* Preferred Bank PFBC.OQ reported quarterly adjusted
earnings of
$1.80 per share for the quarter ended in December. The mean
expectation of six analysts for the quarter was for earnings
of $1.72 per share.
* Revenue rose 7.3% to $49.42 million from a year ago;
analysts
expected $49.89 million.
* Preferred Bank's reported EPS for the quarter was $1.80.
* The mean earnings estimate of analysts had risen by
about 6% in
the last three months.
* In the last 30 days there have been no earnings estimate
revisions by analysts covering the company.
* Preferred Bank shares had risen by 12.2% this quarter.
* The company reported quarterly net income of $26.42
million.
* Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Preferred
Bank is
$78.50
* The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy"
and
the breakdown of recommendations is 4 "strong buy" or "buy," 2
"hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell."
This summary was machine generated January 20 at 01:37 a.m.
All figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated