profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
WesBanco
$38.60+0.52% today
+23.8% in 1 year
1-year low $29.821-year high $42.70
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $16.61 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
Not measured for banks and insurers: deposits and policy reserves count as debt, so the usual debt test says nothing about them.
Money in, money out
What WesBanco sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $586 million in 2022 to $974 million in 2025, with $223 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
WesBanco handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $151M$140M
Free cash flow 2025$280M
Bought back its own shares$151M
Paid as dividends$140M
Cash vs. debt$956M vs. $1.6B
WesBanco vs. similar companies
WesBanco grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| WesBanco | 16.6× · Fair price | ||
 China Merchants Bank | 7.7× · Cheap | ||
 DBS Group Holdings | 18.2× · Fair price | ||
 UniCredit | 11.5× · Cheap | ||
 HDFC Bank | 18.6× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads WesBanco's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 586 | 595 | 600 | 974 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 192 | 159 | 152 | 223 | |
| 3.02 | 2.51 | 2.26 | 2.23 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 32.8% | 26.7% | 25.2% | 22.9% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 16,932 | 17,712 | 18,684 | 27,696 |
| Cash | 408 | 595 | 568 | 956 |
| Total debt | 1,121 | 1,735 | 1,471 | 1,619 |
| Total liabilities | 14,505 | 15,179 | 15,894 | 23,664 |
| 2,427 | 2,533 | 2,790 | 4,032 | |
| 60 | 59 | 63 | 91 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 7.9% | 6.3% | 5.4% | 5.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 204 | 169 | 211 | 290 | |
| 8 | 23 | 10 | 10 | |
| 196 | 147 | 201 | 280 | |
| Dividends paid | 91 | 92 | 98 | 140 |
| 116 | 4 | 0 | 151 | |
| 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
This is a bank or insurer, so cash-flow and debt ratios are left out: borrowing and lending is the business itself. Price to book and return on equity are the measures that matter here.
Valuation
- 16.6×
- 10.8×
- –
- 0.9×
- 3.8×
- 6.0%
- 4.5%
Profitability
- 22.9%
- 1.2%
- 4.9%
- 8.0%
- 1.2%
Growth
- +18.5%
- −9.6%
- +3.1%
- +14.8%
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 30%of 847
Top 38%of 728
Bottom 36%of 880
Top 26%of 878
Top 40%of 932
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $41.50
- Range
- $41.00 – $42.00
- 1 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2026 | 0.91 | 0.86 | +5.8% |
| Jan 27, 2026 | 0.84 | 0.84 | +0.0% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | 0.94 | 0.88 | +6.6% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | 0.91 | 0.87 | +4.6% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | 0.66 | 0.60 | +10.0% |
| Jan 22, 2025 | 0.71 | 0.54 | +31.5% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | 0.54 | 0.51 | +5.9% |
| Jul 26, 2024 | 0.49 | 0.53 | −7.5% |
4.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$45a year at today's yield, before tax
+3.1%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.92 in 2015 → $1.49 in 2025
How safe it looks
62.9% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 50.1%
News
WesBanco declares $0.38 dividendSeeking Alpha · Aug 19, 2026The newest story we have is from Aug 19, 2026.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
60Pass
Benjamin Graham
83Pass
Philip Fisher
58No pass
Peter Lynch
46No pass
Joel Greenblatt
13No pass
Charlie Munger
49No pass
Terry Smith
54No pass
Questions about WesBanco
Is WesBanco a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business at a fair price. 2 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the WesBanco AI analysis
What does WesBanco do?
WesBanco, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for WesBanco Bank, Inc. that provides retail banking, corporate banking, personal and corporate trust, brokerage, mortgage banking, and insurance services to individuals and businesses in the United States. It is in Banks - Regional, based in Wheeling, WV, United States, with 2,973 employees.
Does WesBanco pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 4.5% a year, about 63% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $140 million in dividends.
Is WesBanco stock halal?
No. WesBanco does not pass our halal screen: its main business, banking, is not permitted. How we check
How has WesBanco stock done over the past year?
Up 23.8% over the past twelve months, to $38.60. It traded between $29.82 and $42.70 and is 9.6% below its high.
Who are WesBanco's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are China Merchants Bank, DBS Group Holdings, UniCredit and HDFC Bank. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with WesBanco's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.