Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC – Get Free Report) announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 19th, Zacks reports. Investors of record on Monday, October 7th will be paid a dividend of 0.70 per share by the bank on Monday, October 21st. This represents a $2.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.46%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, October 7th.
Preferred Bank has increased its dividend by an average of 22.4% per year over the last three years. Preferred Bank has a payout ratio of 31.4% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Research 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
NASDAQ PFBC opened at $80.95 on Friday. Preferred Bank has a 1 year low of $58.52 and a 1 year high of $91.67. The business’s fifty day moving average is $80.89 and its two-hundred day moving average is $77.18. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.81 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a quick ratio of 1.07 and a current ratio of 1.07.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Several research analysts have commented on PFBC shares. Piper Sandler raised their target price on shares of Preferred Bank from $88.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, July 29th. Stephens raised their price objective on shares of Preferred Bank from $84.00 to $95.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 30th.
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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.
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