NASDAQ:WSBC - WesBanco Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

WesBanco declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 8th will be given a dividend of $0.29 per share on Monday, July 2nd. This represents a $1.16 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 7th. View WesBanco's Dividend History.

WesBanco Inc (NASDAQ:WSBC) released its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 17th. The financial services provider reported $0.76 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.07. The financial services provider earned $97.27 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $96.77 million. WesBanco had a return on equity of 8.29% and a net margin of 23.81%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 3.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.59 earnings per share. View WesBanco's Earnings History.

WesBanco is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 23rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for WesBanco.

6 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for WesBanco's shares. Their predictions range from $40.00 to $48.00. On average, they expect WesBanco's share price to reach $44.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.5%. View Analyst Ratings 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."

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

Press coverage about WSBC stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. WesBanco earned a news sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the financial services provider an impact score of 46.10 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

WesBanco's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.58%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.30%) and Bank of Montreal Can (0.06%). 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 Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. and Bank of Montreal Can. Company insiders that have sold WesBanco company stock in the last year include Brent E Richmond, Ernest S Fragale, F Eric Nelson Jr and Stephen J Lawrence. 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 $45.61.

WesBanco has a market capitalization of $2.10 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.