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WesBanco (WSBC) Competitors

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$33.31 +0.47 (+1.43%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:17 PM ET)

WSBC vs. PNFP, CFR, WTFC, CBSH, ZION, SSB, SNV, PB, BOKF, and ONB

Should you be buying WesBanco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WesBanco include Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), SouthState (SSB), Synovus Financial (SNV), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), BOK Financial (BOKF), and Old National Bancorp (ONB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

WesBanco vs.

Pinnacle Financial Partners (NASDAQ:PNFP) and WesBanco (NASDAQ:WSBC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

WesBanco has a net margin of 14.79% compared to Pinnacle Financial Partners' net margin of 13.97%. Pinnacle Financial Partners' return on equity of 8.89% beat WesBanco's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pinnacle Financial Partners13.97% 8.89% 1.07%
WesBanco 14.79%5.75%0.78%

Pinnacle Financial Partners has higher revenue and earnings than WesBanco. WesBanco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinnacle Financial Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pinnacle Financial Partners$1.42B6.09$562.15M$5.2621.34
WesBanco$584.63M3.81$159.03M$2.0915.94

Pinnacle Financial Partners has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WesBanco has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Pinnacle Financial Partners presently has a consensus price target of $118.91, indicating a potential upside of 5.94%. WesBanco has a consensus price target of $37.83, indicating a potential upside of 13.58%. Given WesBanco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WesBanco is more favorable than Pinnacle Financial Partners.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pinnacle Financial Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45
WesBanco
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

87.4% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of WesBanco shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of WesBanco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Pinnacle Financial Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. WesBanco pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays out 16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WesBanco pays out 70.8% 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. WesBanco has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. WesBanco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Pinnacle Financial Partners had 10 more articles in the media than WesBanco. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Pinnacle Financial Partners and 5 mentions for WesBanco. WesBanco's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Pinnacle Financial Partners' score of 0.62 indicating that WesBanco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Pinnacle Financial Partners
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
WesBanco
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Pinnacle Financial Partners received 182 more outperform votes than WesBanco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.27% of users gave Pinnacle Financial Partners an outperform vote while only 51.25% of users gave WesBanco an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Pinnacle Financial PartnersOutperform Votes
449
60.27%
Underperform Votes
296
39.73%
WesBancoOutperform Votes
267
51.25%
Underperform Votes
254
48.75%

Summary

Pinnacle Financial Partners beats WesBanco on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WSBC vs. The Competition

MetricWesBancoNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.23B$21.60B$11.01B$9.07B
Dividend Yield4.19%3.20%9.87%4.22%
P/E Ratio15.9426.4928.5417.19
Price / Sales3.812.9548.52116.80
Price / Cash10.9911.0130.3637.86
Price / Book0.831.262.744.78
Net Income$159.03M$2.24B$1.03B$225.60M
7 Day Performance-5.32%-4.24%-2.88%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-7.64%-3.70%-2.87%3.37%
1 Year Performance7.69%15.55%11.31%16.58%

WesBanco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WSBC
WesBanco
4.7594 of 5 stars
$33.31
+1.4%
$37.83
+13.6%
+8.9%$2.23B$584.63M15.942,321News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
PNFP
Pinnacle Financial Partners
4.5623 of 5 stars
$118.38
+0.6%
$113.64
-4.0%
+31.5%$9.14B$2.79B22.443,357Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
CFR
Cullen/Frost Bankers
4.5896 of 5 stars
$139.37
+1.1%
$127.07
-8.8%
+26.0%$8.94B$2.65B17.105,495Positive News
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.6162 of 5 stars
$131.44
+0.0%
$124.62
-5.2%
+35.1%$8.74B$3.33B13.765,521Analyst Forecast
Positive News
CBSH
Commerce Bancshares
4.4515 of 5 stars
$67.71
+0.3%
$65.07
-3.9%
+17.4%$8.68B$1.95B17.594,728Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
News Coverage
ZION
Zions Bancorporation, National Association
4.6487 of 5 stars
$57.57
-0.2%
$55.88
-2.9%
+26.2%$8.50B$4.62B13.149,679Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SSB
SouthState
3.7969 of 5 stars
$109.15
+0.4%
$105.11
-3.7%
+19.0%$8.33B$1.65B16.785,070Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.8081 of 5 stars
$54.60
+0.8%
$56.00
+2.6%
+35.2%$7.73B$3.45B24.514,879Analyst Forecast
PB
Prosperity Bancshares
4.893 of 5 stars
$79.97
-0.1%
$81.65
+2.1%
+14.2%$7.62B$1.60B16.993,850Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
BOKF
BOK Financial
4.6279 of 5 stars
$116.64
+0.5%
$114.40
-1.9%
+30.7%$7.48B$1.94B15.964,877Analyst Revision
ONB
Old National Bancorp
4.6671 of 5 stars
$22.56
+0.1%
$24.25
+7.5%
+28.8%$7.20B$2.54B13.593,940Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:WSBC) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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