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WABC

Westamerica Bancorporation Common Stock (WABC) fair value

Financial Services · Banks - Regional · NASDAQ · United States
$61.38-0.87%
Market cap $1.4BNext earnings 2026-10-15Updated Oct 18, 2026
Our verdict
Trades 16% above our fair value
Price
$61.38
Model fair valueConfidence: good
$52.90
Model range
$39.17 to $65.18
Fair value $52.90
Price $61.38
4 models fit Westamerica Bancorporation Common Stock and they partly agree: 2 of 4 land within 15% of the average.
Two or more of our models back this value.
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Valued as a bank: Residual income, P/E comparison, Dividend discount, and Graham number.
ACCE opinionWestamerica Bancorporation Common Stock (WABC)
Fair value (4 models)
$52.90
ACCE price target
$63.00
Rating
Overvalued
Horizon
12 months
Fair value published on 18 Oct 2026, 15:05 CEST; previously $53.77 since 18 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST.
ACCE price target published on 19 Oct 2026, 01:52 CEST; previously $60.00 since 12 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST.
Rating published on 18 Oct 2026, 15:05 CEST.
Price used: $61.38 at the close on 23 Oct 2026, 22:00 CEST.
Models: P/E comparison, Graham number, Dividend discount, and Residual income.
Fair value: the average of the applicable valuation models (discounted cash flow, multiples, residual income, dividend discount, shareholder yield), each run on the latest financial statements and the market price shown. Opinion columns (fair value, target, rating) are shown apart from the data. Full methodology: acceinvestments.com/data/how-we-value-stocks
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Data
Price vs fair value
16.0% above
-13.8% to fair value
ACCE score
72
out of 100
Analysts
0% buy
2 covering
P/E
13.1x
forward 21.1x
1-year return
+30.0%
Dividend yield
3.09%

Westamerica Bancorporation Common Stock in four questions

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Overview

ACCE thesis

Westamerica Bancorporation is a California regional bank whose core business is deposit-taking and commercial and residential lending through its community bank branches, anchored by a low-cost deposit base and a conservative credit culture. Its structural edge is the funding side: a large share of non-interest-bearing deposits and a strong return on equity of 12.5% for a bank of its size mean it earns well on what it lends. The near-term story is less about growth, since revenue fell 2.7%, and more about whether the margin and capital position hold while rates drift. At a trailing P/E of 13.4 against a forward P/E of 21.1, the market is pricing in earnings that look weaker than the recent past, which makes the name worth a closer look for anyone who can underwrite the earnings path. The 60/100 score and absence from any major index make this a small-cap regional bank to research on its own terms rather than a benchmark-driven idea.

AI-assisted·How I use AIWritten Oct 18, 2026
⚠ Investor warnings · 2 flagsAI-assisted·How I use AI
  • moderate
    Revenue shrinking year on year
    Revenue fell 2.7% year on year while earnings rose 4.5%, so the EPS gain is coming from something other than top-line growth. Worth checking whether margins can hold.
  • moderate
    Score down over 90 days
    The ACCE score fell from 64 to 60 over the last 90 days, with growth (G:19) the weakest component.

AI research notes

AI-assisted·How I use AIWritten Oct 17, 2026 · figures from 2026-09-30 · prices to Oct 23, 2026
Why it could do well
  • The stock yields 8.8% on free cash flow, and the company generated $120M of it over the last twelve months.
  • Net margin of 43.9% and return on equity of 12.5% show a business that keeps a large share of what it earns.
  • The share count fell 6.9% last year, so each remaining share claims a bigger slice of the earnings.
Why it could disappoint
  • Revenue fell 2.7% year over year, well below its 5.5% five-year average pace of growth.
  • A forward P/E of 21.1x compares with a sector median of 11.7x, so the shares look expensive against peers.
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Valuation

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Where WABC's valuation models land
Price
$61.38
Model fair value
$52.90
Model range
$39.17 to $65.18
Fair value $52.90
Price $61.38
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Where it sits vs peers

News and Record

Press releases mentioning this company

Recent performance

1 week
+0.2%
1 month
+3.6%
3 months
+1.5%
6 months
+11.6%
YTD
+28.3%
1 year
+30.0%

SEC filings

Recommendation history, last 12 months

DateTypeNewPreviousPrice
19 Oct 2026, 01:52 CESTACCE price target$63.00$60.00$61.28
18 Oct 2026, 15:05 CESTFair value$52.90$53.77$61.28
18 Oct 2026, 15:05 CESTRatingOvervaluedfirst publication$61.28
18 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$53.77$54.41$61.28
17 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$54.41$53.25$60.90
12 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTACCE price target$60.00first publication$58.66
12 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$53.25$66.61$58.66
30 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$66.61$67.66$59.38
28 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$67.66$68.90$60.67
14 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$68.90$70.98$59.09

This analysis is not personalised investment advice and does not take your situation, objectives or risk tolerance into account. ACCE Investments is not an authorised investment firm.

Investing in shares carries a risk of losing capital. The value of an investment can go down as well as up.

Valuation horizon: 12 months from the publication date.

Conflicts of interest. ACCE Investments is operated by Adrien Chantreuil, who may hold personal positions in the securities analysed. Positions are declared on each security. ACCE receives no payment from the companies analysed or from any intermediary for this analysis.

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Snapshot

Growth39Value69Quality90Momentum90Total72
Valuation
Trailing P/E
13.1x
Forward P/E
21.1x
PEG
1.41
P/B
1.47x
EV / Revenue
5.2x
Book value/sh
$34.21
Enterprise value
$1.2B
Profitability
ROE
12.9%
FCF yield
8.36%
ROIC
8.7%
Health and risk
Debt / equity
0.17
Dividend yield
3.09%
Beta
0.56

Price

+26.8% · 1Y

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Answered from Westamerica Bancorporation Common Stock fundamentals + recent valuations. Every number shows its source and date.

This stock Peer Peer median weaker → stronger
P/Ebetter than 17% of peers
low 8.2x13.1xhigh 15.4x
ROEbetter than 100% of peers
low 6%13%high 13%
Div yieldbetter than 67% of peers
low 0.0%3.1%high 5.7%

Peers

Prices Oct 23, 2026
CompanyPriceFair valuevs fair valueP/EROEQualityScore
WABC Westamerica Bancorporation Common Stock$61.38$5316% above13.1x12.9%9072
BPAT.BA Banco PatagoniaARS 1775.00--10.1x5.9%7462
BBAR.BA BBVA Banco Frances SAARS 7240.00--11.0x8.1%7168
BMA.BA Banco Macro SA BARS 10870.00--15.4x7.1%7957
BOGOTA.CL Banco de BogotaCOP 38240.00--9.0x9.2%6149
PFDAVVNDA.CL Davivienda Group preferredCOP 28740.00--8.2x10.3%5382
ITAUCL.SN Banco Itau ChileCLP 22500.00--12.3x9.4%8171

Sector report card

Where WABC ranks against its sector peers on each metric.

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  • GlobeNewswire•Oct 15, 2026
    Westamerica Bancorporation Reports Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results
  • GlobeNewswire•Jul 23, 2026
    Westamerica Bancorporation Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend
  • GlobeNewswire•Jul 16, 2026
    Westamerica Bancorporation Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
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October 2026
Oct 23
Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-10-23
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Oct 22
8-KCurrent reportPeriod 2026-10-22
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8-KCurrent reportPeriod 2026-10-15
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