Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC): Price and Financial Metrics

Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC): $46.32

0.57 (-1.22%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

C

Stability

C

Sentiment

Quality

C

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Industry: Pacific Regional Banks

Industry

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WABC Price/Volume Stats

Current price $46.32 52-week high $57.96
Prev. close $46.89 52-week low $35.52
Day low $46.11 Volume 122,800
Day high $47.24 Avg. volume 172,604
50-day MA $48.21 Dividend yield 3.8%
200-day MA $46.83 Market Cap 1.24B

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WABC POWR Grades

  • Sentiment is the dimension where WABC ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 75.57% of US stocks.
  • WABC's strongest trending metric is Stability; it's been moving up over the last 26 weeks.
  • WABC's current lowest rank is in the Value metric (where it is better than 26.35% of US stocks).

WABC Stock Summary

  • WABC's equity multiplier -- a measure of assets relative to shareholders'equity -- is greater than that of 90.96% of US stocks.
  • With a year-over-year growth in debt of 50.02%, WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION's debt growth rate surpasses 86.59% of about US stocks.
  • Revenue growth over the past 12 months for WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION comes in at 35.32%, a number that bests 86.99% of the US stocks we're tracking.
  • Stocks that are quantitatively similar to WABC, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are FULT, CFFI, HTBI, FBMS, and CBAN.
  • 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 price/sales ratio is 4.6; this is 283.33% higher than that of the median Financial Services stock.
  • Over the past 243 months, WABC's EV/EBIT ratio has gone down 9.5.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for WABC.

Stock Date P/S P/B P/E EV/EBIT
WABC 2023-12-22 4.6 2.3 9.3 5.4
WABC 2023-12-21 4.6 2.3 9.2 5.4
WABC 2023-12-20 4.6 2.3 9.2 5.3
WABC 2023-12-19 4.7 2.3 9.3 5.4
WABC 2023-12-18 4.6 2.3 9.3 5.4
WABC 2023-12-15 4.7 2.3 9.3 5.5

WABC Growth Metrics

    The 3 year revenue growth rate now stands at 7.5%.
  • The year over year price growth rate now stands at -8.93%.
  • Its year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 6.44%.
Over the past 67 months, WABC's revenue has gone up $57,759,000.

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
2022-09-30 239.145 89.488 104.41
2022-06-30 221.612 85.692 91.713
2022-03-31 217.658 88.286 88.978
2021-12-31 214.833 88.735 86.509
2021-09-30 217.893 82.634 88.627
2021-06-30 214.668 87.287 86.615

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.

Period Asset Turnover Gross Margin ROIC
2021-09-30 0.031 1 0.019
2021-06-30 0.031 1 0.019
2021-03-31 0.032 1 0.018
2020-12-31 0.032 1 0.018
2020-09-30 0.033 1 0.018
2020-06-30 0.034 1 0.019

WABC Price Target

For more insight on analysts targets of WABC, see our WABC price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.

Average Price Target $67.50 Average Broker Recommendation 1.75 (Moderate Buy)

Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC) Company Bio


Westamerica Bancorp provides various banking products and services to individual and corporate customers. The company was founded in 1972 and is based in San Rafael, California.


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Latest WABC News From Around the Web

Below are the latest news stories about WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION that investors may wish to consider to help them evaluate WABC as an investment opportunity.

Westamerica Bank Announces New Board Member

Alisa Belew Alisa Belew Joins Westamerica Board of Directors SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Dec. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Westamerica Bancorporation announces the appointment of Alisa Belew to its Board of Directors. "We are pleased to add Alisa Belew to our Board of Directors," said David L. Payne, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Westamerica Bancorporation. “Alisa has over 14 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry and her unique background will enhance our board

Yahoo | December 28, 2023

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Yahoo | December 4, 2023

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Yahoo | November 22, 2023

While shareholders of Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) are in the red over the last five years, underlying earnings have actually grown

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Yahoo | November 20, 2023

Westamerica (WABC) Just Flashed Golden Cross Signal: Do You Buy?

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Yahoo | November 15, 2023

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WABC Price Returns

1-mo -0.86%
3-mo -16.10%
6-mo 10.77%
1-year -1.17%
3-year -20.39%
5-year -11.75%
YTD -17.11%
2023 -0.81%
2022 5.18%
2021 7.41%
2020 -16.14%
2019 24.87%

WABC Dividends

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Continue Researching WABC

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