Community West Bancshares (CWBC)
Owns Community West Bank, a relationship lender across Central California.
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Operates through Community West Bank, taking deposits and making commercial, real estate, agribusiness, SBA, private-banking, and cash-management loans and services across Central California. Growth has come through local bank acquisitions, with the latest merger adding integration work to a franchise tied to regional deposits, credit quality, and real estate conditions.
Runs through Community West Bank, a California state-chartered bank with banking offices concentrated in Central California, from Greater Sacramento through the San Joaquin Valley and west to the Central Coast. The holding company reports one operating segment because the branch network sells banking products within the same domestic market.
Core work is relationship banking: deposits, commercial lending, real estate and agribusiness lending, SBA lending, private banking, and cash management. Local reputation, officer and director contacts, referrals, and personalized service are explicit competitive tools.
Acquisition integration shapes the current franchise after the Community West combination and the later United Security merger. Performance depends on Central California business activity, agriculture-linked local conditions, real estate collateral, deposit gathering, and regulated bank competition.
Company facts
Target rangeAs of Sep 22, 2026
Latest analyst notes
| Date | Firm | Action | Prior | Current |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Reiterate | Rating: —Target: $19 | Target: $30.50 |
| Jan 26, 2026 | DA Davidson | Reiterate | Rating: —Target: $26 | Target: $29 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | DA Davidson | Reiterate | Rating: —Target: — | Target: $26 |
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RevenueReportedEstimate
Balance sheet, Jun 30, 2026Cash & short-term investments $643.4M · Total debt $250.3M · Total assets $5.03B · Shareholders' equity $607.8M
- Revenue
- $48.7M
- Operating income
- $4.2M
- Net income
- $2.7M
HistoryDividendAnnual yield
| Institutions | ≈ 57.53% | 15.61M shares | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 149 holders · as of Jun 30, 2026 · largest filers plus last quarter's tail | |||
| Insiders | 8.66% | 2.35M shares | |
| 25 holders · as of Sep 1, 2026 | |||
| Other | ≈ 33.81% | 9.17M shares | |
| remainder | |||
27.13M company shares as of Sep 23, 2026 · institutions as of Jun 30, 2026 · holders as of their latest filing
Two share counts disagree (27.13M in the company's Sep 23, 2026 report, 21.05M elsewhere); stakes use the report.
This quarter's institutional total failed a plausibility check; shown: the largest filers plus last quarter's remainder.
Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4
| Holder | Stake | Shares | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
BlackRock, Inc.Institution | 8.80% | 2.39M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Dimensional Fund Advisors LPInstitution | 4.66% | 1.27M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Wellington Management Group LLPInstitution | 4.19% | 1.14M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Vanguard Capital Management LLCInstitution | 3.96% | 1.08M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
State Street CorpInstitution | 3.01% | 815,651 | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Insider tradesForm 4
| Date | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | Shannon R. Livingston | officer: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT | +107 | $21.51 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | Dawn M. Cagle | officer: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT | +188 | $21.51 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | James W. Lokey | director | +54 | $25.92 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Kirk Stovesand | director | +255 | $26.10 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | Jagroop Gill | director | +4,770 | $24.88 |
- Sierra Bancorp
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- TriCo Bancshares
Larger California local-bank rival in deposits, CRE, and treasury
- Oak Valley Bancorp
Central Valley community-bank overlap in CRE, SBA, and deposits
- CVB Financial
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- Five Star Bancorp
Sacramento/Northern California CRE-heavy business-bank peer
- Westamerica Bancorp
Northern/Central California deposit and small-business benchmark
CompareAfter-hours close
| Company | Price | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community West Bancshares | $25.74 | 0.00% | $546.2M | 14.0 | 9.6 | 2.8 | +38.2% |
| Sierra Bancorp | $40.01 | −0.05% | $523.2M | 11.7 | 11.0 | 2.6 | +5.4% |
| TriCo Bancshares | $52.32 | −0.06% | $1.70B | 12.7 | 12.1 | 3.1 | +9.9% |
| Oak Valley Bancorp | $34.42 | +0.15% | $289.2M | 12.2 | — | 3.3 | −10.9% |
| CVB Financial | $22.16 | −0.05% | $3.22B | 14.8 | 12.0 | 4.6 | +42.0% |
| Five Star Bancorp | $44.17 | 0.00% | $1.07B | 13.1 | 12.6 | 3.8 | +25.1% |
| Westamerica Bancorp | $59.04 | 0.00% | $1.40B | 13.1 | 12.7 | 5.3 | −2.5% |
| Median | 12.9 | 12.1 | 3.6 | +7.7% |