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barrons2	Outperform - Price 22.67 on Jan. 15 by Oppenheimer & Co. BPFH preannounced 4Q07 GAAP [earnings per share of] 41 to 44 cents -- below consensus 45 cents....clarity on EPS could be a positive catalyst. We're lowering our 4Q core GAAP EPS estimate to 42 cents; cash EPS, to 52 cents. We're now building in slightly more [net-interest margin] pressure in 4Q [and] lowering FY08 to $1.77 on lower run-rate NIM. We believe investor concern over exposure to California real estate has partly driven multiple compressions [recently]. The preannouncement should [help]...target: 32. Market-cap: $848 million.	Love	January 19, 2008