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Preferred Bank (PFBC) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for PFBC, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 46/100 · S&P 500 fund at 40, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-22
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 81th percentile of the window, -14.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-22
  • Sector × region Financials in US: +2.5% week · +3.9% month · +1.0% quarter · +14.4% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLF.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-22
  • Sovereign pressure Index -0.92 · down 1.52 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-22
How it trades on rate days beta 0.24 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How PFBC has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.24 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Preferred Bank moved 0.24% on average · correlation 0.10 · higher than 17% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.20 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days +0.41% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +2.63% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Banks - Regional · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Banks - Regional · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against PFBC on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Piper Sandler, 2026-10-01

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for PFBC from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Piper Sandler — target 120 from 115 Target raised to $120 from $115 (+14.6% to spot) 2026-10-01

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.95%, quarterly · buybacks 93 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What PFBC pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 3.20 USD per share · a 2.95% yield on the 2026-10-22 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-22
  • Change on the year +5.4% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 3.04 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.80 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-10-05
  • By calendar year 2025: 3.04 USD · 2026: 3.20 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-01-10
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 38 m USD 29% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 93 m USD 7.5% of today's market value
  • Share count −5.3% in FY2025 10 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 131 m USD · 79% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

About Preferred Bank

Preferred Bank (PFBC) trades on US exchanges, classified under Financial Services.

The Closelooknet company score reads 66/100 composite (momentum 78, quality 77, valuation 80) across 7 modules — the full three-layer breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-23

Quick answers

What is Preferred Bank (PFBC)?

Preferred Bank trades as PFBC on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Financial Services in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-23.

Is PFBC in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Preferred Bank is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-23.

What is Preferred Bank's Closelooknet composite score?

66 out of 100, with momentum 78, quality 77 and valuation 80 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-23. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does PFBC trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +4.2% vs the 50-day and +12.3% vs the 200-day average, 1.8% below the 52-week high and +36.5% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-22 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Preferred Bank compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Banks - Regional · US), Preferred Bank (PFBC) sits 1.8% below its 52-week high, 4.2% above its 50-day average; Grupo Cibest S.A. (CIB) is 8.5% below, Shore Bancshares Inc (SHBI) is 5.5% below, Credicorp Ltd (BAP) is 10.2% below. Put any of them next to PFBC in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Preferred Bank trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Preferred Bank had a beta of 0.24 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 17% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved +0.41% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Does Preferred Bank pay a dividend?

Preferred Bank has paid 3.20 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.95% on the 2026-10-22 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.80 USD on 2026-10-05. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 38 m USD in dividends and bought back 93 m USD of its own shares, 79% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 5.3% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Preferred Bank recently?

The most recent analyst action on Preferred Bank on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Piper Sandler on 2026-10-01 (target 120 from 115). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for PFBC, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Banks - Regional. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.