WesBanco (WSBC) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate WSBC or CSFL?

WesBanco currently has a consensus price target of $36.17, indicating a potential upside of 3.10%. Given WesBanco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe WesBanco is more favorable than Centerstate Bank.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WesBanco	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Centerstate Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk & volatility, WSBC or CSFL?

WesBanco has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centerstate Bank has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to WSBC or CSFL?

In the previous week, WesBanco had 6 more articles in the media than Centerstate Bank. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for WesBanco and 0 mentions for Centerstate Bank. WesBanco's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Centerstate Bank'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
WesBanco	Neutral
Centerstate Bank	Neutral

Is WSBC or CSFL a better dividend stock?

WesBanco pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Centerstate Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. WesBanco pays out 68.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Centerstate Bank pays out 26.3% 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 13 consecutive years. WesBanco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is WSBC or CSFL more profitable?

Centerstate Bank has a net margin of 23.43% compared to WesBanco's net margin of 14.79%. Centerstate Bank's return on equity of 8.41% beat WesBanco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WesBanco	14.79%	5.75%	0.78%
Centerstate Bank	23.43%	8.41%	1.38%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of WSBC or CSFL?

61.4% of WesBanco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.6% of Centerstate Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of WesBanco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Centerstate Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WSBC or CSFL?

Centerstate Bank received 77 more outperform votes than WesBanco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.21% of users gave Centerstate Bank an outperform vote while only 51.15% of users gave WesBanco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
WesBanco	Outperform Votes 266 51.15%	Underperform Votes 254 48.85%
Centerstate Bank	Outperform Votes 343 65.21%	Underperform Votes 183 34.79%

Which has better earnings and valuation, WSBC or CSFL?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
WesBanco	$831.96M	2.82	$159.03M	$2.09	16.78
Centerstate Bank	$851.39M	2.64	$225.40M	$2.13	8.52

Summary

Centerstate Bank beats WesBanco on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.