PFBC (Preferred Bank) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 3.50% (As of Dec. 2024)

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What is Preferred Bank 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio?

Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.

3-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past three years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. A positive ratio may indicate share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio may reflect no repurchases or potential share issuance. Preferred Bank's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 3.50%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Preferred Bank's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

PFBC' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -88.9 Med: -1.6 Max: 3.5
Current: 3.5

During the past 13 years, Preferred Bank's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 3.50%. The lowest was -88.90%. And the median was -1.60%.

PFBC's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
93.38% of 1072 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: -0.3 vs PFBC: 3.50

Competitive Comparison of Preferred Bank's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Preferred Bank's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Preferred Bank's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Preferred Bank's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Preferred Bank's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio falls into.

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Preferred Bank 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation

This is the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. The annualized percentage change is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four years of annual data on Shares Outstanding (EOP).

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Preferred Bank (NAS:PFBC) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Explanation

A negative number means the company might be issuing new shares. A positive number indicates that the company is buying back shares.

Be Aware

Investors usually like share buybacks. But as pointed by Warren Buffett, only if a company buys back shares at the prices below the stock's intrinsic value, it rewards remaining shareholders. If a company buys its overvalued stocks back, it destroys shareholder value.

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Preferred Bank Business Description

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Address

601 S. Figueroa Street, 48th Floor, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 90017

Website

https://www.preferredbank.com

Preferred Bank is a commercial bank located in California. Its products and services are divided into Personal Banking, Business Banking, and Commercial Banking which includes Checking accounts, Savings accounts, CDs, Loans and Credit, Electronic banking, and Treasury Management. It provides personalized deposit services, real estate finance, commercial loans, and trade finance credit facilities to small and mid-sized businesses and their owners, entrepreneurs, real estate developers and investors, professionals, and high-net-worth individuals. The bank generates a majority of its revenue from Southern and Northern California and Flushing.