Research Analysts Offer Predictions for CWBC Q4 Earnings

Community West Bancshares (NASDAQ:CWBC) – Stock analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Community West Bancshares in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, October 21st. DA Davidson analyst G. Tenner forecasts that the financial services provider will earn $0.56 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson has a “Buy” rating and a $24.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Community West Bancshares’ current full-year earnings is $2.15 per share.

Several other analysts have also recently issued reports on CWBC. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Community West Bancshares in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Zacks Research cut shares of Community West Bancshares from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 14th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upped their price objective on shares of Community West Bancshares from $19.00 to $22.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research note on Friday, July 18th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Community West Bancshares presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $21.67.

Community West Bancshares Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of NASDAQ CWBC opened at $21.05 on Wednesday. Community West Bancshares has a 12-month low of $15.57 and a 12-month high of $22.89. The stock has a market cap of $402.69 million, a PE ratio of 11.83 and a beta of 0.91. The company has a current ratio of 0.84, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. The company has a 50-day moving average of $20.89 and a 200 day moving average of $19.34.

Community West Bancshares (NASDAQ:CWBC) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 16th. The financial services provider reported $0.57 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.04. Community West Bancshares had a net margin of 17.49% and a return on equity of 9.26%. The company had revenue of $37.91 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $36.75 million.

Community West Bancshares Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 31st will be paid a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 31st. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.3%. Community West Bancshares’s dividend payout ratio is 26.97%.

Institutional Trading of Community West Bancshares

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in CWBC. Allworth Financial LP grew its stake in shares of Community West Bancshares by 267.3% in the 1st quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 7,015 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $122,000 after buying an additional 5,105 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Community West Bancshares by 2.6% in the 1st quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 56,000 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,035,000 after buying an additional 1,400 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Community West Bancshares by 28.3% in the 1st quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 2,565 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $47,000 after acquiring an additional 565 shares during the last quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of Community West Bancshares by 23.3% in the 1st quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. now owns 46,114 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $852,000 after acquiring an additional 8,701 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in shares of Community West Bancshares in the 1st quarter worth approximately $578,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 33.80% of the company’s stock.

Community West Bancshares Company Profile

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.