WABC vs. FNB, COLB, GBCI, ABCB, BANF, IBOC, RNST, TCBI, FBP, and FULT
Should you be buying Westamerica Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westamerica Bancorporation include F.N.B. (FNB), Columbia Banking System (COLB), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), BancFirst (BANF), International Bancshares (IBOC), Renasant (RNST), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), First BanCorp. (FBP), and Fulton Financial (FULT). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Westamerica Bancorporation vs. Its Competitors
F.N.B. (NYSE:FNB) and Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
F.N.B. pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Westamerica Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. F.N.B. pays out 38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Westamerica Bancorporation pays out 36.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Westamerica Bancorporation has raised its dividend for 34 consecutive years. Westamerica Bancorporation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
F.N.B. received 199 more outperform votes than Westamerica Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.97% of users gave F.N.B. an outperform vote while only 48.97% of users gave Westamerica Bancorporation an outperform vote.
Westamerica Bancorporation has a net margin of 44.55% compared to F.N.B.'s net margin of 18.12%. Westamerica Bancorporation's return on equity of 16.15% beat F.N.B.'s return on equity.
F.N.B. currently has a consensus target price of $17.57, suggesting a potential upside of 25.69%. Westamerica Bancorporation has a consensus target price of $52.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.01%. Given F.N.B.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe F.N.B. is more favorable than Westamerica Bancorporation.
In the previous week, F.N.B. had 7 more articles in the media than Westamerica Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for F.N.B. and 2 mentions for Westamerica Bancorporation. Westamerica Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat F.N.B.'s score of 0.97 indicating that Westamerica Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
79.3% of F.N.B. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of F.N.B. shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
F.N.B. has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westamerica Bancorporation has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
F.N.B. has higher revenue and earnings than Westamerica Bancorporation. Westamerica Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than F.N.B., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
F.N.B. and Westamerica Bancorporation tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:WABC) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
