Pacific and Southwest Banks

February 26, 2016

Buy ($175)

Companies covered: Trinity Bank, N.A. (OTCMKTS:TYBT), Umpqua Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:UMPQ), Pacific Continental Corporation (Ore) (NASDAQ:PCBK), HomeStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ:HMST), Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HTH), Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC), Live Oak Bancshares Inc (NASDAQ:LOB), Central Pacific Financial Corp. (NYSE:CPF), Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY), East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EWBC), PacWest Bancorp (NASDAQ:PACW), SVB Financial Group (NASDAQ:SIVB), Pacific Mercantile Bancorp (NASDAQ:PMBC), Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. (NYSE:PB), Heritage Oaks Bancorp (NASDAQ:HEOP), Summit State Bank (NASDAQ:SSBI), Oak Valley Bancorp (CA) (NASDAQ:OVLY)