NASDAQ:WSBC - WesBanco Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

WesBanco trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WSBC."

WesBanco announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 17th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.29 per share on Monday, July 2nd. This represents a $1.16 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 7th. View WesBanco's Dividend History.

WesBanco Inc (NASDAQ:WSBC) announced its earnings results on Monday, July, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.74 by $0.06. The financial services provider earned $105.76 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $103.37 million. WesBanco had a net margin of 24.38% and a return on equity of 8.85%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.60 earnings per share. View WesBanco's Earnings History.

WesBanco is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 17th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for WesBanco.

6 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for WesBanco's stock. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $48.00. On average, they expect WesBanco's stock price to reach $45.75 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for WesBanco.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for WesBanco in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for WesBanco.

Some companies that are related to WesBanco include Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), BOK Financial (BOKF), PacWest Bancorp (PACW), Webster Financial (WBS), CIT Group (CIT), First Horizon National (FHN), Synovus Financial (SNV), Sterling Bancorp (STL), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Akbank T.A.S. (AKBTY), TCF Financial (TCF), F.N.B. (FNB), MB Financial (MBFI), Valley National Bancorp (VLY) and UMB Financial (UMBF).

News headlines about WSBC stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. WesBanco earned a news impact score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the financial services provider an impact score of 46.64 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for WesBanco.

WesBanco's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.08%), BlackRock Inc. (6.56%), Earnest Partners LLC (3.73%), Wesbanco Bank Inc. (3.53%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (3.22%) and FMR LLC (2.70%). Company insiders that own WesBanco stock include Brent E Richmond, Charlotte A Zuschlag, Denise H Knouse-Snyder, Ernest S Fragale, F Eric Nelson Jr, Gary L Libs, Gregory A Dugan, Henry L Schulhoff, Jonathan D Dargusch, Kerry M Stemler, Lisa A Knutson, Lynn D Asensio, Michael L Perkins, Robert H Young and Stephen J Lawrence. View Institutional Ownership Trends for WesBanco.

WSBC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., River Road Asset Management LLC, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Mackay Shields LLC, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Earnest Partners LLC, First Trust Advisors LP and Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC. Company insiders that have sold WesBanco company stock in the last year include Brent E Richmond, Charlotte A Zuschlag, Ernest S Fragale, F Eric Nelson Jr and Stephen J Lawrence. View Insider Buying and Selling for WesBanco.

WSBC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Chicago Equity Partners LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Millennium Management LLC and Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought WesBanco stock in the last two years include Denise H Knouse-Snyder, Gary L Libs, Kerry M Stemler and Lisa A Knutson. View Insider Buying and Selling for WesBanco.

Shares of WSBC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WSBC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.87.

WesBanco has a market capitalization of $2.29 billion and generates $421.26 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $94.48 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.45 on an earnings per share basis. WesBanco employs 1,940 workers across the globe.

WesBanco's mailing address is 1 BANK PLAZA, WHEELING WV, 26003. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 304-234-9000.