Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC): Price and Financial Metrics

WABC POWR Grades

• WABC scores best on the Stability dimension, with a Stability rank ahead of 94.01% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for WABC is in Momentum, which has been heading up over the past 52 weeks.
• WABC's current lowest rank is in the Value metric (where it is better than 9.66% of US stocks).

WABC Stock Summary

• Westamerica Bancorporation's stock had its IPO on March 17, 1992, making it an older stock than 80.33% of US equities in our set.
• WABC's equity multiplier -- a measure of assets relative to shareholders'equity -- is greater than that of 87.89% of US stocks.
• The volatility of Westamerica Bancorporation's share price is greater than that of only 18.06% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to WABC, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are INDB, TRMK, GABC, FBNC, and CADE.
• Visit WABC's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.westamerica.com.

WABC Valuation Summary

• WABC's EV/EBIT ratio is 5.8; this is 32.56% lower than that of the median Financial Services stock.
• WABC's price/sales ratio has moved up 0.9 over the prior 243 months.
• Over the past 243 months, WABC's price/sales ratio has gone up 0.9.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for WABC.

WABC Growth Metrics

• Its 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 58.68%.
• Its 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 33.01%.
• Its 3 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 26.16%.

Over the past 52 months, WABC's revenue has gone up $34,685,000.

The table below shows WABC's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-09-30	217.893	82.634	88.627
2021-06-30	214.668	87.287	86.615
2021-03-31	210.502	85.565	83.598
2020-12-31	205.369	107.744	80.413
2020-09-30	200.089	112.281	77.303
2020-06-30	199.763	107.084	77.642

WABC's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• WABC has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 29.92% of graded US stocks.
• WABC's asset turnover comes in at 0.031 -- ranking 353rd of 428 Banking stocks.
• NTRS, HTBK, and FFIN are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with WABC.

The table below shows WABC's key quality metrics over time.