NASDAQ:WSBC - WesBanco Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

WesBanco announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 7th will be given a dividend of $0.29 per share on Monday, October 1st. This represents a $1.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.50%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 6th. View WesBanco's Dividend History.

WesBanco Inc (NASDAQ:WSBC) posted its earnings results on Monday, July, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $0.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.74 by $0.06. The financial services provider had revenue of $105.76 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $103.37 million. WesBanco had a net margin of 24.38% and a return on equity of 8.85%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.60 EPS. 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 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for WesBanco's stock. Their predictions 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 1.3%. 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.

WesBanco saw a decline in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,098,129 shares, a decline of 31.1% from the August 15th total of 1,593,214 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 179,551 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.1 days. Approximately 2.5% of the shares of the company are short sold. View WesBanco's Current Options Chain.

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

Headlines about WSBC stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. Accern ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. WesBanco earned a coverage optimism score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the financial services provider an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for WesBanco.

WesBanco's stock is owned by a variety 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 Anthony F Pietranton, Brent E Richmond, Charlotte A Zuschlag, Denise H Knouse-Snyder, Ernest S Fragale, F Eric Nelson Jr, Gary L Libs, Gregory A Dugan, 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 Anthony F Pietranton, Charlotte A Zuschlag, Ernest S Fragale, F Eric Nelson Jr, Michael L Perkins, Robert H Young and Stephen J Lawrence. View Insider Buying and Selling for WesBanco.

WSBC stock was bought 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 $46.35.

WesBanco has a market capitalization of $2.13 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.