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$46.98 -1.18 (-2.45%)
Closing price 06/13/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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WABC vs. FNB, COLB, GBCI, ABCB, BANF, IBOC, TCBI, RNST, 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), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), Renasant (RNST), First BanCorp. (FBP), and Fulton Financial (FULT). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Westamerica Bancorporation vs. Its Competitors

Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) and F.N.B. (NYSE:FNB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and profitability.

Westamerica Bancorporation presently has a consensus target price of $52.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.75%. F.N.B. has a consensus target price of $17.57, suggesting a potential upside of 29.11%. Given F.N.B.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe F.N.B. 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
F.N.B.
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.14

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Westamerica Bancorporation$284.32M4.33$138.64M$4.999.41
F.N.B.$1.60B3.06$465.33M$1.2610.80

Westamerica Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. F.N.B. pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Westamerica Bancorporation pays out 36.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. F.N.B. pays out 38.1% 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.

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 1.02 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)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
F.N.B.
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Westamerica Bancorporation44.55% 16.15% 2.20%
F.N.B. 18.12%8.30%1.08%

Westamerica Bancorporation has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F.N.B. has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

81.9% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.3% of F.N.B. shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of F.N.B. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Westamerica BancorporationOutperform Votes
238
48.97%
Underperform Votes
248
51.03%
F.N.B.Outperform Votes
437
62.97%
Underperform Votes
257
37.03%

Summary

Westamerica Bancorporation and F.N.B. tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WABC vs. The Competition

MetricWestamerica BancorporationNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.23B$23.36B$11.61B$8.51B
Dividend Yield3.79%3.49%5.64%4.16%
P/E Ratio9.0312.7922.8219.65
Price / Sales4.332.7626.81152.18
Price / Cash7.7111.1617.6034.64
Price / Book1.411.172.834.59
Net Income$138.64M$2.17B$1.04B$248.23M
7 Day Performance-3.21%-1.86%0.10%-1.07%
1 Month Performance-7.34%-3.38%0.02%2.59%
1 Year Performance2.22%21.89%540.97%13.50%

Westamerica Bancorporation Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WABC
Westamerica Bancorporation
3.7007 of 5 stars
$46.98
-2.5%
$52.50
+11.7%
+2.2%$1.23B$284.32M9.03590Positive News
FNB
F.N.B.
4.4805 of 5 stars
$14.12
+0.4%
$17.57
+24.5%
+7.0%$5.08B$1.60B11.204,020Positive News
COLB
Columbia Banking System
4.3631 of 5 stars
$24.01
+0.4%
$29.64
+23.5%
+22.8%$5.05B$1.95B9.452,090News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
GBCI
Glacier Bancorp
2.6377 of 5 stars
$42.98
+1.3%
$50.00
+16.3%
+16.4%$4.88B$836.32M25.733,550News Coverage
Positive News
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.4223 of 5 stars
$62.49
+0.7%
$71.43
+14.3%
+29.7%$4.31B$1.12B11.992,850
BANF
BancFirst
2.513 of 5 stars
$122.98
-0.1%
$113.33
-7.8%
+44.6%$4.09B$645.29M19.102,050Positive News
IBOC
International Bancshares
2.9462 of 5 stars
$64.88
+0.6%
N/A+15.9%$4.03B$826.01M10.092,170Positive News
TCBI
Texas Capital Bancshares
3.3734 of 5 stars
$77.96
+2.5%
$78.00
+0.1%
+32.1%$3.58B$956.50M60.912,200Positive News
High Trading Volume
RNST
Renasant
3.4115 of 5 stars
$36.08
+1.0%
$41.00
+13.6%
+23.0%$3.43B$668.50M11.032,330Positive News
FBP
First BanCorp.
3.7542 of 5 stars
$20.26
+0.3%
$22.80
+12.5%
+15.3%$3.27B$921.96M11.203,130Positive News
FULT
Fulton Financial
3.9415 of 5 stars
$17.60
+0.9%
$20.30
+15.3%
+8.3%$3.20B$1.23B11.213,300Positive News

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