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	Hope Bancorp	Meta Financial Group	Northwest Bancshares	NBT Bancorp	Westamerica Bancorporation
Symbol	NASDAQ:HOPE	NASDAQ:CASH	NASDAQ:NWBI	NASDAQ:NBTB	NASDAQ:WABC
Price Information
Current Price	$13.83	$51.69	$12.81	$34.62	$55.10
50-Day Moving Average	$13.55	$49.45	$13.03	$35.09	$56.11
52-Week Low	$7.03	$18.16	$8.84	$26.10	$51.31
52-Week High	$16.61	$54.65	$15.48	$42.79	$66.85
MarketRank™
Overall Score	2.5	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.3
Analysis Score	1.0	1.6	1.0	2.3	3.5
Community Score	3.6	4.5	4.0	3.6	3.6
Dividend Score	3.3	1.7	2.5	2.5	2.5
Ownership Score	2.5	1.7	3.3	2.5	1.7
Earnings & Valuation Score	1.9	1.9	1.3	1.3	0.0
Analyst Ratings
Consensus Recommendation	Hold	Buy	Hold	Buy	Buy
Consensus Price Target	$8.00	$56.50	$12.01	$40.00	$75.00
% Upside from Price Target	-42.15% downside	9.31% upside	-6.28% downside	15.54% upside	36.12% upside
Trade Information
Market Cap	$1.70 billion	$1.65 billion	$1.63 billion	$1.50 billion	$1.48 billion
Beta	1.66	0.92	0.64	0.69	0.71
Average Volume	782,146	197,370	620,506	144,939	96,019
Sales & Book Value
Annual Revenue	$652.31 million	$532.64 million	$566.33 million	$494.56 million	$211.49 million
Price / Sales	2.61	3.10	2.87	3.03	7.00
Cashflow	$1.04 per share	$4.30 per share	$1.11 per share	$3.03 per share	$3.56 per share
Price / Cash	13.27	12.03	11.53	11.41	15.49
Book Value	$16.66 per share	$24.47 per share	$12.04 per share	$27.22 per share	$31.44 per share
Price / Book	0.83	2.11	1.06	1.27	1.75
Profitability
Net Income	$111.51 million	$104.72 million	$74.85 million	$104.39 million	$80.41 million
EPS	$0.90	$2.43	$1.09	$2.37	$2.83
Trailing P/E Ratio	10.98	12.11	10.01	10.15	17.11
Forward P/E Ratio	8.87	10.57	14.08	11.82	18.37
P/E Growth	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Net Margins	25.44%	25.19%	27.46%	30.38%	39.99%
Return on Equity (ROE)	7.59%	16.26%	10.71%	12.63%	9.94%
Return on Assets (ROA)	0.91%	1.82%	1.18%	1.34%	1.21%
Dividend
Annual Payout	$0.56	$0.20	$0.80	$1.12	$1.64
Dividend Yield	4.05%	0.39%	6.25%	3.24%	2.98%
Three-Year Dividend Growth	12.00%	15.38%	18.75%	17.39%	4.46%
Payout Ratio	62.22%	8.23%	73.39%	47.26%	57.95%
Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth	1 Years	1 Years	1 Years	1 Years	1 Years
Debt
Debt-to-Equity Ratio	0.25%	0.11%	0.25%	0.17%	N/A
Current Ratio	0.96%	0.70%	0.92%	0.86%	0.34%
Quick Ratio	0.96%	0.68%	0.91%	0.86%	0.34%
Ownership Information
Institutional Ownership Percentage	83.93%	79.69%	61.45%	54.68%	75.82%
Insider Ownership Percentage	5.29%	2.40%	0.80%	3.72%	4.20%
Miscellaneous
Employees	1,408	1,015	2,421	1,812	673
Shares Outstanding	122.90 million	31.92 million	126.89 million	43.34 million	26.87 million
Next Earnings Date	10/19/2021 (Estimated)	10/27/2021 (Estimated)	10/25/2021 (Estimated)	10/25/2021 (Estimated)	10/21/2021 (Estimated)
Optionable	Optionable	Optionable	Optionable	Optionable	Optionable

Source	Headline
	What Type Of Shareholders Own The Most Number of Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) Shares? nasdaq.com - September 21 at 1:55 PM
	WestAmerica Bancorporation (WABC) Passes Through 3% Yield Mark nasdaq.com - September 18 at 11:24 PM
	WABC: Lowering target price to $57.00 finance.yahoo.com - September 16 at 11:59 PM
	Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) Downgraded by Zacks Investment Research marketbeat.com - September 10 at 7:42 AM
	Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) Upgraded to "Buy" at Zacks Investment Research marketbeat.com - September 9 at 12:29 PM
	Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) Stock Goes Ex-Dividend In Just Three Days nasdaq.com - July 26 at 1:09 PM
	Three Days Left Until Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) Trades Ex-Dividend finance.yahoo.com - July 26 at 1:09 PM
	WABC: Lowering target price to $58.00 finance.yahoo.com - July 15 at 10:53 PM
	Westamerica (WABC) Q2 Earnings and Revenues Beat Estimates finance.yahoo.com - July 15 at 5:52 PM
	Westamerica: Q2 Earnings Snapshot seattlepi.com - July 15 at 12:52 PM
	Westamerica Bancorporation Reports Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results finance.yahoo.com - July 15 at 12:52 PM
	Look Under The Hood: SLYG Has 14% Upside nasdaq.com - July 14 at 9:45 AM
	Westamerica (WABC) to Report Q2 Results: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth finance.yahoo.com - July 8 at 6:29 PM
	Here's What Westamerica Bancorporation's (NASDAQ:WABC) Shareholder Ownership Structure Looks Like finance.yahoo.com - June 25 at 1:37 PM
	WABC: Lowering target price to $62.00 finance.yahoo.com - June 25 at 12:16 AM
	Ex-Dividend Date Insight: Westamerica Bancorp benzinga.com - April 29 at 12:43 PM
	Read This Before Considering Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) For Its Upcoming US$0.41 Dividend finance.yahoo.com - April 26 at 9:34 AM
	Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) Shareholders Have Enjoyed A 25% Share Price Gain finance.yahoo.com - April 21 at 3:54 PM
	Westamerica: Q1 Earnings Snapshot \| Raleigh News & Observer newsobserver.com - April 15 at 2:21 PM
	Westamerica: Q1 Earnings Snapshot apnews.com - April 15 at 2:21 PM
	Westamerica Bancorporation Reports First Quarter 2021 Financial Results finance.yahoo.com - April 15 at 2:21 PM
	Westamerica (WABC) Q1 Earnings Meet Estimates finance.yahoo.com - April 15 at 2:21 PM
	Westamerica (WABC) Earnings Expected to Grow: What to Know Ahead of Q1 Release finance.yahoo.com - April 8 at 1:32 PM
	WABC: Lowering target price to $60.00 finance.yahoo.com - February 5 at 1:18 AM
	Ex-Dividend Date Insight: Westamerica Banc finance.yahoo.com - February 4 at 3:17 PM
	Just Three Days Till Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) Will Be Trading Ex-Dividend finance.yahoo.com - February 1 at 2:10 PM
	WestAmerica Bancorporation Breaks Below 200-Day Moving Average - Notable for WABC nasdaq.com - January 28 at 7:28 AM

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action
9/8/2021	Meta Financial Group	B. Riley	Boost Price Target
7/29/2021	Meta Financial Group	Piper Sandler	Boost Price Target
7/28/2021	NBT Bancorp	Piper Sandler	Upgrade
7/27/2021	Northwest Bancshares	B. Riley	Downgrade
7/27/2021	NBT Bancorp	Boenning Scattergood	Reiterated Rating
7/26/2021	Northwest Bancshares	Boenning Scattergood	Reiterated Rating
7/26/2021	Northwest Bancshares	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Initiated Coverage
7/16/2021	Westamerica Bancorporation	Maxim Group	Reiterated Rating
4/28/2021	Meta Financial Group	Raymond James	Boost Price Target
4/16/2021	Westamerica Bancorporation	Maxim Group	Boost Price Target
4/9/2021	Meta Financial Group	B. Riley	Boost Price Target
1/28/2021	Meta Financial Group	B. Riley	Boost Price Target
1/28/2021	Meta Financial Group	Raymond James	Boost Price Target
1/26/2021	Northwest Bancshares	B. Riley	Boost Price Target
1/7/2021	Meta Financial Group	B. Riley	Boost Price Target
1/7/2021	Northwest Bancshares	B. Riley	Boost Price Target
12/4/2020	Meta Financial Group	B. Riley	Boost Price Target
12/4/2020	Northwest Bancshares	B. Riley	Boost Price Target
11/17/2020	Meta Financial Group	Raymond James	Reiterated Rating
11/16/2020	Meta Financial Group	Raymond James	Boost Price Target
11/10/2020	Meta Financial Group	B. Riley	Boost Price Target
10/29/2020	Meta Financial Group	Piper Sandler	Boost Price Target
10/29/2020	Meta Financial Group	B. Riley	Boost Price Target
10/29/2020	Meta Financial Group	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Upgrade
10/27/2020	Northwest Bancshares	Piper Sandler	Upgrade
10/14/2020	Northwest Bancshares	Stephens	Initiated Coverage
10/13/2020	Northwest Bancshares	Boenning Scattergood	Initiated Coverage
10/1/2020	Hope Bancorp	Piper Sandler	Lower Price Target
9/28/2020	NBT Bancorp	Piper Sandler	Lower Price Target
9/21/2020	Meta Financial Group	B. Riley	Boost Price Target
8/27/2020	Hope Bancorp	Raymond James	Reiterated Rating
7/29/2020	NBT Bancorp	Piper Sandler	Boost Price Target
7/17/2020	Westamerica Bancorporation	Piper Sandler	Boost Price Target
6/24/2020	Westamerica Bancorporation	Piper Sandler	Initiated Coverage
6/19/2020	Northwest Bancshares	B. Riley	Initiated Coverage
6/12/2020	Meta Financial Group	B. Riley	Reiterated Rating
6/1/2020	NBT Bancorp	Stephens	Initiated Coverage
4/24/2020	Meta Financial Group	B. Riley	Lower Price Target
4/23/2020	Meta Financial Group	Piper Sandler	Lower Price Target
4/23/2020	Meta Financial Group	Raymond James	Lower Price Target
4/13/2020	Meta Financial Group	Piper Sandler	Lower Price Target
4/7/2020	Westamerica Bancorporation	Maxim Group	Upgrade
4/1/2020	Meta Financial Group	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Downgrade
3/30/2020	Meta Financial Group	B. Riley	Lower Price Target
1/30/2020	Meta Financial Group	B. Riley	Boost Price Target
1/28/2020	Northwest Bancshares	DA Davidson	Reiterated Rating
1/9/2020	Meta Financial Group	B. Riley	Boost Price Target
11/27/2019	Northwest Bancshares	Raymond James	Initiated Coverage
11/21/2019	Meta Financial Group	B. Riley	Reiterated Rating
11/20/2019	Northwest Bancshares	Raymond James	Initiated Coverage
10/22/2019	Westamerica Bancorporation	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Price Target
10/21/2019	Westamerica Bancorporation	Maxim Group	Reiterated Rating
8/7/2019	NBT Bancorp	Piper Jaffray Companies	Set Price Target
7/24/2019	NBT Bancorp	Boenning Scattergood	Reiterated Rating
7/19/2019	Westamerica Bancorporation	Maxim Group	Reiterated Rating
6/20/2019	Northwest Bancshares	Boenning Scattergood	Reiterated Rating
4/22/2019	Westamerica Bancorporation	Maxim Group	Reiterated Rating
4/17/2019	Northwest Bancshares	Boenning Scattergood	Reiterated Rating
1/23/2019	Westamerica Bancorporation	BMO Capital Markets	Reiterated Rating
12/18/2018	Westamerica Bancorporation	BMO Capital Markets	Upgrade
10/25/2018	Westamerica Bancorporation	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Price Target
10/23/2018	Northwest Bancshares	Boenning Scattergood	Reiterated Rating
10/23/2018	NBT Bancorp	Boenning Scattergood	Reiterated Rating
10/18/2018	Hope Bancorp	DA Davidson	Lower Price Target
10/17/2018	Hope Bancorp	Sandler O'Neill	Set Price Target

(Data available from 9/23/2018 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

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