NASDAQ:WSBC - WesBanco Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

WesBanco declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 13th will be given a dividend of $0.31 per share on Thursday, January 2nd. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.53%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 12th. View WesBanco's Dividend History.

WesBanco Inc (NASDAQ:WSBC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $0.68 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.10. The financial services provider earned $117.35 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $126.48 million. WesBanco had a net margin of 28.22% and a return on equity of 8.38%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 8.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.64 earnings per share. View WesBanco's Earnings History.

WesBanco is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, January 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for WesBanco.

6 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for WesBanco's stock. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate WesBanco's share price to reach $41.38 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.7% from the stock's current price. 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 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for WesBanco.

Media headlines about WSBC stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. WesBanco earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for WesBanco.

Some companies that are related to WesBanco include PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), SunTrust Banks (STI), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Republic Bank (FRC), KeyCorp (KEY), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Signature Bank (SBNY), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), East West Bancorp (EWBC) and TCF Financial (TCF).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other WesBanco investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Wells Fargo & Co (Wfc), Intel (INTC), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), AbbVie (ABBV), Caterpillar (CAT), Walt Disney (DIS), General Electric (GE), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (Jpm) and KeyCorp (KEY).

WesBanco's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.40%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.34%), Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL (0.07%), Truepoint Inc. (0.06%), Strs Ohio (0.06%) and Janney Capital Management LLC (0.05%). Company insiders that own WesBanco stock include Anthony F Pietranton, Brent E Richmond, Charlotte A Zuschlag, Denise H Knouse-Snyder, Ernest S Fragale, Jonathan D Dargusch, Kerry M Stemler, Michael J Crawford, Michael L Perkins, Robert H Young, Stephen J Callen, Stephen J Lawrence and Todd Clossin. View Institutional Ownership Trends for WesBanco.

WSBC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Truepoint Inc., City Holding Co., Janney Capital Management LLC and Peregrine Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold WesBanco company stock in the last year include Brent E Richmond, Jonathan D Dargusch and Michael J Crawford. View Insider Buying and Selling for WesBanco.

WSBC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, DAVENPORT & Co LLC, Financial Consulate Inc., Strategic Wealth Management Group LLC, Sciencast Management LP, Strs Ohio and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . Company insiders that have bought WesBanco stock in the last two years include Denise H Knouse-Snyder, Kerry M Stemler, Stephen J Callen and Todd Clossin. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WSBC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.14.

WesBanco has a market capitalization of $1.92 billion and generates $515.23 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $143.11 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.21 on an earnings per share basis. WesBanco employs 2,388 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About WesBanco.

The official website for WesBanco is http://www.wesbanco.com/.

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