PCBC reports $70.5M in 2011 profits
[wikichart align=”center” ticker=”PCBC” showannotations=”true” livequote=”true” rollingdate=”6 months” width=”390″ height=”245″] Pacific Capital Bancorp, the largest bank based in the region, earned $70.5 million in 2011, its first full calendar year under the ownership of a Texas-based private equity group. The parent company of Santa Barbara Bank & Trust saw its fourth-quarter profits drop 39.8 percent to Read More →
Amgen Q4 earnings drop 8.5%
[wikichart align=”right” ticker=”NASDAQ:AMGN” showannotations=”true” livequote=”true” startdate=”26-07-2011″ enddate=”26-01-2012″ width=”300″ height=”245″] Biotech giant Amgen, which said earlier on Thursday that it would pay $1.2 billion for leukemia drugmaker Micromet, reported fourth-quarter earnings that missed analyst expectations. The Thousand Oaks-based company said fourth-quarter profits fell 8.5 percent to $934 million, or $1.08 per share, on lower sales of Read More →
First California reports record 2011 earnings of $23.4M
[wikichart align=”right” ticker=”NASDAQ:FCAL” showannotations=”true” livequote=”true” startdate=”26-07-2011″ enddate=”26-01-2012″ width=”300″ height=”245″] Westlake Village-based First California Financial Group reported profits of $23.4 million in 2011, a company earnings record. A year earlier, it had earned $1.4 million. “Our record breaking performance in 2011 was driven by the combination of continued successful execution of our strategic plan that focuses Read More →
Semtech’s earnings rise
[wikichart align=”right” ticker=”NASDAQ:SMTC” showannotations=”true” livequote=”true” startdate=”30-05-2011″ enddate=”30-11-2011″ width=”300″ height=”245″] Camarillo-based Semtech, a chip design firm, posted 67 percent increase in quarterly earnings on a slight increase in sales for the most recent quarter. Semtech, which is in its 2012 fiscal year, said third quarter net income came to $27 million, compared with $16.1 million a Read More →
Deckers profits jump 48% on Ugg sales
Deckers Outdoor Corp. said profits jumped 48 percent in the third quarter after getting a big leg-up from Ugg brand sales. The Goleta-based shoe company increased its full-year outlook after the better-than-expected third quarter. Deckers company earned $62.3 million, or $1.59 per share as sales jumped 49.1 percent to $414.4 million in the third-quarter. Ugg Read More →
PCBC posts $20.5M profit year after recap deal
Pacific Capital Bancorp, parent of Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, said Oct. 27 that it earned $20.5 million in the third quarter of 2011, marking its first full year of profits since a team of Texas bankers recapitalized it last year. In August 2010, Dallas-based Ford Financial Fund, led by veteran bankers Gerald Ford and Read More →