The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

PFBC

Concerning the House

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.

United States · www.preferredbank.com

Quotation

$107.84

+1.19 (+1.1%)

52w hi$109.42
52w lo$81.39
Vol60.29K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.36

Short+0.23
Medium+0.43
Long+0.46

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Preferred Bank

Financial Services · Banks - Regional

Market cap$1.28B
Enterprise value$856.43M
Trailing P/E10.07x
Forward P/E9.82x
EV / EBITDA
P / S (ttm)4.46x
Profit margin47.3%
Return on equity17.6%
Revenue growth+4.7%
Earnings growth+8.2%
Debt / equity
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.72
Corr SPX0.42
Annual vol27.4%
Annual ret+20.3%
Sharpe0.74
Max DD-22.1%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.31
Sector+0.09
Technical+0.21
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$108.00$108.35$107.28$107.8460.29K
Aug 12$107.04$107.85$106.38$106.6554.30K
Aug 11$105.94$107.06$104.23$106.7699.40K
Aug 10$105.66$106.23$104.01$105.34129.50K
Aug 7$105.59$106.04$104.79$105.7645.70K