Banc of California Inc [NYSE: BANC] loss -1.76% or -0.25 points to close at $13.95 with a heavy trading volume of 5838357 shares.
The daily chart for BANC points out that the company has recorded 22.58% gains over the past six months.
If we look at the average trading volume of 2.47M shares, BANC reached to a volume of 5838357 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Banc of California Inc [BANC]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for BANC shares is $17.67 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on BANC stock is a recommendation set at 2.20. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Keefe Bruyette have made an estimate for Banc of California Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Outperform, with their previous recommendation back on March 22, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Barclays raised their target price to Equal Weight. The new note on the price target was released on March 08, 2024, representing the official price target for Banc of California Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $14, while Truist analysts kept a Hold rating on BANC stock. On October 04, 2023, analysts decreased their price target for BANC shares from 21 to 13.50.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Banc of California Inc is set at 0.45, with the Price to Sales ratio for BANC stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 5.52. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 0.81. Price to Free Cash Flow for BANC in the course of the last twelve months was 18.42.
Trading performance analysis for BANC stock
Banc of California Inc [BANC] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 0.94. With this latest performance, BANC shares dropped by -5.23% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 22.58% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 16.35% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for BANC stock in for the last two-week period is set at 43.80, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 41.70, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 46.17 for Banc of California Inc [BANC]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 14.43, while it was recorded at 13.92 for the last single week of trading, and 13.12 for the last 200 days.
Banc of California Inc [BANC]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis
Banc of California Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Current Ratio set at 0.20.
Banc of California Inc [BANC]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for BANC. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Banc of California Inc go to 10.00%.
An analysis of Institutional ownership at Banc of California Inc [BANC]
The top three institutional holders of BANC stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.32 billion shares, which is approximately 8.4983%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.04 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $200.69 billion in BANC stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $174.35 billion in BANC stock with ownership which is approximately 5.8386%.
