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Westamerica Bancorporation is a banks-regional business based in the US. Westamerica Bancorporation shares (WABC) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Westamerica Bancorporation employs 737 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$200.1 million.
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Latest market close | USD$60.35 |
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52-week range | USD$45.9599 - USD$65.699 |
50-day moving average | USD$55.9264 |
200-day moving average | USD$57.0235 |
Wall St. target price | USD$65.33 |
PE ratio | 20.8485 |
Dividend yield | USD$1.64 (2.76%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$2.864 |
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Valuing Westamerica Bancorporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Westamerica Bancorporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Westamerica Bancorporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 21x. In other words, Westamerica Bancorporation shares trade at around 21x 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.
Westamerica Bancorporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 8.32. 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 Westamerica Bancorporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Revenue TTM | USD$200.1 million |
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Operating margin TTM | 51.05% |
Gross profit TTM | USD$203.8 million |
Return on assets TTM | 1.27% |
Return on equity TTM | 10.05% |
Profit margin | 38.63% |
Book value | $30.693 |
Market capitalisation | USD$1.6 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
There are currently 1.0 million Westamerica Bancorporation shares held short by investors – that's known as Westamerica Bancorporation's "short interest". This figure is 2.1% up from 1.0 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Westamerica Bancorporation shares can be evaluated.
Westamerica Bancorporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Westamerica Bancorporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Westamerica Bancorporation shares traded daily (recently around 115048.03149606). Westamerica Bancorporation's SIR currently stands at 8.89. In other words for every 100,000 Westamerica Bancorporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 8890 shares are currently held short.
However Westamerica Bancorporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Westamerica Bancorporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable Westamerica Bancorporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Westamerica Bancorporation's short interest could be expressed as 0.04% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Westamerica Bancorporation shares in existence, roughly 40 shares are currently held short) or 0.0647% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Westamerica Bancorporation shares, roughly 65 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 Westamerica Bancorporation.
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Dividend payout ratio: 57.34% of net profits
Recently Westamerica Bancorporation has paid out, on average, around 57.34% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.76% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Westamerica Bancorporation shareholders could enjoy a 2.76% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Westamerica Bancorporation's case, that would currently equate to about $1.64 per share.
Westamerica Bancorporation'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.
Westamerica Bancorporation's most recent dividend payout was on 13 November 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 30 October 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
Westamerica Bancorporation's shares were split on a 3:1 basis on 26 February 1998. So if you had owned 1 share 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 Westamerica Bancorporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 66.7% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Westamerica Bancorporation shares which in turn could have impacted Westamerica Bancorporation's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Westamerica Bancorporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $45.9599 up to $65.699. 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 Westamerica Bancorporation's is 0.7143. This would suggest that Westamerica Bancorporation's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Westamerica Bancorporation operates as a bank holding company for Westamerica Bank that provides various banking products and services to individual and commercial customers. The company accepts various deposit products, including retail savings and checking accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio includes commercial, commercial and residential real estate, real estate construction, and consumer installment loans, as well as other loans primarily consisting of indirect automobile loans. Westamerica Bancorporation operates through 80 branch offices in 21 counties in Northern and Central California. The company was formerly known as Independent Bankshares Corporation and changed its name to Westamerica Bancorporation in 1983. Westamerica Bancorporation was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in San Rafael, California.
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