Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Market Information
Our common stock began trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (NASDAQ) under the symbol “RBB” on July 27, 2017. Prior to that, there was no public market for our common stock.
Shareholders
As of March 12, 2025, we had approximately 2,813 common stock shareholders of record, and the closing price of our common stock was $16.93 per share. The number of holders of record does not represent the actual number of beneficial owners of our common stock because securities dealers and others frequently hold shares in “street name” for the benefit of individual owners who have the right to vote shares.
Dividend Policy
It has been our policy to pay quarterly dividends to holders of our common stock, and we intend to generally maintain our current dividend levels. Our dividend policy and practice may change in the future, however, and our board of directors may change or eliminate the payment of future dividends at its discretion, without notice to our shareholders. Any future determination to pay dividends to holders of our common stock will depend on our results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements, banking regulations, contractual restrictions and any other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant.
Under the terms of our subordinated notes issued in March 2021, and the related subordinated note purchase agreements, we are not permitted to declare or pay any dividends on our capital stock if an event of default occurs under the terms of the subordinated notes. Additionally, under the terms of such notes, we are not permitted to declare or pay any dividends on our capital stock if we are not “well capitalized” for regulatory purposes immediately prior to the payment of such dividend. The terms of the debentures underlying our Trust Preferred Securities also prohibit us from paying dividends on our capital stock if we are in deferral of interest payments on those debentures. There have been no events of default under the terms of the subordinated notes as of December 31, 2024.
As a bank holding company, our ability to pay dividends is affected by the policies and enforcement powers of the Federal Reserve. Information on regulatory restrictions on our ability to pay dividends is set forth in Item 1. Business— Supervision and Regulation – The Company – Dividend Payments . In addition, because we are a holding company, we are dependent upon the payment of dividends by the Bank to us as our principal source of funds to pay dividends in the future, if any, and to make other payments. The Bank is also subject to various legal, regulatory and other restrictions on its ability to pay dividends and make other distributions and payments to us, as further discussed in Item 1. Business— Supervision and Regulation—The Bank—Dividend Payments.
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Stock Performance Graph
The following graph compares the cumulative total shareholder return on our common stock from December 31, 2019 through December 31, 2024. The graph compares our common stock with the Russell 2000 Index and the SNL Bank $1B-$5B Index. The graph assumes an investment of $100.00 in our common stock and each index on December 31, 2019 and reinvestment of all quarterly dividends. Measurement points are December 31, 2019 and the last trading day of each year-end through December 31, 2024. There is no assurance that our common stock performance will continue in the future with the same or similar results as shown in the graph.
Period Ending
Index
12/31/19
12/31/20
12/31/21
12/31/22
12/31/23
12/31/24
RBB Bancorp
100.00
74.30
129.57
105.60
100.94
112.07
Russell 2000 Index
100.00
119.96
137.74
109.59
128.14
142.93
KBW Nasdaq Regional Banking Index
100.00
91.29
124.74
116.10
115.64
130.90
Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence
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Unregistered Sales and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
On February 29, 2024, the Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program to buy back up to an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of Company common stock. On June 14, 2022, March 16, 2022 and April 22, 2021 the Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program to buy back up to an aggregate of 500,000 shares of Company common stock for each authorization date. We repurchased zero shares of common stock during the fourth quarter of 2024 and we repurchased 1,036,750 shares of common stock during the first three quarters of 2024 completing our authorized repurchase programs.
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