WSBC Stock Recent News

WHEELING, W. Va. , Jan. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- WesBanco, Inc. (Nasdaq: WSBC), a diversified, multi-state bank holding company, announced today it will host a conference call at 3:00 p.m.

WHEELING, W.Va. , Dec. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- WesBanco, Inc. (Nasdaq: WSBC), a diversified, multi-state bank holding company, announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on the outstanding shares of its 6.75% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A (the "Series A Preferred Stock") (Nasdaq:WSBCP).

WHEELING, W.Va. , Dec. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- WesBanco, Inc. ("WesBanco") (Nasdaq: WSBC) and Premier Financial Corp. ("Premier") (Nasdaq: PFC) today announced that WesBanco's shareholders and Premier's shareholders have each voted overwhelmingly to adopt and approve, as applicable, all proposals relating to the previously announced merger agreement for WesBanco to acquire Premier.

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WHEELING, W.Va. , Nov. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- WesBanco, Inc. (Nasdaq: WSBC), a diversified, multi-state bank holding company, announced today the appointment of Jan Pattishall-Krupinski to the role of Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, effective immediately.

WSBC raises its quarterly dividend by 2.8% to 37 cents per share. Given its weak liquidity position, this seems unsustainable.

NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Former Attorney General of Louisiana Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq. and the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC (“KSF”) are investigating the proposed sale of Premier Financial Corp. (NasdaqGS: PFC) to WesBanco, Inc. (NasdaqGS: WSBC). Under the terms of the proposed transaction, shareholders of Premier will receive 0.80 of a share of WesBanco common stock for each share of Premier that they own. KSF is seeking to determine whether this consideration and the process.

WHEELING, W.Va. , Nov. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- WesBanco, Inc. (Nasdaq: WSBC), a diversified, multi-state bank holding company, announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a 2.8% increase in the quarterly cash dividend to $0.37 per common share from the previous quarterly dividend of $0.36 per common share.

WHEELING, W.Va. , Nov. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- WesBanco, Inc. (Nasdaq: WSBC), a diversified, multi-state bank holding company, announces that its affiliate, WesBanco Bank, has named Chuck Chiatto as Western Pennsylvania (WPA) Market President and Senior Commercial Banker, effective immediately.

WesBanco (WSBC) has been upgraded to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), reflecting growing optimism about the company's earnings prospects. This might drive the stock higher in the near term.