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This page provides access to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings for Community West Bancshares (NASDAQ: CWBC), a Fresno, California-based bank holding company and parent of Community West Bank. As a publicly traded commercial banking organization, Community West Bancshares files a range of regulatory documents, including Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K, as referenced in company news releases.
In these filings, investors can review information about the company’s operations as a bank holding company, its full-service banking centers throughout Central California, and its departments supporting Commercial Lending, Agribusiness, SBA lending, Residential Construction and Mortgage, Manufactured Housing, Private Banking and Cash Management. Filings such as Form 10-K and Form 10-Q typically include details on loan portfolios, deposit composition, credit quality, capital levels and other financial and risk-related information relevant to a commercial bank in the finance and insurance sector.
Community West Bancshares also uses Form 8-K to report material events. For example, an 8-K dated December 16, 2025 describes the Agreement and Plan of Merger with United Security Bancshares, under which United Security Bancshares will merge with and into Community West Bancshares and United Security Bank will merge with and into Community West Bank, subject to customary conditions. Other 8-K filings reference participation in investor conferences and leadership changes, such as the planned retirement of the company’s president.
On Stock Titan, SEC filings for CWBC are updated from the EDGAR system and presented with AI-powered summaries designed to highlight key points from lengthy documents. Investors can use this page to quickly locate annual reports (Form 10-K), quarterly reports (Form 10-Q), current reports (Form 8-K) and other submissions, and to review insider and governance-related disclosures where applicable. The AI summaries help explain complex regulatory language and point out significant items that may affect Community West Bancshares’ commercial banking activities and corporate transactions.
Community West Bancshares filed a current report to share an investor presentation and upcoming conference participation. On September 3 and 4, 2025, executive management will meet with investors at the Raymond James U.S. Bank and Banking on Technology Conferences in Chicago, Illinois. The materials used in these meetings are provided as an investor relations presentation, included as Exhibit 99.1.
The company states that the information in this report and the attached presentation is being furnished under Regulation FD and is not considered “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. It also clarifies that the materials are not automatically incorporated by reference into other Securities Act or Exchange Act filings.
Community West Bancshares (CWBC) reporting person Avrett Shannon R, listed as Executive Vice President, purchased 118 shares of Company common stock on 08/29/2025 at a price of $16.02 per share under the company’s employee stock purchase plan (ESPP). Following the purchase the reporting person beneficially owned 21,298 shares, held directly. The Form 4 was signed on 09/02/2025. The filing identifies the transaction code P, and the filer checked that this was a single-reporting-person filing.
Martin E. Plourd, a director and the company's president, reported acquiring 441 shares of Community West Bancshares (CWBC) common stock on 08/29/2025 at a purchase price of $16.02 per share under the company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). After the transaction Plourd beneficially owned 92,687 shares. The Form 4 was signed by an attorney-in-fact on behalf of Plourd on 09/02/2025. The filing indicates the purchase was an ESPP payroll/plan transaction and does not disclose any derivative transactions or sales.
James W. Lokey, a director of Community West Bancshares (CWBC), acquired 64.825 shares of the issuer's common stock through dividend reinvestment on 08/15/2025 at a reported price of $20.2999 per share. The Form 4 shows 14,674.672 shares beneficially owned following the transaction, listed as direct ownership. The filing was signed by an attorney-in-fact, Shannon R. Livingston, and indicates the purchase was via dividend reinvestment rather than an open-market trade.
Insider purchase via dividend reinvestment increased direct holdings. Kirk B. Stovesand, a director of Community West Bancshares (CWBC), acquired 421 shares on 08/15/2025 through the company's dividend reinvestment plan at an indicated price of $20.30 per share. After this transaction Stovesand beneficially owns 75,234 shares directly. The filing is a routine Form 4 disclosure showing an insider electing to reinvest cash dividends into additional common stock rather than receiving cash, which modestly raises his equity stake.
Fourthstone and affiliated funds report beneficial ownership of 1,573,924 shares of Community West Bancshares common stock, representing 8.26% of the outstanding class based on 19,061,344 shares as of March 31, 2025. The stake is held by a group that includes Fourthstone LLC, Fourthstone Master Opportunity Fund Ltd., Fourthstone GP LLC, Fourthstone QP Opportunity Fund LP, Fourthstone Small-Cap Financials Fund LP, and L. Phillip Stone, IV.
The filing states the shares were acquired in the ordinary course of business by Fourthstone as a registered investment adviser and are not held for the purpose of changing or influencing control of the issuer. Reported voting and dispositive power is shared rather than sole, indicating no single-party control over the position.
Community West Bancshares (CWBC) – Form 4 snapshot
On 22-Jul-2025, President & Director Martin E. Plourd gifted 2,387 CWBC common shares (transaction code “G”). The transfer generated no proceeds (price $0) and is treated as a bona-fide gift rather than an open-market sale. After the transaction, Plourd’s direct ownership stands at 92,246 shares; no derivative positions were reported.
The move reduces his direct stake by roughly 2.5 % but leaves a substantial holding in place, suggesting continued alignment with shareholder interests. Given the small size relative to his remaining position and CWBC’s overall float, the filing carries limited market impact and appears personal in nature.
Community West Bancshares (CWBC) filed a Form 4 reporting that Executive Vice President Michael Thomas Hinson acquired 3,694 restricted stock shares on 05/07/2025.
The award, valued at roughly $65,000 based on the closing price of $17.60 per share, will vest over three years. Following the grant, Hinson’s direct beneficial ownership stands at 3,694 CWBC shares. The transaction is coded “A” (acquisition) and was not an open-market purchase or sale, indicating an incentive-based equity grant rather than insider buying or liquidation.
- No derivative securities were involved.
- No dispositions or sales were reported.
- The filing was signed on 07/11/2025 by an attorney-in-fact.
The disclosure is routine compensation-related and does not, by itself, signal material change to CWBC’s financial outlook.