Preferred Bank (PFBC) To Go Ex-Dividend on October 7th

Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 19th, Zacks reports. Investors of record on Monday, October 7th will be given a dividend of 0.70 per share by the bank on Monday, October 21st. This represents a $2.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.46%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, October 7th.

Preferred Bank has raised its dividend payment by an average of 22.4% per year over the last three years. Preferred Bank has a payout ratio of 31.4% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Analysts expect Preferred Bank to earn $8.91 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $2.80 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 31.4%.

Preferred Bank Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ PFBC opened at $80.95 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $80.89 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $77.18. Preferred Bank has a fifty-two week low of $58.52 and a fifty-two week high of $91.67. The firm has a market cap of $1.17 billion, a PE ratio of 7.81 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a quick ratio of 1.07, a current ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21.

Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) last released its earnings results on Thursday, July 25th. The bank reported $2.48 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.39 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $130.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $70.55 million. Preferred Bank had a net margin of 27.35% and a return on equity of 20.24%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.61 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Preferred Bank will post 9.61 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on PFBC shares. Piper Sandler increased their price target on Preferred Bank from $88.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, July 29th. Stephens raised their target price on Preferred Bank from $84.00 to $95.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 30th.

About Preferred Bank

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.