WesBanco (WSBC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

WesBanco, Inc. (NASDAQ: WSBC) is a financial services holding company headquartered in Wheeling, West Virginia. Through its principal subsidiary, WesBanco Bank, the company provides community banking services to individuals, businesses and institutions.

WesBanco’s offerings include checking and savings accounts, consumer and commercial loans, residential mortgages, credit cards, treasury management and other deposit and lending products. The company also provides trust, investment management and brokerage services through its wealth management operations, along with insurance and employee benefit solutions in select markets.

Founded in 1870, WesBanco serves customers through a network of banking offices and financial service locations across West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Indiana. Jeff Jackson serves as the company’s president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $38.59 to $38.59
• 50-Day Range: $38.09 to $42.70
• 52-Week Range: $29.57 to $43.02
• Volume: 135 shs
• Average Volume: 874,958 shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.72 billion
• P/E Ratio: 11.27
• Dividend Yield: 3.92%
• Price Target: $43.20
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

WesBanco Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

WesBanco scored higher than 97% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 70th out of 851 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

WesBanco has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.71, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 3 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

WesBanco has a consensus price target of $43.20, representing about 12.4% upside from its current price of $38.42.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

WesBanco has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.12%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for WesBanco are expected to grow by 8.12% in the coming year, from $3.57 to $3.86 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of WesBanco is 11.17, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.93.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of WesBanco is 11.17, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.96.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

WesBanco has a P/B Ratio of 0.97. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.66% of the float of WesBanco has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

WesBanco has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.61.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in WesBanco has recently decreased by 10.23%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

WesBanco is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.95%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

WesBanco has been increasing its dividend for 14 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of WesBanco is 44.19%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, WesBanco will have a dividend payout ratio of 39.38% next year. This indicates that WesBanco will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.92

News Sentiment

WesBanco has a news sentiment score of 0.92. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.69 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for WesBanco this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, WesBanco insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,465,800.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.07% of the stock of WesBanco is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

61.41% of the stock of WesBanco is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/1 Dividend: 6/05/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/1 Dividend: 6/05/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/01/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/21/2026
• Record date for 10/1 Dividend: 9/04/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/1 Dividend: 9/04/2026
• Today: 9/25/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/01/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/28/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Regional Banks
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:WSBC
• CIK: 203596
• Web: www.wesbanco.com
• Phone: (304) 234-9000
• Fax: 304-234-9450
• Employees: 2,969
• Year Founded: 1870

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for WesBanco: $43.20
• High Price Target: $46.00
• Low Price Target: $41.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +12.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.71
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.44
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.17
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.76
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $223.10 million
• Net Margins: 23.35%
• Pretax Margin: 29.31%
• Return on Equity: 9.72%
• Return on Assets: 1.34%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.43
• Current Ratio: 0.94
• Quick Ratio: 0.93

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.44 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.56
• Cash Flow: $3.18 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.09
• Book Value: $39.65 per share
• Price / Book: 0.97

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 95,910,000
• Free Float: 93,921,000
• Market Cap: $3.68 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.66