Financials / Banks - RegionalUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

WABC stock hub

Westamerica Bancorporation has a live ticker hub with the latest available market, valuation, profitability, growth, ownership, and risk indicators.

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Data quality and model convergence

Market cap

1.3B

NASDAQ

Market data

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Current market quote for this ticker.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E12.5

P25 8.8P50 10.4P75 13.1

Trailing P/E12.2

P25 10.9P50 14.7P75 36.2

ROE12.5

P25 4.9P50 10.4P75 15

ROICn/a

P25 -1.3P50 6.6P75 12.7

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Indicator catalog

All WABC market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

214

Groups with data

Currency

USD

Showing 214 of 214 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000311094
Company name	Westamerica Bancorporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	957090103
Employees	608
Employees Change	-8%
Employees Change Percent	-1.3
Enterprise value	$1B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Banks - Regional
Isin	US9570901036
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$1.3B
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Price	$54.83
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	417,628.29x
Sector	Financials
Sic	6021
Symbol	WABC
Website	https://www.westamerica.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	8.73%
EV Earnings	9.21x
EV Sales Forward	4.15x
EV/Sales	4.08x
Forward P/E	12.49x
P/B ratio	1.47x
P/E ratio	12.23x
P/S ratio	5.07x
PE Ratio10 Y	17.59x
PE Ratio3 Y	9.26x
PE Ratio5 Y	11.68x
PS Forward	5.17x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
Gross Profit	$253.9M
Net Income	$112.5M
Net Income Growth	-15.58%
Net Income Growth Q	-11.86%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	-7%
Net Income Growth5 Y	6.12%
Pretax Margin	59.59%
Profit Margin	44.3%
Profit Per Employee	$185,018
Profitable Years	33
ROA	1.9
Roa5y	1.9
ROE	12.46
Roe5y	16.07

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	4.83%
Cagr15y	3.89%
Cagr1y	16.33%
Cagr20y	3.37%
Cagr3y	16.57%
Cagr5y	0.23%
Div CAGR10	1.84%
Div CAGR3	3.45%
Div CAGR5	2.55%
EPS Growth	-10.15
EPS Growth Q	-2.98
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	-4.83
EPS Growth5 Y	7.65
Revenue Growth	-10.77x
Revenue Growth Q	-6.7x
Revenue Growth Years	0x
Revenue Growth3 Y	-4.38x
Revenue Growth5 Y	3.82x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Assets	$5.9B
Cash	$397.3M
Debt	$144.5M
Equity	$882.7M
Liabilities	$5B
Net Cash	$252.8M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$19.62
Net Cash Growth	-57.45%
Net Debt Equity	$-0.29
Tangible Book Value	$761M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$32.2
WACC	6.59

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Working Capital	$-4.5B

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	5.95%
Dividend Growth	4.49%
Dividend Growth Years	33%
Dividend per share	$1.84
Dividend Years	52
Dividend Yield	3.35%
Ex Div Date	2026-05-04
Last Dividend	$0.48
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	41.49%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	60.28%
1Y total return	16.32%
200-day SMA	49.89
3Y total return	58.43%
50-day SMA	52.47
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	1.14%
All Time High	93.66
All Time High Change	-41.46%
All Time High Date	2008-09-19
All Time Low	2.83
All Time Low Change	1,835.4%
All Time Low Date	1985-06-06
ATR	1.09
Beta	0.56
Beta1y	0.59
Beta2y	0.72
Ch YTD	14.64
High	55.21
High52	56.22
High52 Date	2026-04-17
High52ch	-2.47%
Low	54.62
Low52	44.93
Low52 Date	2025-10-16
Low52ch	22.03%
Ma50ch	4.49%
Price vs 200-day SMA	9.9%
RSI	59.67
RSI Monthly	58.66
RSI Weekly	64.37
Sharpe ratio	0.63x
Sortino ratio	1.26
Total Return	9.31%
Tr YTD	16.7
Tr15y	77.33%
Tr1m	5.11%
Tr1w	0.09%
Tr3m	5.39%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	1
Analyst Count Top	1
Analyst Price Target Top	$58
Analyst Ratings	Hold
Analyst Ratings Top	Hold
Earnings EPS Estimate	$1.07
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	-7.76
Earnings Revenue Estimate	60,700,000x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	-9.01x
Operating Income	$155M
Operating margin	61.06
Price target	$58
Price Target Change	$5.78
Price Target Change Top	$5.78

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	22,390,144%
Float Percent	95.33%
Shares Insiders	5.24%
Shares Institutions	84.72%
Shares Out	23,487,955
Shares Qo Q	-2.19%
Shares Yo Y	-5.95%
Short Float	2.15%
Short Ratio	2.18
Short Shares	2.05

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Average Volume	185,060.55x
Bv Per Share	37.35
Ch10y	17.61
Ch15y	10.54
Ch1m	4.2
Ch1w	-0.78
Ch1y	12.06
Ch20y	5.24
Ch3m	4.48
Ch3y	42.05
Ch5y	-14.78
Ch6m	14.28
Change	-0.05%
Change From Open	0.13
Close	54.86
Days Gap	-0.18
Dollar Volume	5,906,177.9
Earnings Date	2026-04-16
EPS	$4.48
F Score	2
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,972
Goodwill	121,673,000
Graham Number	61.38508
Graham Upside	11.91
Income Tax	$38.8M
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-04-16
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Date	1998-02-26
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-27
Lynch Fair Value	$27.42
Lynch Upside	-50
Ma150	50.15
Ma150ch	9.33%
Ma20	54.34
Ma20ch	0.91%
Next Earnings Date	2026-07-16
Open	54.76
Optionable	Yes
Payment Date	2026-05-15
Position In Range	35.59
Post Close	54.83
Postmarket Change Percent	0.04
Postmarket Price	$54.85
Ppne	25,968,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Ptbv Ratio	1.69
Relative Volume	0.58x
Revenue	253,918,000x
Tax By Revenue	15.29x
Tax Rate	25.66%
Tr20y	93.86%
Tr6m	16.34%
Us State	California
Volume	107,718

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Income

WABC dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+3.4%

$1.84 annual per share

Payout ratio

+41.5%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+2.5%

33 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+9.3%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-05-04

Performance

WABC stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns WABC?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+84.7%

Float: +95.3% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+5.2%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

WABC momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

59.7

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+9.9%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.56

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

0.63

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

WABC vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
AXP	American Express Company	215.6B	19.7x	3.1x	11.5%	+15.5%	+15.6%	घटाएँ
BAC	Bank of America Corporation	364.1B	12.7x	3.3x	—	+6.3%	+28.2%	घटाएँ
BK	The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation	89.6B	16.2x	4.3x	—	+6.0%	+58.4%	घटाएँ

Questions

About WABC

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What is the current WABC stock rating?

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