Preferred Bank's Earnings Outlook

Preferred Bank PFBC is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Tuesday, 2023-10-17. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Preferred Bank will report an earnings per share (EPS) of $2.56.

Preferred Bank bulls will hope to hear the company announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Historical Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company beat EPS by $0.16, which was followed by a 0.92% increase in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Preferred Bank's past performance and the resulting price change:

Stock Performance

Shares of Preferred Bank were trading at $62.4 as of October 13. Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 9.58%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are likely a little upset going into this earnings release.

To track all earnings releases for Preferred Bank visit their earnings calendar on our site.

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