NASDAQ:WSBC - WesBanco Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

WesBanco announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 20th. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.94%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 12th. View WesBanco's Dividend History.

WesBanco Inc (NASDAQ:WSBC) posted its earnings results on Monday, January, 27th. The financial services provider reported $0.75 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.06. The financial services provider had revenue of $137.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $133.15 million. WesBanco had a return on equity of 8.32% and a net margin of 26.44%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.80 earnings per share. View WesBanco's Earnings History.

WesBanco is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 21st 2020. View Earnings Estimates for WesBanco.

6 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for WesBanco's stock. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $42.00. On average, they expect WesBanco's stock price to reach $39.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.0% 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 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for WesBanco.

Press coverage about WSBC stock has trended extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. WesBanco earned a media sentiment score of -4.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several 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), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Signature Bank (SBNY), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), TCF Financial (TCF) and East West Bancorp (EWBC).

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 investors include Wesbanco Bank Inc. (3.71%), FMR LLC (3.57%), State Street Corp (2.43%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.37%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.36%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.73%). 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 Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Mackay Shields LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Earnest Partners LLC, Truepoint Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC and River Road Asset 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., State Street Corp, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Wesbanco Bank Inc., Geode Capital Management LLC, FMR LLC and Banc Funds Co. LLC. 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 $31.44.

WesBanco has a market capitalization of $1.72 billion and generates $600.97 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $158.87 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.06 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.