Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc (NASDAQ: PPBI) is -14.34% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $18.06 and a high of $30.28 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The PPBI stock was last observed hovering at around $21.65 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.46%.
Currently trading at $22.11, the stock is 1.35% and 2.46% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.36 million and changing 2.12% at the moment leaves the stock -6.60% off its SMA200. PPBI registered -11.28% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -7.68%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $21.54 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $23.7176.
The stock witnessed a 7.54% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 15.82%, and is -3.15% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.01% over the week and 2.61% over the month.
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc (PPBI) has around 1325 employees, a market worth around $2.15B and $874.59M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 14.44 and Fwd P/E is 14.13. Profit margin for the company is 16.59%. Distance from 52-week low is 22.43% and -26.98% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.42%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -13.33% this year
388.0 institutions hold shares in Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc (PPBI), with institutional investors hold 97.82% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 97.07M, and float is at 94.72M with Short Float at 2.08%. Institutions hold 95.86% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 14.0 million shares valued at $321.53 million. The investor’s holdings represent 14.7926 of the PPBI Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 11.24 million shares valued at $258.07 million to account for 11.8731 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 5.64 million shares representing 5.9646 and valued at over $129.65 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 5.3844 of the shares totaling 5.1 million with a market value of $117.03 million.
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc (PPBI) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by WILCOX EDWARD EARL, the company’s President & COO. SEC filings show that WILCOX EDWARD EARL sold 14,500 shares of the company’s common stock on May 01 ’25 at a price of $20.28 per share for a total of $0.29 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.14 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 17 ’24, Karr Michael S (SEVP & Chief Risk Officer) disposed off 10,290 shares at an average price of $26.87 for $0.28 million. The insider now directly holds 79,474 shares of Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc (PPBI).
