** Community lender BCB Bancorp's BCBP.O shares fall 4.8% to $7.45 premarket
** BCBP slices quarterly cash dividend to $0.08 per share from $0.16
** Bank cites balance-sheet management behind move
** Meanwhile, BCBP swung to a quarterly loss, driven by a cannabis-related real estate owned property writedown
** "Throughout 2025, management took decisive, proactive steps to address asset quality while simultaneously strengthening our capital position and liquidity profile. These actions have created a more resilient foundation and position us well as we enter 2026," BCBP CEO Michael Shriner says
** One of three brokerages rates the stock "strong buy" and two "hold"; median PT $9.00 - data compiled by LSEG
** BCBP stock down 3.1% so far this month
(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)
((ArasuKannagi.Basil@thomsonreuters.com;))