Community West Bancshares filings document the regulatory record of a California bank holding company and its wholly owned bank subsidiary, Community West Bank. The company’s disclosures cover banking operations, operating and financial results, dividends, capital-structure matters, material agreements, completed merger activity and Regulation FD investor presentations.
The filing record also includes definitive proxy materials and Form 8-K reports addressing governance, shareholder voting matters, executive compensation, board oversight and officer or director changes. Risk-factor and capital disclosures relate to the company’s community banking model, including lending, deposits, securities, non-interest income and bank regulatory obligations.
Community West Bancshares executive vice president Blaine Lauhon had 952 shares withheld on October 9, 2026, at $25.71 per share to satisfy tax-withholding obligations. The withholding related to vesting of 2,652 restricted shares from an award granted May 7, 2025. A further 218 shares were withheld at $25.71 per share in connection with vesting of 607 restricted shares from an award granted May 30, 2024.
Community West Bancshares: Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, an investment adviser, reported beneficial ownership of 1,370,476 common shares, representing 5.1% of the class, as of September 30, 2026. Dimensional stated that all reported securities are owned by the Funds and disclaimed beneficial ownership.
Community West Bancshares (CWBC) reported that Executive Vice President Dawn M. Cagle purchased shares of the company’s common stock. On 2026-08-31, she bought 188 shares of CWBC common stock at $21.51 per share in a transaction made under the company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), bringing her direct holdings to 13,632 shares.
Community West Bancshares (CWBC) reported that Executive Vice President Shannon R. Livingston purchased 107 shares of CWBC common stock on 2026-08-31 at $21.51 per share. The shares were bought through the company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), bringing Livingston’s direct holdings to 20,092 shares after the transaction.
Community West Bancshares (CWBC) director James W. Lokey reported acquiring additional CWBC common stock through dividend reinvestment. On August 21, 2026, 54.23 shares were purchased at $25.9176 per share, increasing his directly held position to 15,228.902 shares of CWBC common stock.
Community West Bancshares (CWBC) director Kirk Stovesand reported an open-market purchase of CWBC common stock. On 2026-08-21 he bought 255 shares at $26.10 per share. Following this transaction, he directly owns 82,844 shares of CWBC common stock. The filing does not indicate use of a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.
Community West Bancshares is the issuer of Common Stock, no par value, CUSIP 203937107. An amended Schedule 13G filing by Fourthstone LLC and affiliated entities reports beneficial ownership of the company’s common stock. Fourthstone, acting as a registered investment adviser, directly holds 100 shares of Common Stock on behalf of advisory clients. The reporting group, including Fourthstone Master Opportunity Fund Ltd., Fourthstone QP Opportunity Fund LP, Fourthstone Small-Cap Financials Fund LP, Fourthstone GP LLC, and L. Phillip Stone IV, collectively reports 0.00% of the outstanding class, based on 27,134,206 shares outstanding as of May 7, 2026. The reporting persons state that the securities were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose or effect of changing or influencing control of Community West Bancshares.
Community West Bancshares reported significantly larger scale but lower profitability for the quarter ended June 30, 2026. Total assets reached $5.03 billion, up from $3.69 billion at December 31, 2025, driven primarily by the completed merger with United Security Bancshares (USB) on April 1, 2026 and strong loan growth.
Quarterly net interest income rose to $50.9 million from $33.3 million a year earlier, reflecting a higher loan portfolio of $3.54 billion. However, net income for the quarter declined to $2.7 million from $7.8 million, pressured by a $5.9 million realized loss on investment securities, a higher $5.6 million provision for credit losses, and non-interest expenses of $39.1 million, up from $22.3 million.
The USB acquisition added about $1.20 billion of assets, $1.06 billion of deposits, $57.8 million of goodwill, and $26.6 million of core deposit intangibles, with total merger consideration of $184.7 million. Loans acquired included sizable purchased credit deteriorated and purchased seasoned portfolios, and the allowance for credit losses increased to $49.4 million, or 1.39% of total loans. Deposits grew to $4.12 billion, including $1.53 billion of uninsured balances.
Community West Bancshares director Jagroop Gill purchased additional common stock. On 2026-08-10, Gill bought 4,770 shares of CWBC common stock in an open market or private transaction at $24.88 per share. Following this transaction, Gill directly owns 588,067 shares of Community West Bancshares common stock.
Community West Bancshares director Jagroop Gill reported buying 230 shares of CWBC common stock on 2026-07-31 at $25.00 per share in an open-market or private transaction. Following this purchase, Gill directly owns 583,297 shares of Community West Bancshares common stock.