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Building up an investment case requires looking at a stock holistically. Today I’ve chosen to put the spotlight on Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ:PPBI) due to its excellent fundamentals in more than one area. PPBI is a financially-sound company with a strong history and a buoyant future outlook. In the following section, I expand a bit more on these key aspects. If you’re interested in understanding beyond my high-level commentary, read the full report on Pacific Premier Bancorp here.
Flawless balance sheet with solid track record
PPBI delivered a bottom-line expansion of 91.33% in the prior year, with its most recent earnings level surpassing its average level over the last five years. Not only did PPBI outperformed its past performance, its growth also exceeded the Banks industry expansion, which generated a 8.20% earnings growth. This is an notable feat for the company.
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For Pacific Premier Bancorp, I’ve compiled three fundamental aspects you should further research:
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Valuation: What is PPBI worth today? Is the stock undervalued, even when its growth outlook is factored into its intrinsic value? The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether PPBI is currently mispriced by the market.
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Dividend Income vs Capital Gains: Does PPBI return gains to shareholders through reinvesting in itself and growing earnings, or redistribute a decent portion of earnings as dividends? Our historical dividend yield visualization quickly tells you what your can expect from PPBI as an investment.
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Other Attractive Alternatives : Are there other well-rounded stocks you could be holding instead of PPBI? Explore our interactive list of stocks with large potential to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!
To help readers see pass the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price sensitive company announcements.
The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned.