Stocks · Financial Services · Banks - Regional
WesBanco, Inc. WSBC
$38.11 +1.30% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $3.65B
Strong growthInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Oct 21, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.54, up 113.3% year over year.
- Operating margin widened to 29.7% from 14.5% a year earlier.
- The diluted share count rose 11.8% in a year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 13%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 10%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 17%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 14%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 10%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 27%
- Gross marginTop 41%
- Operating marginTop 29%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 46%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 42%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 43%
- Interest coverBottom 49%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 22%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 34%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 27%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 45%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 31%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 28%
- 6-month returnTop 40%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 33%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 46%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 48%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 49%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 42%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 47%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 46%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 45%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 46%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 37%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 43%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 49.3% | 31.0% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 108.5% | 113.3% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 59.3% | 68.7% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 14.5% | 29.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 16.2% | 24.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 31.0% | 49.3% | ↓ | Top 13% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 113.3% | 108.5% | ↑ | Top 10% |
| Gross margin | 68.7% | 59.3% | ↑ | Top 41% |
| Operating margin | 29.7% | 14.5% | ↑ | Top 29% |
| Net margin | 23.5% | 11.7% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 24.9% | 16.2% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 5.8% | — | Top 27% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 31.9% | — | Top 14% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.11×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -0.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -34.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.85×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 3.79%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 4.36%
- Shareholder yield
- 8.15%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +11.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +17.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +4.9%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $44.33
- Target vs current price
- +16.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 16
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2026 | +7.9% | -0.4% | +1.1% | +4.8% | — |
| Apr 21, 2026 | +5.2% | -1.6% | -4.8% | -8.0% | +13.4% |
| Jan 27, 2026 | +0.0% | +0.9% | +3.2% | +1.2% | -5.2% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | +6.6% | +0.1% | -2.0% | -3.3% | +9.8% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | +4.6% | -1.1% | -7.4% | +0.5% | -2.7% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | +10.0% | +0.4% | +2.0% | +5.5% | +7.4% |
| Jan 22, 2025 | +31.5% | -0.7% | +9.6% | +14.8% | -10.6% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | +5.9% | -0.3% | +1.2% | +14.3% | +3.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2026 | $0.92 | $0.85 | +7.9% | $275.8M |
| Apr 21, 2026 | $0.91 | $0.87 | +5.2% | $257.2M |
| Jan 27, 2026 | $0.84 | $0.84 | +0.0% | $265.6M |
| Oct 22, 2025 | $0.94 | $0.88 | +6.6% | $260.1M |
| Jul 29, 2025 | $0.91 | $0.87 | +4.6% | $259.4M |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $0.66 | $0.60 | +10.0% | $192.1M |
| Jan 22, 2025 | $0.71 | $0.54 | +31.5% | $161.4M |
| Oct 23, 2024 | $0.54 | $0.51 | +5.9% | $149.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 10.8× | 11.7× | 33th | Top 22% |
| P/E (forward) | 10.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.6× | — | — | Top 27% |
| EV / Sales | 2.99× | — | — | Top 45% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 10.31% | — | — | Top 34% |
| Earnings yield | 9.29% | — | — | Top 22% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 7.0× – 20.3× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +19.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +113.3%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -33.8%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 96
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -5.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +3.7%
- RSI (14)
- 38.4
- Relative volume
- 0.88×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 19.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 2th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.82
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.46
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -10.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -27.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 2022 | May 4, 2023 | -48.3% | 119 days | 801 days (Jul 16, 2026) |
| May 17, 2021 | Jul 14, 2022 | -24.2% | 292 days | 75 days (Oct 28, 2022) |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | -12.4% | 33 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 14, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -10.7% | 10 days | 17 days (Feb 24, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $3.65B
- P/E (TTM)
- 10.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.54
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.51B
- Dividend yield
- 3.99%
- 52-week range
- $29.57 – $43.02
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $609.5M | $625.1M | $824.9M | $947.6M | $1.43B |
| Gross profit | $646.8M | $587.5M | $577.0M | $581.0M | $903.0M |
| Operating income | $301.8M | $236.4M | $194.0M | $185.1M | $282.3M |
| Net income | $242.3M | $192.1M | $159.0M | $151.5M | $223.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.53 | $3.02 | $2.51 | $2.26 | $2.26 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $241.8M | $248.5M | $286.8M | $379.0M | $386.2M | $382.7M | $360.0M | $386.0M |
| Net income | $37.3M | $49.6M | -$9.0M | $57.4M | $83.6M | $91.1M | $88.6M | $92.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.54 | $0.70 | -$0.15 | $0.57 | $0.84 | $0.87 | $0.91 | $0.92 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $336.3M | $204.1M | $169.3M | $211.0M | $290.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$8.5M | -$8.0M | -$22.5M | -$10.3M | -$10.4M |
| Free cash flow | $327.8M | $196.2M | $146.8M | $200.7M | $280.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$86.5M | -$81.3M | -$82.3M | -$87.4M | -$125.2M |
| Net share buybacks | -$179.9M | -$116.0M | -$3.5M | $191.0M | -$150.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $5.31B
- Total assets
- $27.80B
- Total liabilities
- $23.69B
- Total debt
- $1.75B
- Net debt
- $875.5M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $4.11B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2026 | $0.38 | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Jun 5, 2026 | $0.38 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | $0.38 | Apr 1, 2026 |
| Dec 5, 2025 | $0.38 | Jan 2, 2026 |
| Sep 5, 2025 | $0.37 | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Jun 6, 2025 | $0.37 | Jul 1, 2025 |
| Mar 10, 2025 | $0.37 | Apr 1, 2025 |
| Dec 6, 2024 | $0.37 | Jan 2, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 6,257,780
- Days to cover
- 5.61
- Change vs previous report
- -10.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Aug 4, 1997
- 3-for-2
- Apr 23, 1993
- 2-for-1
- Dec 4, 1989
- 11-for-10