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WesBanco, Inc is a banks-regional business based in the US. WesBanco shares (WSBC) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. WesBanco employs 2,612 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$499.9 million.
How to buy shares in WesBanco
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- Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
- Search for WesBanco. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: WSBC. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until WesBanco reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
- Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of WesBanco, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of WesBanco. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.
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WesBanco share price
Use our graph to track the performance of WSBC stocks over time.WesBanco shares at a glance
Information last updated 2021-03-03.
| 52-week range | USD$16.7877 - USD$34.56 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | USD$31.3097 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$27.1 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$33 |
| PE ratio | 19.2994 |
| Dividend yield | USD$1.28 (3.87%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$1.77 |
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Is it a good time to buy WesBanco stock?
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Is WesBanco under- or over-valued?
Valuing WesBanco stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of WesBanco's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
WesBanco's P/E ratio
WesBanco's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 19x. In other words, WesBanco shares trade at around 19x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
WesBanco's PEG ratio
WesBanco's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.71. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into WesBanco's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
WesBanco financials
| Revenue TTM | USD$499.9 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 35.2% |
| Gross profit TTM | USD$499.9 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 0.76% |
| Return on equity TTM | 4.56% |
| Profit margin | 24.41% |
| Book value | $38.841 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$2.3 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting WesBanco shares
There are currently 1.1 million WesBanco shares held short by investors – that's known as WesBanco's "short interest". This figure is 5.8% down from 1.2 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting WesBanco shares can be evaluated.
WesBanco's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
WesBanco's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of WesBanco shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of WesBanco shares traded daily (recently around 208724.57786116). WesBanco's SIR currently stands at 5.33. In other words for every 100,000 WesBanco shares traded daily on the market, roughly 5330 shares are currently held short.
However WesBanco's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of WesBanco shares, or, against the total number of tradable WesBanco shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case WesBanco's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 WesBanco shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0169% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable WesBanco shares, roughly 17 shares are currently held short).
A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against WesBanco.
Find out more about how you can short WesBanco stock.
WesBanco share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 67.89% of net profits
Recently WesBanco has paid out, on average, around 67.89% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 3.82% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), WesBanco shareholders could enjoy a 3.82% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In WesBanco's case, that would currently equate to about $1.28 per share.
WesBanco's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.
WesBanco's most recent dividend payout was on 1 April 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 10 December 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
Have WesBanco's shares ever split?
WesBanco's shares were split on a 3:2 basis on 4 August 1997. So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your WesBanco shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for WesBanco shares which in turn could have impacted WesBanco's share price.
WesBanco share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, WesBanco's shares have ranged in value from as little as $16.7877 up to $34.56. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while WesBanco's is 1.088. This would suggest that WesBanco's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
WesBanco overview
WesBanco, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for WesBanco Bank, Inc. that provides retail banking, corporate banking, personal and corporate trust, brokerage, and mortgage banking and insurance services. It operates in two segments, Community Banking, and Trust and Investment Services. The company offers commercial demand, individual demand, and time deposit accounts; money market accounts; interest bearing and non-interest bearing demand deposits, as well as savings deposits; and certificates of deposit. It also provides commercial real estate loans; commercial and industrial loans; residential real estate loans, including loans to purchase, construct, or refinance borrower's home; home equity lines of credit; installment loans to finance the purchase of automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, boats, and other recreational vehicles, as well as home equity installment loans, unsecured home improvement loans, and revolving lines of credit; and commercial, mortgage, and individual installment loans. In addition, the company offers trust and investment services, as well as various investment products comprising mutual funds and annuities; and securities brokerage services. Further, WesBanco, Inc., through its non-banking subsidiaries, acts as an agency that specializes in property, casualty, life, and title insurance, as well as benefit plan sales and administration to personal and commercial clients; provides broker dealer and discount brokerage services; holds investment securities and loans; and holds and leases commercial real estate properties, as well as acts as an investment adviser to a family of mutual funds. As of December 31, 2019, it operated 236 branches and 227 ATMs in West Virginia, Ohio, western Pennsylvania, Kentucky, southern Indiana, and Maryland, as well as six loan production offices in West Virginia, Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and Maryland. WesBanco, Inc. was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Wheeling, West Virginia.
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