What is DA Davidson’s Forecast for CWBC Q1 Earnings?

Community West Bancshares (NASDAQ:CWBCFree Report) – Research analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Community West Bancshares in a report released on Tuesday, January 28th. DA Davidson analyst G. Tenner expects that the financial services provider will post earnings of $0.46 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson has a “Buy” rating and a $24.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Community West Bancshares’ current full-year earnings is $1.61 per share.

CWBC has been the topic of a number of other reports. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods dropped their price target on Community West Bancshares from $24.00 to $22.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 24th. StockNews.com upgraded Community West Bancshares from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday.

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Community West Bancshares Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ CWBC opened at $19.39 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $367.44 million, a PE ratio of 29.38 and a beta of 0.92. The company has a quick ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 0.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $20.09 and its 200-day moving average price is $19.75. Community West Bancshares has a twelve month low of $15.50 and a twelve month high of $24.47.

Community West Bancshares (NASDAQ:CWBCGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 23rd. The financial services provider reported $0.38 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.45 by ($0.07). Community West Bancshares had a return on equity of 8.14% and a net margin of 4.53%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Community West Bancshares

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its holdings in Community West Bancshares by 284.8% during the 2nd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 641,347 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $11,864,000 after buying an additional 474,671 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company boosted its position in shares of Community West Bancshares by 198.0% in the second quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 365,965 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $6,770,000 after acquiring an additional 243,165 shares during the period. Fourthstone LLC grew its stake in Community West Bancshares by 8.7% during the third quarter. Fourthstone LLC now owns 1,868,778 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $35,993,000 after acquiring an additional 149,506 shares in the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC purchased a new position in Community West Bancshares during the second quarter valued at approximately $1,153,000. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in Community West Bancshares during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $847,000. Institutional investors own 33.80% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Community West Bancshares

In other Community West Bancshares news, Director Steven D. Mcdonald sold 9,155 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $21.51, for a total transaction of $196,924.05. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 317,391 shares in the company, valued at $6,827,080.41. This trade represents a 2.80 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director Robert Bartlein bought 2,000 shares of Community West Bancshares stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 1st. The stock was acquired at an average price of $18.75 per share, with a total value of $37,500.00. Following the purchase, the director now directly owns 433,876 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,135,175. This represents a 0.46 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders bought 2,432 shares of company stock valued at $45,616. Company insiders own 11.15% of the company’s stock.

Community West Bancshares Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 21st. Investors of record on Friday, February 7th will be paid a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 7th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.48%. Community West Bancshares’s payout ratio is 72.73%.

About Community West Bancshares

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Community West Bancshares operates as the bank holding company for Community West Bank, N.A. that provides various financial products and services in California. The company offers deposit products, such as checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, and fixed rate and fixed maturity certificates of deposits; and cash management products.

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