Preferred Bank

PFBC

Market cap $1.07B

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Preferred Bank (NASDAQ: PFBC), (“the Bank”), an independent commercial bank, provided an update on a large loan relationship. In the fourth quarter of 2025, the Bank announced that it had downgraded a large relationship totaling $2.0 million in commercial and industrial (C&I) loans and $115.6 million of real estate loans to substandard classification. Due to the principals of the relationship being involved in several complicated lawsuits with other banks which caused sluggish cash flow and unacceptable payment patterns, the Bank is now further reclassifying these loans to nonaccrual status.

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Preferred Bank (PFBC) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

The headline numbers for Preferred Bank (PFBC) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended December 2025, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.

Preferred Bank (PFBC) came out with quarterly earnings of $2.79 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.78 per share. This compares to earnings of $2.25 per share a year ago.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Preferred Bank (NASDAQ: PFBC), one of the larger independent California banks, today reported results for the quarter ended December 31, 2025. Preferred Bank (“the Bank”) reported net income of $34.8 million or $2.79 per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2025. This represents a decrease in net income of $1.1 million from the prior quarter and an increase of $4.6 million over the same quarter last year. The increase compared to last year was primarily due to an occupancy charge of $8.1 million recorded in the fourth quarter of 2024 related to a correction in the adoption of ASC 842, Lease Accounting. The decrease in net income from the prior quarter was due to an increase in the provision for credit losses of $1.8 million and a decrease in net interest income of $1.3 million. The primary reason for the decrease in net interest income was due to the decline in market interest rates. The Bank sold two large OREO properties during the quarter resulting in a gain of $3.6 million, recorded in noninterest income and total OREO expense was $3.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2025.

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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Preferred Bank (NASDAQ: PFBC), one of the larger independent commercial banks in California, today announced plans to release its financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2025 before the open of market on Thursday, January 22, 2026. That same day, management will host a conference call at 2:00 p.m. Eastern (11:00 a.m. Pacific). The call will be simultaneously broadcast over the Internet.

Preferred Bank remains a "Buy" as fundamentals strengthen, with robust deposit and loan growth supporting continued outperformance versus the S&P 500. PFBC's asset quality is exceptional, with a 1.93% ROA and 18.64% ROE, outperforming peers despite higher price-to-book valuations. Net interest income and profitability are rising, though net interest margin contracted and credit loss provisions increased, reflecting some balance sheet lumpiness.