3 Undervalued Banks Stocks for Wednesday, June 10
Discover the top 3 undervalued Banks stocks for Wednesday, June 10 based on AAII’s Stock Grades.Jenna Brashear
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COMPANY SUMMARY
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.
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Financial Summary
| Share Statistics | PFBC | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Market Cap (Mil) | $1,235.8 | $716.9 | 48% |
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| Shares Out (Mil) | 12.3 | 15.7 | 23% |
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| Institutional Ownership | 91.4% | 83.0% | 60% |
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| Float (Mil) | 10.9 | 21.2 | 20% |
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| Beta | 0.54 | 0.48 | 30% |
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| Avg Daily Volume (000s) | 134 | 53 | 39% |
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| Price Change (52-week) |
14.2% | 96.7% | 57% |
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| Growth | PFBC | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Sales (5yr) | 13.6% | 7.6% | 69% |
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| Net Income (5yr) | 14.0% | 11.1% | 61% |
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| EPS (5yr) | 17.5% | 10.1% | 63 |
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| Dividends (5yr) | 20.5% | 3.6% | 94% |
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| Cash Flow (5yr) | (26.2%) | (17.0%) | 24% |
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| # of Estimates | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Current EPS | $2.696 | $10.738 | $10.978 | |
| Month Ago EPS | $2.734 | $10.696 | $11.244 | |
| # Rev Up | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| # Rev Down | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Three Months Ago EPS | $2.710 | $10.624 | $11.210 | |
| Year/Year Chg | 6.6% | 3.2% | na | |
| Financials | PFBC | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Sales (TTM) (Mil) | $283 | $190 | 35% |
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| Net Income (TTM) (Mil) | $135 | $51 | 64% |
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| EPS (TTM) | $10.943 | $2.500 | 95% |
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| Operating Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) | $169 | $34 | 58% |
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| Net Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) | na | $1 | na |
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| Long-Term Debt (Q1) (Mil) | $379 | $100 | 56% |
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| Enterprise Value (Q1) (Mil) | na | $0 | na |
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| Valuation | PFBC | Industry Median |
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| P/B | 1.60 | 1.27 | 42% |
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| P/E | 9.7 | 12.9 | 15% |
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| Dividend Yield | 3.1% | 2.2% | 85% |
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| PEG (5yr hist) | 0.6 | 1.1 | 26% |
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| Ratios | PFBC | Industry Median |
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| Gross Margin | na | 68.8% | na |
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| Net Margin | 47.3% | 28.9% | 96% |
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| ROA | 1.8% | 1.0% | 54% |
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| ROE | 17.6% | 11.1% | 76% |
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| Liabilities to Assets | 89.9% | 89.8% | 86% |
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| F-Score | 4 | 4 | 34% |
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| Performance Since Inception: | 6.9% |
| +/- S&P 500: | -0.6 |
