Preferred Bank (PFBC)
Financials · NMS
Price as at 30 Sept 2026, 23:25 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Preferred Bank trades at $104.73. Our model's figure for Preferred Bank is more than double the highest analyst price target on record. That points to a problem with the inputs rather than a bargain, so we publish no estimate until they produce one that passes this check.
Our moat model scores it 42 out of 100, which is little in the way of a moat. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 10.2 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
PFBC dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | $2.40 | 3 |
| 2025 | $3.00 | 4 |
| 2024 | $2.80 | 4 |
| 2023 | $2.20 | 4 |
| 2022 | $1.72 | 4 |
| 2021 | $1.44 | 4 |
| 2020 | $1.20 | 4 |
| 2019 | $1.20 | 4 |
| 2018 | $0.940 | 4 |
| 2017 | $0.760 | 4 |
| 2016 | $0.600 | 4 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
PFBC earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 5 published ratings
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About Preferred Bank
Preferred Bank provides various banking products and services to small and mid-sized businesses, entrepreneurs, real estate developers, 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. It also provides real estate mortgage loans that are secured by retail, industrial, office, special purpose, and residential single and multi-family properties; real estate construction loans; commercial loans, including lines of credit for working capital, term loans for capital expenditures, and commercial and stand-by letters of credit; and small business administration loans for business purposes, such as owner-occupied commercial real estate, business acquisitions, start-ups, franchise financing, working capital, improvements and renovations, inventory and equipment, and debt-refinancing. In addition, the company offers trade finance services, including commercial and export letters of credit, import lines of credit, documentary collections, international wire transfers, acceptances/trust receipt financing, export financing, and bills purchase programs. Further, it provides cash management services; and internet, mobile, and tablet banking services. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
PFBC passes 6 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Super investor ownership
9 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- Two Sigma, TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP$33.50M · 0.0% of book
- Cliff Asness, AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$8.83M · 0.0% of book
- Israel Englander, MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC$7.19M · 0.0% of book
- Ken Griffin, CITADEL ADVISORS LLC$6.89M · 0.0% of book
- D. E. Shaw, D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.$4.35M · 0.0% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
PFBC peers
The largest companies in the same industry (Banks - Regional), then in the same sector.
- HDB HDFC Bank Limited
- IBN ICICI Bank Limited
- CIXPF CaixaBank, S.A.
- ITUB Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A.
- NWG NatWest Group plc
- DB Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
- NU Nu Holdings Ltd.
- CRARF Crédit Agricole S.A.
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Common questions
Which funds own PFBC?
9 of the institutions we track reported a position in PFBC in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
What is PFBC's P/E ratio?
PFBC trades at 10.2 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does Preferred Bank (PFBC) pay a dividend?
Yes. Preferred Bank yields 3.00% at the current share price. It has paid $3.15 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 12 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
Where does SteadyShares get its PFBC data?
Fundamentals for PFBC come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NMS; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 30 Sept 2026, 23:25 UTC and is delayed. Our data quality score for this company is 88/100, which is the share of the inputs behind our scores that were actually available rather than assumed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.