CWBC
Community West Bancshares
CWBC's fundamentals are mixed, but it looks expensive: trading at 16x earnings, above its usual 10x. Analysts expect strong earnings growth.
CWBC Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Healthy | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
CWBC's revenue and profitability are currently healthy. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like CWBC.
CWBC PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 8.1x | $12.74 | -50% |
| Forward | 8.9x | $25.64 | — |
| Fair | 10x | $16.28 | -37% |
| Expensive | 16x | $24.83 | -3.2% |
| Current | 16x | $25.64 | — |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
CWBC's PE is in its expensive range at 16x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 8.9x next year's earnings, in its cheap range.
CWBC Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect strong earnings and revenue growth for CWBC, with profitability improving.
CWBC Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $2.88 | +82% |
| Q3 2026 | $1.58 | -7.6% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.85 | +40% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.16 | +272% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.00 | +344% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.71 | +159% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.32 | +29% |
| Q1 2025 | $0.58 | -69% |
| Q4 2024 | $0.45 | -79% |
CWBC's earnings per share have fallen from their peak: $1.58 over the past year, against $2.35 in early 2023.
CWBC Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $58M | +53% |
| Q2 2026 | $48.9M | +37% |
| Q1 2026 | $38.8M | +11% |
| Q4 2025 | $38.3M | +12% |
| Q3 2025 | $37.9M | +21% |
| Q2 2025 | $35.7M | +17% |
| Q1 2025 | $34.8M | +68% |
| Q4 2024 | $34.3M | +53% |
CWBC's revenue has grown year over year for 10 quarters in a row: $58M last quarter, up 53% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 19% | -20 points |
| Q2 2026 | 8.5% | -22 points |
| Q1 2026 | 41% | +7.9 points |
| Q4 2025 | 40% | +11 points |
| Q3 2025 | 40% | +27 points |
| Q2 2025 | 30% | +56 points |
| Q1 2025 | 33% | +9.5 points |
| Q4 2024 | 29% | -5.5 points |
CWBC's operating margin was 19% last quarter, down 20 points from the same quarter a year ago.
CWBC Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $17.9M | +40% |
| Q2 2026 | $17.5M | +65% |
| Q1 2026 | $8.2M | -24% |
| Q4 2025 | $9.5M | +$10.2M |
| Q3 2025 | $12.8M | +51% |
| Q2 2025 | $10.6M | +80% |
| Q1 2025 | $10.8M | +204% |
| Q4 2024 | -$701K | +$81K |
CWBC's free cash flow was $53M over the past year, up 59% from the year before. Free cash flow isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like CWBC.
CWBC Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.1% | +35.7K shares |
| 1 year | +42% | +8.1M shares |
| 3 years | +131% | +15.4M shares |
| 5 years | +125% | +15.1M shares |
| Available history | +101% | +13.6M shares |
CWBC has 27M diluted shares, up 42% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | $170,000 |
| Q1 2026 | $57,000 |
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | $71,000 |
| Q1 2025 | $80,000 |
| Q4 2024 | — |
CWBC has spent almost nothing on buybacks in the past year.
CWBC Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -2.5x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -0.6x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -1.6x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -0.9x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -2.0x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -1.2x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -0.7x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -3.6x | Net Cash |
CWBC has more cash than debt. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like CWBC.
CWBC Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 51.2 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 44.2 | Neutral |
CWBC's weekly RSI is 51 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 44 (neutral).
CWBC PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | CWBC | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 16x | 13x | 25% above |
| PE % | 85 | 63 | 22 pts above |
CWBC is trading at 16x earnings, a 25% premium to the Financial Services sector's median of 13x.
CWBC Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $26.0 | 1.5% below |
| 20 week MA | $26.1 | 1.6% below |
| 50 week MA | $24.7 | 3.9% above |
| 100 week MA | $22.1 | 16% above |
| 200 week MA | $20.3 | 27% above |
CWBC has pulled back, but its long-term trend is still up: it's below its 8- and 20-week averages, but 27% above its 200-week average.
CWBC Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $21.7 | $15.1 | -31% |
| 2021 | $15.1 | $20.9 | +39% |
| 2022 | $20.9 | $20.8 | -0.1% |
| 2023 | $20.8 | $22.4 | +7.3% |
| 2024 | $22.4 | $19.4 | -13% |
| 2025 | $19.4 | $22.7 | +17% |
| 2026 YTD | $22.7 | $25.6 | +13% |
CWBC has finished lower in three of the last six years. It's up 13% so far in 2026.