Southern California Bancorp

BCAL

Market cap $530M

The mean of analysts' price targets for California BanCorp (BCAL) points to a 25.4% upside in the stock. While this highly sought-after metric has not proven reasonably effective, strong agreement among analysts in raising earnings estimates does indicate an upside in the stock.

San Diego, Calif., May 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- California Bancorp (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: BCAL), the holding company for California Bank of Commerce, N.A. (the “Bank”), announces that its Board of Directors has authorized an increase in the number of shares of the Company's common stock that may be repurchased pursuant to its share repurchase program to 1.6 million shares, up from 550,000 shares when the program was first announced on June 15, 2023. The increase allows for the repurchase of approximately 4.9% of the Company's outstanding shares of common stock. No stock has yet been repurchased through the original or increased repurchase program.

California BanCorp (BCAL) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).

The mean of analysts' price targets for California BanCorp (BCAL) points to a 26.8% upside in the stock. While this highly sought-after metric has not proven reasonably effective, strong agreement among analysts in raising earnings estimates does indicate an upside in the stock.

San Diego, Calif., Jan. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- California BanCorp (“us,” “we,” “our,” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: BCAL), the holding company for California Bank of Commerce, N.A. (the “Bank”) announces its consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2024.

California BanCorp (BCAL) is technically in oversold territory now, so the heavy selling pressure might have exhausted. This along with strong agreement among Wall Street analysts in raising earnings estimates could lead to a trend reversal for the stock.

The heavy selling pressure might have exhausted for California BanCorp (BCAL) as it is technically in oversold territory now. In addition to this technical measure, strong agreement among Wall Street analysts in revising earnings estimates higher indicates that the stock is ripe for a trend reversal.

San Diego, Calif., Nov. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- California Bank of Commerce, N.A. (the “Bank”), the wholly owned subsidiary of California BanCorp (Nasdaq: BCAL), announces the appointment of Jerry Legg as Senior Vice President, Director of Public Sector Banking, effective November 12, 2024. Legg will report to Executive Vice President, Specialty Banking Manager Chris Barr and serve out of the Bank's Sacramento office.

San Diego, Calif., Sept. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- California Bank of Commerce, N.A. (the “Bank”), the wholly owned subsidiary of California BanCorp (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: BCAL), announces the promotion of Michele Wirfel to Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of the Company and Bank as of September 20, 2024. Wirfel succeeds Thomas Sa who has stepped down to pursue opportunities outside the organization. Wirfel will report to Chief Executive Officer Steven Shelton and serve out of the Bank's Walnut Creek office.

San Diego, Calif. and Oakland, Calif., July 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Southern California Bancorp (NASDAQ: BCAL), the holding company for Bank of Southern California, N.A., and California BanCorp, the holding company for California Bank of Commerce, announce the successful closing of their previously announced merger of equals. Effective July 31, 2024, California BanCorp has merged with and into Southern California Bancorp, and California Bank of Commerce has merged with and into Bank of Southern California, N.A. The combined holding company has assumed the California BanCorp name, and the combined bank has assumed the California Bank of Commerce, N.A. name. The combined holding company will trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “BCAL.”