Overview
Founded in 1870, WesBanco, Inc. is a diversified and balanced financial services company that delivers large bank capabilities with a community bank feel. Its distinct long-term growth strategies are built upon unique sustainable advantages permitting to span six states with meaningful market share. Built upon its 'Better Banking Pledge', its customer-centric service culture is focused on growing long-term relationships by pledging to serve all personal and business customer needs efficiently and effectively. In addition to a full range of online and mobile banking options and a full-suite of commercial products and services, WesBanco provides trust, wealth management, securities brokerage, and private banking services through its century-old Trust and Investment Services department, with approximately $5.0 billion of assets under management (as of December 31, 2020). WesBanco's banking subsidiary, WesBanco Bank, Inc., operates 212 financial centers in the states of Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Additionally, WesBanco operates an insurance agency, WesBanco Insurance Services, Inc., and a full service broker/dealer, WesBanco Securities, Inc.
Basic Stats
The share price of WesBanco, Inc. as of September 5, 2025 is $32.26 / share. This is an increase of 0.86% from the prior week. The market cap (or net worth) of WesBanco, Inc. as of September 5, 2025 is $3,096.51 MM.
The Factor Analysis chart (below right) shows a view of WesBanco, Inc. from a variety of lenses. Each factor shows how well the company ranks against all other companies in the Fintel global investing universe. Factor scores range from zero to 100, with 100 being most desirable, and 50 being average.
For example, a company with a Value Score of 100 would be the most undervalued company in our database. A company with a Value Score of zero would be the most overvalued.
| Market Cap | 3,096.51 MM |
| EV | 5,049.67 MM |
| Shares Out. | 95.99 MM |
| Earnings Date | |
| EPS (TTM) | 1.41 |
| Dividend Yield | 4.59 % |
| Ex-Dividend Date | 2025-09-05 |
| Borrow Rate | 0.49 |
| Short Shares Avail. | 1.70 MM |
| Short Interest | 1.52 MM |
| Short Float | 1.65 % |
| Days to Cover | 5.78 days |
| Risk Free Rate | 4.22 % |
| Price Change (1 yr) | 2.90 % |
| Volatility (1 yr) | 0.32 |
| Beta | 1.14 |
| Sharpe Ratio (1 yr) | -0.04 |
| Sortino Ratio (1 yr) | -0.08 |
| PE Ratio | 22.88 |
| Price/Book | 0.81 |
| Price/TBV | 1.60 |
| Book/Market | 1.23 |
| EBIT/EV | 0.03 |
| EBIT(3yr avg)/EV | 0.04 |
| ROA | 0.01 |
| ROE | 0.05 |
| ROIC | 0.02 |
| CROIC | 0.11 |
| OCROIC | 0.03 |
| Implied Volatility | 52.47 % |
| Put/Call OI Ratio | 0.36 |
Factor Scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being most desirable. Larger circles are better. In situations where we have no data (e.g. no insider trades), we plot the score at 50 to avoid penalizing companies. However, a company that does not pay dividends will get a Dividend Score of Zero. Additionally, we inverted volatility to create a "stability" metric which is better when higher.
Price Target
The average one-year price target for WesBanco, Inc. is $38.18. The forecasts range from a low of $34.34 to a high of $44.10. A stock’s price target is the price at which analysts consider it fairly valued with respect to its projected earnings and historical earnings. Analysts typically set price targets that correspond to their buy or sell recommendations.
Update Frequency: Monthly
Stock Upgrades/Downgrades
This card shows analyst upgrades/downgrades for WesBanco, Inc.. An analyst rating is a classification that gives investors a sense of analyst sentiment about the direction and performance of an equity - usually a stock - over a period of time, typically 12 months.
The standard analyst ratings are generally as follows:
- Buy/Overweight/Outperform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to outperform a market index (e.g. the S&P 500).
- Hold/Equal-Weight/Market Perform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to perform in line with a market index.
- Sell/Underweight/Underperform - Any of these ratings suggest that an analyst believes the stock is likely to underperform a market index.
When an analyst upgrades a stock, they are signaling that the company’s fundamentals are being undervalued by investors. It could also mean they believe the market is underestimating the company’s potential. The opposite is true when a stock receives a downgrade.
The average rating of each individual analyst’s rating is the consensus rating for a stock. This gives investors a broader sense of the overall sentiment for that stock.
| Date | Analyst | Prior | Latest Recommendation |
Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-05 | Piper Sandler | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2022-09-06 | Janney Montgomery Scott | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2022-05-04 | Piper Sandler | Neutral | Underweight | Downgrade |
| 2021-09-29 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Maintains | |
| 2021-07-08 | Raymond James | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2021-04-29 | Piper Sandler | Overweight | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2020-11-25 | Stephens & Co. | Overweight | Equal-Weight | Downgrade |
| 2020-11-19 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Initiate | |
| 2020-10-26 | Piper Sandler | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-10-23 | Raymond James | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2020-07-24 | Piper Sandler | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-07-09 | Piper Sandler | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2020-06-17 | Raymond James | Market Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2020-04-29 | B. Riley FBR | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2020-04-13 | B. Riley FBR | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2020-01-29 | Stephens & Co. | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-01-29 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2019-07-25 | Sandler O'Neill | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2019-07-25 | Keefe Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2018-06-19 | B. Riley FBR | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2017-10-20 | Sandler O'Neill | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2017-06-02 | DA Davidson | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2017-03-06 | DA Davidson | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2016-04-21 | Boenning & Scattergood | Outperform | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2016-01-08 | Boenning & Scattergood | Neutral | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2015-08-11 | Macquarie | Neutral | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2015-07-23 | Macquarie | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2015-07-23 | FBR Capital | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2015-02-11 | FBR Capital | Market Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2014-11-10 | Keefe Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2014-10-24 | Keefe Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2014-02-28 | Keefe Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2014-02-27 | Keefe Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2014-01-30 | Guggenheim | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2013-12-03 | Sandler O'Neill | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2013-09-12 | Guggenheim | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2013-08-21 | FBR Capital | Market Perform | Initiate | |
| 2013-07-24 | Boenning & Scattergood | Outperform | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2013-04-04 | Janney Capital | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2013-01-08 | Raymond James | Market Perform | Initiate | |
| 2023-01-26 | Piper Sandler | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2023-04-04 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | Initiate | |
| 2023-04-25 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | Reiterate | |
| 2023-04-06 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | Maintains | |
| 2023-04-26 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Maintains | |
| 2023-05-01 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | Maintains | |
| 2023-10-30 | Piper Sandler | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2023-07-26 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Reiterate |
| 2023-07-31 | Piper Sandler | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-04-25 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2024-04-09 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Reiterate |
| 2024-01-05 | Raymond James | Market Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2024-04-24 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Reiterate |
| 2025-04-02 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Strong Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-01-23 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Reiterate |
| 2024-08-01 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | Market Perform | Maintains |
| 2025-01-27 | DA Davidson | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-08-06 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2024-07-29 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintains |
| 2024-07-29 | DA Davidson | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-10-28 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2024-12-06 | Raymond James | Outperform | Strong Buy | Upgrade |
| 2024-09-09 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Reiterate |
| 2025-02-10 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2025-05-01 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintains |
| 2025-05-05 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
