Is Central Pacific Financial (CPF) stock Halal?

Central Pacific Financial is a prominent financial institution primarily operating in the banking sector. As a bank holding company headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, it primarily serves the Hawaiian Islands. The company's main subsidiary, Central Pacific Bank, provides a comprehensive range of financial services tailored to meet the needs of retail, commercial, and small business clients. Before any of that matters to a Muslim investor, one question comes first: is Central Pacific Financial stock Halal?

Is Central Pacific Financial Shariah compliant?

No. In the October 2026 screening Central Pacific Financial (CPF) does not pass AAOIFI screening: it fails the non-permissible income screen. In financial services the activity screen carries the verdict more often than anywhere else: AAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21 draws a hard line between fee based, permissible services and earning Riba as a business model. For Central Pacific Financial, that distinction comes first, with the debt and investment ratios behind it.

Does Central Pacific Financial pass the business activity test?

The activity screen is only part of the picture this month: Central Pacific Financial currently fails the non-permissible income screen, so the overall verdict is not compliant regardless of the business itself. The watch item in this sector is the sharpest of all: revenue must come from permissible services, not from lending at interest.

Is Central Pacific Financial's income Halal?

No. Central Pacific Financial's income from impermissible sources currently exceeds AAOIFI's 5% revenue ceiling, which makes the stock non-compliant on this screen regardless of the others. The screen is reassessed monthly, so the status can change when new financial statements arrive.

Does Central Pacific Financial meet AAOIFI's debt and investment ratio requirements?

Yes. Both caps hold this month: interest bearing investments and interest bearing debt each stay below 30% of market capitalisation, measured against a market capitalisation of $924M (market data as of 1 October 2026). Because the caps move with the share price, our Shariah Supervisory Board has CPF re-screened every month, and the result above always shows the latest verdict.

Why do other halal screeners show a different verdict for Central Pacific Financial?

Screeners can disagree without either being wrong. AAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21, which Tabadulat applies, measures interest bearing debt and investments against market capitalisation with a 30% ceiling. MSCI and FTSE measure them against total assets with a 33% ceiling, and S&P and Dow Jones Islamic use a multi year average of market capitalisation. Data dates differ too, because each provider reads filings and prices on its own schedule. The same company can therefore pass one standard and fail another in the same month. Tabadulat publishes one answer, the AAOIFI result as of October 2026, and re-screens it every month.

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