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CALIFORNIA BANCORP REPORTS NET INCOME OF $16.4 MILLION FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER AND $63.1 MILLION FOR THE FULL YEAR OF 2025
San Diego, Calif., Jan. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- California BanCorp (“us,” “we,” “our,” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: BCAL), the holding company for
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[{"type":"text","content":"San Diego, Calif., Jan. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- California BanCorp (“us,” “we,” “our,” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: BCAL), the holding company for California Bank of Commerce, N.A. (the “Bank”) announces its consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2025. The Company reported net income of $16.4 million, or $0.50 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to $15.7 million, or $0.48 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2025, and $16.8 million, or $0.51 per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2024. The Company reported net income of $63.1 million, or $1.93 per diluted share, for the full year of 2025, compared to net income of $5.4 million, or $0.22 per diluted share for the full year of 2024. “2025 was a transformational year for California BanCorp, with the successful completion and integration of our 2024 merger that extended our footprint over all the best markets in California,” said David Rainer, Chairman and CEO of the Company and Bank. “During the last year we also restructured and derisked our balance sheet. We reduced high-risk loans, improving our credit profile, and terminated our dependence on high cost brokered deposits while growing core deposits, lowering our cost of funds. We are now very well positioned and remain focused on the organic growth of loans and deposits through our relationship-based business model in all our markets. “Strong earnings throughout the year and prudent capital management allowed us to continue creating shareholder value through the repurchase of our stock and the implementation of a quarterly dividend for our shareholders. “The recent M&A activity has increased the scarcity of relationship-based commercial banks that offer a high-touch service model like ours to small and middle-market businesses. With the traction we are achieving after a transformative year, and a footprint covering the very best markets in the state, and arguably the country, we believe there is a very bright future for our franchise. As we reported earlier this week, we added five experienced bankers, including two veteran commercial bankers with deep roots in the community, to our Northern California team. We are well positioned for growth and to take advantage of any disruption in local commercial banking markets due to M&A, and we will continue to be oppor...