With 0.66 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.74 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $29.06 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $27.92. The 52-week range on WSBC shows that it touched its highest point at $37.36 and its lowest point at $25.56 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $38.75. With its current market cap of 2.77 billion, WSBC has annualized dividend of $1.46 while the current yield stands at 5.04%. WSBC paid its most recent dividend on 1741564800, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1741564800. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.85.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of WSBC was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 6.93%, but this was down by -8.11% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -9.32% while six-month performance fell -9.09%. The stock gained 5.19% in the past year, while it has lost -10.91% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WSBC yields 2.24 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.87. For the next quarter, that number is 0.57. This implies an EPS growth rate of 39.58% for this year and 18.37% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 95.67 million WSBC shares are outstanding with a float of 92.67 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-03-31, short shares totaled 1.76 million, which was 184.0 higher than short shares on 1740700800. In addition to Mr. Jeffrey H. Jackson as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Mr. Daniel K. Weiss Jr. serves as its Senior Executive VP & CFO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.52249 of WSBC’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for WSBC since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With WSBC analysts setting a high price target of 45.0 and a low target of 35.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 38.75. Based on these targets, WSBC could surge 55.23% to reach the target high and rise by 20.73% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 33.67% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $2.17807 being high and $2.09777 being low. For WSBC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.14796. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.88 and the low estimate is $0.8. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.85.
