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Preferred Bank: Return on Equity

17.16% Ranks #810 of 3,615 U.S. banks · 78th percentile

Data as of · sourced from FFIEC call reports. How we update

Preferred Bank reported a return on equity of 17.16% as of Q2 2026, ranking #810 of 3,615 U.S. banks (78th percentile). That is down 0.06 percentage points from 17.22% a year earlier, and above the 12.58% median of the 855 Large Community Banks ($1B–$10B in assets). Return on Equity (ROE) is the rate of return banks earn on common shareholders' equity, the standard equity-investor measure of bank profitability.

12-Quarter Trend

Q3 2023 Q2 2026 (latest)
Q2 2026 17.16%
Q1 2026 15.97%
Q4 2025 17.80%
Q3 2025 18.87%
Q2 2025 17.22%
Q1 2025 15.58%
Q4 2024 15.98%
Q3 2024 18.13%
Q2 2024 18.89%
Q1 2024 19.20%
Q4 2023 21.00%
Q3 2023 22.81%

National Context

Latest value 17.16%
National rank#810 of 3,615
Percentile 78th
12-quarter low15.58%
12-quarter high22.81%
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What is the Return on Equity?

Return on equity (ROE) is a bank's annualized net income divided by its average shareholders' equity, expressed as a percentage. It is the return the bank earns on the capital its owners have invested.

Read ROE together with ROA and the equity-to-assets ratio. ROE equals ROA times the ratio of assets to equity, so a bank can raise ROE by holding less capital without earning more on its assets; a high ROE built on thin capital is weaker than the same ROE built on a high ROA. Subchapter S banks pay no income tax at the bank level, so their ROE runs higher than a C corporation bank with the same pretax earnings. Share buybacks shrink equity and lift ROE with no change in profit.

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What is Preferred Bank's Return on Equity?

Preferred Bank's Return on Equity was 17.16% as of Q2 2026, ranking #810 of 3,615 U.S. banks.

What is the Return on Equity?

Return on equity (ROE) is a bank's annualized net income divided by its average shareholders' equity, expressed as a percentage. It is the return the bank earns on the capital its owners have invested.

Source: FFIEC call reports, standardized by BankRegReports. Values are point-in-time as filed. See the full Preferred Bank profile or how this data updates. The figures come from the bank's call report.

Regulator records: FDIC BankFind (cert 33539) · FFIEC NIC profile (RSSD 1918344)