deposit; and individual retirement accounts.