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PFBC (Preferred Bank) Piotroski F-Score : 4 (As of Mar. 17, 2025)


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What is Preferred Bank Piotroski F-Score?

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Preferred Bank has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

The historical rank and industry rank for Preferred Bank's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

PFBC' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 6   Max: 9
Current: 4

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Preferred Bank was 9. The lowest was 3. And the median was 6.


Preferred Bank Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Preferred Bank's Piotroski F-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Preferred Bank Piotroski F-Score Chart

Preferred Bank Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.00 6.00 9.00 9.00 -

Preferred Bank Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
Piotroski F-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.00 7.00 5.00 4.00 -

Competitive Comparison of Preferred Bank's Piotroski F-Score

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Preferred Bank's Piotroski F-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Piotroski F-Score 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 Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Preferred Bank's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Preferred Bank's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


How is the Piotroski F-Score calculated?

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (Dec24) TTM:Last Year (Dec23) TTM:
Net Income was 33.466 + 33.592 + 33.383 + 30.221 = $130.7 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 43.112 + 25.789 + 56.008 + 39.615 = $164.5 Mil.
Revenue was 71.565 + 69.511 + 72.307 + 70.576 = $284.0 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec23)
to the end of this year (Dec24) was
(6659.276 + 6756.213 + 6846.58 + 6872.344 + 6923.429) / 5 = $6811.5684 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec23) was $6,659.3 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $165.5 Mil.
Total Assets was $6,923.4 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $6,160.3 Mil.
Net Income was 38.073 + 37.936 + 38.192 + 35.839 = $150.0 Mil.

Revenue was 72.649 + 76.41 + 75.926 + 68.158 = $293.1 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec22)
to the end of last year (Dec23) was
(6425.358 + 6461.537 + 6667.942 + 6632.53 + 6659.276) / 5 = $6569.3286 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec22) was $6,425.4 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $168.0 Mil.
Total Assets was $6,659.3 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $5,964.2 Mil.

*Note: If the latest quarterly/semi-annual/annual total assets data is 0, then we will use previous quarterly/semi-annual/annual data for all the items in the balance sheet.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

Net income before extraordinary items for the year divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Preferred Bank's current Net Income (TTM) was 130.7. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 2. Cash Flow Return on Assets (CFROA)

Net cash flow from operating activities (operating cash flow) divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Preferred Bank's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 164.5. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 3. Change in Return on Assets

Compare this year's return on assets (1) to last year's return on assets.

Score 1 if it's higher, 0 if it's lower.

ROA (This Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec23)
=130.662/6659.276
=0.01962105

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec22)
=150.04/6425.358
=0.02335123

Preferred Bank's return on assets of this year was 0.01962105. Preferred Bank's return on assets of last year was 0.02335123. ==> Last year is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)

Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)

Score 1 if CFROA > ROA, 0 if CFROA <= ROA.

Preferred Bank's current Net Income (TTM) was 130.7. Preferred Bank's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 164.5. ==> 164.5 > 130.7 ==> CFROA > ROA ==> Score 1.

Funding

Question 5. Change in Gearing or Leverage

Compare this year's gearing (long-term debt divided by average total assets) to last year's gearing.

Score 0 if this year's gearing is higher, 1 otherwise.

Gearing (This Year: Dec24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec23 to Dec24
=165.459/6811.5684
=0.02429088

Gearing (Last Year: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=167.998/6569.3286
=0.02557309

Preferred Bank's gearing of this year was 0.02429088. Preferred Bank's gearing of last year was 0.02557309. ==> This year is lower or equal to last year. ==> Score 1.

Question 6. Change in Working Capital (Liquidity)

Compare this year's current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) to last year's current ratio.

Score 1 if this year's current ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Total Current Assets and Total Current Liabilities reported. Thus, we use Total Assets and Total Liabilities to calculate current ratio for banks and insurance companies.

Current Ratio (This Year: Dec24)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=6923.429/6160.277
=1.12388274

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec23)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=6659.276/5964.171
=1.11654679

Preferred Bank's current ratio of this year was 1.12388274. Preferred Bank's current ratio of last year was 1.11654679. ==> This year's current ratio is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 7. Change in Shares in Issue

Compare the number of shares in issue this year, to the number in issue last year.

Score 0 if there is larger number of shares in issue this year, 1 otherwise.

Preferred Bank's number of shares in issue this year was 13.454. Preferred Bank's number of shares in issue last year was 13.79. ==> There is smaller number of shares in issue this year, or the same. ==> Score 1.

Efficiency

Question 8. Change in Gross Margin

Compare this year's gross margin (Gross Profit divided by sales) to last year's.

Score 1 if this year's gross margin is higher, 0 if it's lower.

* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Gross Profit reported. Thus, we use net income instead of gross profit and calculate Net Margin for this score.

Net Margin (This Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=130.662/283.959
=0.46014389

Net Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=150.04/293.143
=0.51183211

Preferred Bank's net margin of this year was 0.46014389. Preferred Bank's net margin of last year was 0.51183211. ==> Last year's net margin is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 9. Change in asset turnover

Compare this year's asset turnover (total sales for the year divided by total assets at the beginning of the year) to last year's asset turnover ratio.

Score 1 if this year's asset turnover ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Asset Turnover (This Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of This Year (Dec23)
=283.959/6659.276
=0.04264112

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec22)
=293.143/6425.358
=0.04562283

Preferred Bank's asset turnover of this year was 0.04264112. Preferred Bank's asset turnover of last year was 0.04562283. ==> Last year's asset turnover is higher ==> Score 0.

Evaluation

Piotroski F-Score= Que. 1+ Que. 2+ Que. 3+Que. 4+Que. 5+Que. 6+Que. 7+Que. 8+Que. 9
=1+1+0+1+1+1+1+0+0
=6

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Preferred Bank has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Preferred Bank  (NAS:PFBC) Piotroski F-Score Explanation

The developer of the system is Joseph D. Piotroski is relatively unknown accounting professor who shuns publicity and rarely gives interviews.

He graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in accounting in 1989, received an M.B.A. from Indiana University in 1994. Five years later, in 1999, after earning a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Michigan, he became an associate professor of accounting at the University of Chicago.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers" (pdf).

He wanted to see if he can develop a system (using a simple nine-point scoring system) that can increase the returns of a strategy of investing in low price to book (referred to in the paper as high book to market) value companies.

What he found was something that exceeded his most optimistic expectations.

Buying only those companies that scored highest (8 or 9) on his nine-point scale, or F-Score as he called it, over the 20 year period from 1976 to 1996 led to an average out-performance over the market of 13.4%.

Even more impressive were the results of a strategy of investing in the highest F-Score companies (8 or 9) and shorting companies with the lowest F-Score (0 or 1).

Over the same period from 1976 to 1996 (20 years) this strategy led to an average yearly return of 23%, substantially outperforming the average S&P 500 index return of 15.83% over the same period.


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Preferred Bank Business Description

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