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Community West Bancshares CWBC

US equityMarket cap rank #3498
$26.06 −$0.29 (-1.10%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:20 am ET · After hours $26.06 0.00%
Open$26.14
Prev close$26.35
Day range$25.90 – $26.32
Volume177.2K
Market cap$707.04M
P/E (TTM)14.8
Dividend yield1.84%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership58.0%-0.23 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding181+0 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)7 buys / 5 sellsNet buying
Short interest5.54% of floatDays to cover 10.6 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share26.8%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

15%23%31%39%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$77.7K (10 inflow days, 10 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$411.1KSuper+$333.4KBig+$84.0KMid+$1.2MSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 25.2% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock8.80%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors4.66%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.54%
  • Wellington Management Group4.19%
  • State Street Global Advisors3.01%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC2.27%
  • Jagroop Gill2.17%
  • Systematic Financial Management LP1.84%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund48.09%
  • Individual/Insider8.95%
  • Hedge Fund7.42%
  • Public Company1.41%
  • Private Company0.84%
  • Insurance Company0.12%
  • Family Office/Trust0.07%
  • Government Pension Fund0.07%

Reported short interest has risen from 3.70% to 5.54% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
Wellington Management Group Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +833,312 4.2%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +497,741 8.8%
State Street Global Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +474,469 3.0%
Bridgewealth Advisory Group, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +468,890 1.8%
Dimensional Fund Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +424,638 4.7%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +373,767 4.5%
Two Sigma Investments, LP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +286,953 1.1%
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +255,769 1.2%
Geode Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +220,473 2.3%
Citadel Advisors LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +211,504 0.8%
Putnam LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +154,752 0.6%
Squarepoint OPS LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +150,357 0.6%
Renaissance Technologies Corp. Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +115,617 1.0%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +109,031 0.8%
UBS Asset Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +105,375 0.5%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
29 Feb 2024 Kirk Stovesand Independent Director Open Market Acquisition +472 $14.49 86,051
25 Feb 2024 Martin Plourd Chief Executive Officer Other Disposition -250 – 115,212
22 Feb 2024 James Lokey Independent Director Derivative Exercise and Sale -11,000 $14.15 13,054
1 Feb 2024 John Illgen Independent Director & Secretary Derivative Exercise and Retained +5,000 $7.19 30,000
10 Jan 2024 Shereef Moharram Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +5,000 $7.19 –
10 Jan 2024 Shereef Moharram Independent Director Derivative Exercise and Retained +5,000 $7.19 20,925
11 Dec 2023 William Peeples Independent Chairperson Other Disposition -16,564 – 807,987
10 Dec 2023 Martin Plourd Chief Executive Officer Other Disposition -3,560 – 115,462
3 Dec 2023 Martin Plourd Chief Executive Officer Derivative Exercise and Sale -10,553 $13.91 119,022
3 Dec 2023 Martin Plourd Chief Executive Officer Derivative Exercise and Retained +9,447 $7.31 119,022
30 Nov 2023 Kirk Stovesand Independent Director Open Market Acquisition +823 $13.90 85,579
13 Nov 2023 William Peeples Independent Chairperson Open Market Acquisition +4,534 $13.20 824,551

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 1,504,181 5.5% 10.6
31 Aug 2026 1,305,369 4.8% 5.5
14 Aug 2026 1,152,016 4.2% 5.6
31 Jul 2026 1,151,526 4.2% 4.1
15 Jul 2026 1,205,801 4.4% 4.1
30 Jun 2026 1,004,802 3.7% 1.4

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