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California Business Bank

CABB
40
Banks - Regional · Financial Services
Winston Score
40
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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Sep 30, 2007
How the score breaks down
Bank Quality
Mixed
Growth
Data not available
Capital Strength
Exceptional
Asset Quality
Exceptional
Valuation
Data not available

Winston Score History

The full picture

California Business Bank is a small regional bank based in California that provides financial services to local businesses and entrepreneurs. It offers core banking products like business checking accounts, loans, and lines of credit. Its main customers are small and medium-sized businesses operating in California.

The bank makes money primarily through net interest income — it takes in deposits and lends that money out at higher interest rates, keeping the difference as profit. It operates exclusively in California, making it a very small, community-focused institution with a market cap that rounds to essentially zero, meaning it is a micro-cap bank. Its main competitive advantage is local relationships and personalized service, but its biggest risk is its lack of geographic diversification — if California's economy slows or commercial real estate values drop, the bank's loan portfolio could face significant stress.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

Revenue data limited

EPS Growth

EPS data limited

Insider Activity

100.0%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

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Bank Quality

Return on owners' money
Return on Equity
5.1%
no trend
Weak — 5.1% return on equity

Standard mid-range return on equity. Acceptable.

Profit on lending
Net Interest Margin
4.11%
no trend
Wide spread — 4.11% net interest margin
Cost of running the bank
Efficiency Ratio
86.7%
no trend
Bloated cost base — 86.7% efficiency ratio

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
N/A
Data not available
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
N/A
Data not available

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Capital Strength

Safety cushion
Capital Ratio
19.2%
no trend
Fortress balance sheet — 19.2% CET1

A strong capital cushion. This bank is well padded against a bad year.

Asset Quality

Loans not being repaid
Non-Performing Loans
0.49%
no trend
Clean loan book — 0.49% non-performing

Under half a percent of loans are going bad. A very clean loan book.

Loans written off
Net Charge-Offs
0.00%
no trend
Minimal losses — 0.00% net charge-offs

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/A
no trend
Data not available
Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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