Community West Bancshares price target raised to $24 from $22 at Piper Sandler

Piper Sandler raised the firm’s price target on Community West Bancshares to $24 from $22 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares following quarterly results. After incorporating Q2 results and the updated deal accounting into its model, the firm’s core 2024 and 2025 EPS estimates fall 14c and 45c, respectively, to $1.66 and $2.15. While Piper is disappointed to be lowering its 2025 estimate by this magnitude and expects shares to be lower as a result, it points out that this still represents roughly 10% accretion from the CWBC deal, which matches its initial accretion forecast, excluding fair value interest rate marks.