Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC) Stock

Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC) is a Financials stock trading at $58.29 (as of 2026-08-20), with a market capitalization of $1.37B and a trailing P/E of 12.2. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Westamerica Bancorporation is a bank holding company for Westamerica Bank, offering deposit products such as retail checking and savings accounts and certificates of deposit, along with loan products including commercial, real estate, construction, consumer installment, and indirect automobile loans. It serves individual and commercial customers through branch offices in Northern and Central California.

Understand Westamerica Bancorporation: how it makes money

Westamerica Bancorporation is a bank holding company that provides banking products to individual and commercial customers, taking deposits (including checking, savings, and CDs) and funding a loan portfolio spanning commercial, commercial and residential real estate, real estate construction, consumer installment, and indirect automobile loans.

Bank earnings are driven by how well the loan portfolio performs (credit quality, reflected in nonperforming loans and assets) and by the deposit funding mix, especially the share of non-interest-bearing checking accounts within the deposit base.

Business quality (Solid): Credit quality is shown as 0.0 for both Nonperforming Loans and Nonperforming Assets in the latest quarter, and non-interest-bearing checking represents a large share of deposits (48% of the deposit base). Key risks to monitor are loan exposure to real estate and construction and the bank's geographic footprint in Northern and Central California.

Valuation: At 12× earnings, WABC trades in line with the Banking average (13×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

  • Credit quality appears strong in the latest quarter: Nonperforming Loans are 0.0 (USD_B) and Nonperforming Assets are 0.0 (USD_B).
  • Supportive low-cost funding mix: Non-Interest-Bearing Checking Accounts are 48.0% of the deposit base (and 46.0% of low-cost deposits).

Bear case

  • Loan mix includes areas that can be sensitive to economic conditions: The loan portfolio includes commercial, commercial and residential real estate, real estate construction, consumer installment loans, and indirect automobile loans.
  • Geographic concentration: Operations are through 78 branch offices in 21 counties in Northern and Central California, which can concentrate risks from local downturns.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$58.29
Market Cap$1.37B
P/E Ratio12.2
EV / EBITDA9.9
Price / Book1.55
Price / Sales6.02
FCF Yield8.5%
DCF Value (model)$67.42
DCF Upside vs Price15.7%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$230.98M
Net Margin50.3%
Revenue Growth (YoY)-6.3%
EPS Growth (YoY)-2.6%
FCF Growth (YoY)-8.2%
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E12.2
Sector P/E (Financials)15.1
Industry P/E (Banking)12.9
vs Sector-19.6%
vs Industry-5.8%
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderBlackRock, Inc. ($179.88M)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Company
SectorFinancials
IndustryBanking
CEODavid L. Payne
Employees616
CountryUS
IPO Date1980-03-17

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Data as of 2026-08-20.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.