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WABC vs. BUSE, CATY, CTBI, FFBC, FRME, NWBI, STBA, TOWN, UBSI, and OBK

Should you be buying Westamerica Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westamerica Bancorporation include First Busey (BUSE), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Towne Bank (TOWN), United Bankshares (UBSI), and Origin Bancorp (OBK).

Westamerica Bancorporation vs. Its Competitors

Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) and First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Westamerica Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Westamerica Bancorporation pays out 40.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey pays out 89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Westamerica Bancorporation has increased its dividend for 34 consecutive years and First Busey has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

Westamerica Bancorporation currently has a consensus price target of $52.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.96%. First Busey has a consensus price target of $27.33, suggesting a potential upside of 18.08%. Given First Busey's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Busey is more favorable than Westamerica Bancorporation.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Westamerica Bancorporation
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
First Busey
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

In the previous week, Westamerica Bancorporation had 4 more articles in the media than First Busey. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Westamerica Bancorporation and 3 mentions for First Busey. Westamerica Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat First Busey's score of 0.35 indicating that Westamerica Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Westamerica Bancorporation
1 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Busey
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Westamerica Bancorporation has a net margin of 43.19% compared to First Busey's net margin of 9.48%. Westamerica Bancorporation's return on equity of 13.10% beat First Busey's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Westamerica Bancorporation43.19% 13.10% 2.02%
First Busey 9.48%8.76%1.04%

Westamerica Bancorporation has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Busey. Westamerica Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Busey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Westamerica Bancorporation$311.17M3.87$138.64M$4.5910.30
First Busey$663.36M3.11$113.69M$1.1220.67

81.9% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of First Busey shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Westamerica Bancorporation has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Busey has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Westamerica Bancorporation beats First Busey on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WABC vs. The Competition

MetricWestamerica BancorporationBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.21B$1.89B$12.60B$10.68B
Dividend Yield3.89%3.50%5.57%4.86%
P/E Ratio10.3217.7621.1828.51
Price / Sales3.872.5730.18129.35
Price / Cash8.5511.3622.3761.42
Price / Book1.291.272.256.53
Net Income$138.64M$199.27M$1.02B$276.85M
7 Day Performance3.25%4.48%1.07%0.19%
1 Month Performance-3.69%-2.77%-1.02%1.71%
1 Year Performance-8.58%6.90%536.36%33.13%

Westamerica Bancorporation Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WABC
Westamerica Bancorporation
3.5385 of 5 stars
$47.29
-0.4%
$52.00
+10.0%
-8.2%$1.21B$311.17M10.32590Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
BUSE
First Busey
4.7264 of 5 stars
$23.29
+3.6%
$27.33
+17.4%
-6.2%$2.00B$663.36M20.791,548Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
4.2418 of 5 stars
$47.00
+2.4%
$50.17
+6.7%
+1.7%$3.17B$1.39B11.351,266News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
4.2463 of 5 stars
$52.95
+1.5%
$63.50
+19.9%
+2.6%$944.83M$376.01M10.24980
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.7654 of 5 stars
$24.30
+2.4%
$29.83
+22.8%
-3.8%$2.27B$1.62B9.722,090
FRME
First Merchants
4.9731 of 5 stars
$36.75
+2.9%
$48.00
+30.6%
-2.0%$2.06B$1.07B9.522,120News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
4.6089 of 5 stars
$12.35
+2.1%
$14.50
+17.4%
-6.6%$1.77B$756.21M11.032,027Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
STBA
S&T Bancorp
4.2271 of 5 stars
$35.69
+2.0%
$42.00
+17.7%
-7.9%$1.34B$564.96M10.471,206News Coverage
Earnings Report
TOWN
Towne Bank
4.0496 of 5 stars
$33.48
-0.8%
$41.00
+22.5%
-0.3%$2.53B$1.03B14.562,720News Coverage
Earnings Report
UBSI
United Bankshares
4.0903 of 5 stars
$35.82
+1.7%
$40.50
+13.1%
-3.6%$4.99B$1.63B12.662,553News Coverage
Earnings Report
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.6093 of 5 stars
$33.91
+3.2%
$43.20
+27.4%
N/A$1.03B$619.96M15.141,031Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision

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