WSBC Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model

The Dividend Discount Model (DDM) is a valuation model that attempts to determine a fair share price for a stock, based on the dividend it provides in comparison to several company-specific metrics indicative of the riskiness of the stock and the financial health of the company. As for WSBC, the dividend discount model StockNews created for the company implies a positive return of 40.45%. To help understand and contextualize the model's evaluation of WSBC, investors may wish to consider are:

• In comparison to stocks we observe that provide shareholders with a dividend, WSBC offers a dividend yield in the top 20.5% of stocks in our set.
• WSBC's market cap of approximately $2 billion makes it a mid-sized market cap company; out of dividend issuers in this group, the investment opportunity based on the difference between its current share price and its forecasted DDM value is greater than 77.24% of them.
• Based on dividend growth rate, WSBC boasts a higher growth rate in terms of its annual cash distributed to its owners than 74.98% of the dividend issuers in our set.

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