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Preferred Bank

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Preferred Bank

PFBC·NASDAQ·Finance·CIK 0001492165

Preferred Bank provides various banking products and services to small and mid-sized businesses, entrepreneurs, real estate developers, professionals, and high net worth individuals. The company offers a range of deposit accounts, including checking, savings, and money market accounts, as well as fixed-rate and fixed maturity retail and non-retail certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts. Its lending services include real estate mortgage loans secured by retail, industrial, office, special purpose, and residential single and multi-family properties, along with real estate construction loans. Preferred Bank also provides commercial loans, which encompass lines of credit for working capital, term loans for capital expenditures, and commercial and stand-by letters of credit. Additionally, it offers Small Business Administration (SBA) loans for various business purposes such as owner-occupied commercial real estate, business acquisitions, start-ups, franchise financing, working capital, improvements and renovations, inventory and equipment, and debt-refinancing. The bank's trade finance services include commercial and export letters of credit, import lines of credit, documentary collections, international wire transfers, acceptances/trust receipt financing, export financing, and bills purchase programs. Furthermore, Preferred Bank provides cash management services and internet, mobile, and tablet banking services. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) is a publicly traded company in the Finance sector. Wiseek has independently scored 3 items for PFBC at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-07-22, rated 7/10. Across its 3 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 8/10, with 1 rated 8 or above.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Preferred Bank Q2 Net Income Jumps on Loan Recoveries, Credit Quality Improves
  • Preferred Bank Secures $5.7 Million Recovery on Charged-Off Loan
  • Preferred Bank Q1 Net Interest Income Drops on Nonaccrual Loan Reversals

Short Interest & Short Volume

10.61 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 1,229,468 shares in PFBC as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 0.6% increase from the prior period — about 10.6 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 71.6% of PFBC volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)1,229,468 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 0.6%
Days to cover10.61 at avg daily volume of 115,887
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)71.6% of 27,961 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume53.3%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

$106.48
52-week range · as of 2026-07-22 $81.5 – $112.26
Market cap
$1.26B
Volume
80.3K (0.5× avg)
3-mo avg 150.3K
Live data · 2026-10-05 04:24 UTC · Market overnight

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PFBC
Jul 22, 2026, 8:11 AM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $106.04
Real-time Price: $106.48 info
Change: +$0.440 (+0.41%) info
Market Cap: $1.262B info
PFBC
May 20, 2026, 8:44 AM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $91.92
Real-time Price: $106.48 info
Change: +$14.56 (+16%) info
Market Cap: $1.262B info
PFBC
Apr 22, 2026, 8:14 AM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $99.51
Real-time Price: $106.48 info
Change: +$6.97 (+7%) info
Market Cap: $1.262B info
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