$16.20 0.17 (+1.06%)
11/6/2009 4:00 PM

PacWest Bancorp (PACW)

CAPS Rating: 1 out of 5

The Company serves as a holding company for Pacific Western Bank.

Current Price $16.20 Mkt Cap $523.26M
Open $15.85 P/E Ratio 50.09
Prev. Close $16.03 Div. (Yield) 0.04 (0.20%)
Daily Range $15.69 - $16.30 Volume 377,803
52-Wk Range $9.36 - $28.86 Avg. Daily Vol. 350,000

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All Members

37 Outperform
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All-Star Members

16 Outperform
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Wall Street

5 Outperform
1 Underperform
 

Top PACW Bull/Bear Pitches

The best Bull and Bear pitches based on recency and number of recommendations.

madgerman1 (92.17)
Submitted October 23, 2006

Witnessed large National Banks mergers. Now focus on Regional Banks with above average growth rates.
This Bank fits the bill.

TheGarcipian (99.22)
Submitted August 05, 2008

Another small bank in trouble... Although not as bad as WCBO, PACW's debt load is about 32% more than its Market Cap. While they report a healthy operating margin of 43%, both RoA & RoE are negative at -15% & -88.5%, respectively. Revenue… More

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Recent Community Commentary

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Recs

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Member Avatar Paramnesia1930 (97.08) Submitted: 9/2/2009 7:40:30 PM : Underperform Start Price: $18.94 PACW Score: +21.68

Financial stocks carry a P/E ratio of 22.4, and the so-called "recovery" has been especially strong in bank stocks. Therefore, I’m concentrating my shorting interest in the banking sector.

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Member Avatar EclecticRecluse (75.00) Submitted: 5/11/2009 10:08:40 AM : Underperform Start Price: $18.43 PACW Score: +30.19

Increasingly Excessive P/E

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Member Avatar badmanner (98.22) Submitted: 10/2/2008 12:10:07 AM : Outperform Start Price: $30.28 PACW Score: -42.02

mortgage investment/regional banks

Leaderboard

Find the members with the highest scoring picks in PACW.

Score Leader

Shoob44

Shoob44 (28.44) Score: +63.32

The Score Leader is the member with the highest score across all their picks in PACW.

Top
Pick
Member Name Member
Rating
Start
Date
Call Time
Frame
Start
Price
Stock
Gain
S&P
Gain
Score Commentary
Timh0rt0n 97.88 11/28/2008 Underperform NS $25.65 -36.83% +24.01% +60.84
salesgenieshort 71.59 12/4/2008 Underperform 5Y $24.63 -34.22% +26.06% +60.28
MediaBiz 95.80 12/5/2008 Underperform 5Y $23.92 -32.28% +27.72% +60.00
3toedtreetoad 97.13 12/8/2008 Underperform 5Y $25.43 -36.30% +21.66% +57.96
SAMarketplayer 98.91 12/17/2008 Underperform 3Y $26.44 -38.73% +19.19% +57.92
ARFong < 20 11/21/2008 Underperform 5Y $18.82 -13.93% +43.84% +57.76
LivePlayLove1 < 20 11/17/2008 Underperform 3Y $23.38 -30.72% +26.87% +57.59
ocsurf 55.53 11/7/2008 Underperform 1Y $25.85 -37.34% +19.94% +57.28
sporkx < 20 11/17/2008 Underperform NS $23.50 -31.07% +25.37% +56.43
smitin 91.05 10/17/2008 Underperform 1Y $26.94 -39.87% +16.56% +56.43

Wall Street

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Member Name Member
Rating
Start
Date
Call Time
Frame
Start
Price
Stock
Gain
S&P
Gain
Score End Date Commentary
TrackSterneAgee 83.73 11/5/2009 Outperform NS $16.47 -1.64% +1.39% -3.03
TrackSoleil 83.54 9/9/2009 Outperform NS $19.19 -15.58% +4.38% -19.96
TrackJMP < 20 3/31/2009 Outperform NS $14.39 +12.55% +35.73% -23.18
TrackFBRCapitalM 75.98 9/24/2008 Underperform NS $30.87 -47.52% -7.91% +39.62
TrackFBRCapitalM 75.98 6/25/2007 Outperform NS $53.95 -41.43% -20.74% -20.69 9/24/2008 @ $31.60
TrackRochdale 38.18 4/19/2007 Outperform NS $50.82 -68.12% -22.77% -45.35
TrackPiperJaff 80.38 9/12/2006 Outperform NS $49.79 -67.46% -12.53% -54.94

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