Preferred Bank (California)

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Regional Banks
  • ISIN: US7403674044
USD
104.82
0.08 (0.08%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Preferred Bank (California)
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National Bank Holdings Corp.
1st Source Corp.
Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.

Why is Preferred Bank (California) ?

1
High Profitability with a Net Interest Margin of 9.69%
2
Positive results in Mar 26
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at USD 166.32 MM
  • DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at USD 0
3
With ROA of 0.96%, it has a attractive valuation with a 1.65 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 19.56%, its profits have risen by 2.3% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 4.3
4
High Institutional Holdings at 82.68%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Preferred Bank (California) should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Regional Banks should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Regional Banks)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Preferred Bank (California) for you?

Medium Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Preferred Bank (California)
19.56%
1.73
25.59%
S&P 500
19.75%
1.50
13.19%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
17.82%
EBIT Growth (5y)
15.35%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
0
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0
Tax Ratio
0
Dividend Payout Ratio
29.30%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
82.68%
ROCE (avg)
0
ROE (avg)
0
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
10
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.65
EV to EBIT
3.91
EV to EBITDA
3.88
EV to Capital Employed
3.22
EV to Sales
1.53
PEG Ratio
4.29
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
82.27%
ROE (Latest)
16.93%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
Bullish
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
OBV
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

5What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 166.32 MM

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 0

-3What is not working for the Company
GROSS NPA (%)

(Q

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Lowest at USD 1,612.26 MM

Here's what is working for Preferred Bank (California)

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 166.32 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 0 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Here's what is not working for Preferred Bank (California)

Non Performing Loans (%)
Highest at 2.8%
in the last four Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Proportion of stressed loans given by the bank are increasing

Non Performing Loans (%)

Cash and Eqv
Lowest at USD 1,612.26 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is deteriorating

Cash and Cash Equivalents