WTBA vs. WABC, TCBK, SASR, BUSE, HOPE, RBCAA, PFBC, PEBO, CTBI, and SBSI
Should you be buying West Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of West Bancorporation include Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), First Busey (BUSE), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), Preferred Bank (PFBC), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), and Southside Bancshares (SBSI). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
West Bancorporation vs.
Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) and West Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WTBA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
Westamerica Bancorporation has a net margin of 44.55% compared to West Bancorporation's net margin of 12.12%. Westamerica Bancorporation's return on equity of 16.15% beat West Bancorporation's return on equity.
Westamerica Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. West Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Westamerica Bancorporation pays out 33.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. West Bancorporation pays out 69.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Westamerica Bancorporation has raised its dividend for 33 consecutive years.
81.9% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.3% of West Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of West Bancorporation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Westamerica Bancorporation currently has a consensus target price of $57.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.92%. West Bancorporation has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.75%. Given West Bancorporation's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe West Bancorporation is more favorable than Westamerica Bancorporation.
In the previous week, Westamerica Bancorporation and Westamerica Bancorporation both had 5 articles in the media. West Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Westamerica Bancorporation's score of 1.25 indicating that West Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Westamerica Bancorporation received 130 more outperform votes than West Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 49.38% of users gave Westamerica Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 45.57% of users gave West Bancorporation an outperform vote.
Westamerica Bancorporation has higher revenue and earnings than West Bancorporation. Westamerica Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than West Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Westamerica Bancorporation has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, West Bancorporation has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Westamerica Bancorporation beats West Bancorporation on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:WTBA) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
