Preferred Bank (California)

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Regional Banks
  • ISIN: US7403674044
USD
89.37
-0.5 (-0.56%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
Click here to find our call on this stock
Strong Sell
Sell
Hold
Buy
Strong Buy

Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
First Bancorp (North Carolina)
First Busey Corp.
Customers Bancorp, Inc.
Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.
1st Source Corp.
S&T Bancorp, Inc.
Veritex Holdings, Inc.
TriCo Bancshares
Preferred Bank (California)
National Bank Holdings Corp.
Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.

Why is Preferred Bank (California) ?

1
High Profitability with a Net Interest Margin of 9.69%
2
Flat results in Dec 25
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at USD 81.21 MM
3
With ROA of 1.26%, it has a fair 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 4.61%, its profits have risen by 2.3% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 4.3
4
High Institutional Holdings at 83.13%
  • 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?

Low Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Preferred Bank (California)
4.61%
0.80
28.85%
S&P 500
11.87%
0.62
19.30%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
stock-recommendation
Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
17.82%
EBIT Growth (5y)
15.39%
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
83.13%
ROCE (avg)
0
ROE (avg)
0
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

stock-recommendation
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
3.85
EV to EBITDA
3.83
EV to Capital Employed
3.26
EV to Sales
1.51
PEG Ratio
4.28
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
84.54%
ROE (Latest)
16.93%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

stock-recommendation
Financial Trend scale:

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

5What is working for the Company
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 0

CREDIT DEPOSIT RATIO(HY)

Highest at 95.27%

-3What is not working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at USD 81.21 MM

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

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)

Credit Deposit Ratio
Highest at 95.27%
in the last four Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Bank has been creating proportionately higher loans against its deposits, thereby creating higher revenue generating assets

Credit Deposit Ratio (%)

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

Operating Cash Flow
Lowest at USD 81.21 MM and Fallen
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)