$48.12 -0.56 (-1.15%)
11/6/2009 4:00 PM

WestAmerica Bancorp. (WABC)

CAPS Rating: 1 out of 5

Multi-bank holding company that provides a full range of banking services to individual and corporate customers in Northern and Central California through its subsidiary bank, Westamerica Bank. Also provides data processing services to its subsidiaries.

Current Price $48.12 Mkt Cap $1.41B
Open $48.24 P/E Ratio 11.90
Prev. Close $48.68 Div. (Yield) 1.40 (2.90%)
Daily Range $47.70 - $49.05 Volume 112,134
52-Wk Range $33.08 - $56.79 Avg. Daily Vol. 181,000

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Top WABC Bull/Bear Pitches

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clydemiller (48.30)
Submitted October 14, 2008

conservative california bank

ScreenerStizBear (< 20)
Submitted June 26, 2008

I simply used the screener to identify 1-star companies with the highest 52-week gain. The 1-star rating should mean they are bad companies and the 52-week gain should mean they are overpriced. We’ll see how it works!

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Member Avatar 00100 (95.30) Submitted: 10/13/2009 3:40:18 PM : Outperform Start Price: $50.64 WABC Score: -4.66

Upthumb. Bank redeemed 50% of its preferred stock issued under TARP. Good cash flow. Negative growth. Nominal debt ratio. Good margins. Heavily shorted (19 days)

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Member Avatar QUICKflip24 (77.82) Submitted: 7/6/2009 11:21:50 AM : Underperform Start Price: $46.52 WABC Score: +17.33

If it doesnt get taken over, it will be hit hard during the next financial swoon.

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Member Avatar Chemdawg (85.72) Submitted: 6/26/2009 10:08:50 AM : Underperform Start Price: $48.72 WABC Score: +18.91

this stock has held up pretty well so far, I think the bigger losers will regain most of the next rally.i see limited upside until the market regains its footing

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ecejmri

ecejmri (< 20) Score: +48.28

The Score Leader is the member with the highest score across all their picks in WABC.

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Member Name Member
Rating
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Start
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Score Commentary
grhzunil < 20 7/5/2007 Outperform NS $42.31 +13.74% -26.00% +39.75
siuk13 < 20 12/13/2007 Outperform NS $41.93 +14.77% -24.37% +39.15
greiner3 82.03 12/28/2007 Outperform 1Y $42.68 +12.73% -24.14% +36.87
stampdet 96.64 5/23/2007 Outperform NS $43.86 +9.70% -25.95% +35.65
wolfhounds 23.79 4/28/2009 Underperform 3Y $51.20 -6.01% +27.18% +33.19
Redenbacher 54.44 10/1/2007 Outperform 3W $46.71 +3.02% -26.45% +29.47
EclecticRecluse 75.00 5/11/2009 Underperform 3W $54.07 -11.01% +18.09% +29.10 1 Comment
CapBuilder 99.46 5/14/2009 Underperform NS $51.64 -6.81% +22.01% +28.81
ticon1 28.83 4/17/2009 Underperform 3M $49.28 -2.36% +24.67% +27.03
SBeren 94.93 4/16/2009 Underperform 1Y $48.44 -0.66% +26.35% +27.01

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Member Name Member
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Date
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Stock
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Score End Date Commentary
TrackStifel 94.70 5/1/2009 Underperform NS $51.79 -7.03% +2.28% +9.30 7/7/2009 @ $48.15
TrackSterneAgee 83.73 3/13/2009 Underperform NS $39.32 +22.39% +43.39% +21.01
TrackCitigroup 21.22 8/1/2007 Outperform NS $39.21 +22.73% -22.32% +45.05
TrackFBRCapitalM 75.98 10/18/2006 Underperform NS $48.76 -5.00% +1.71% +6.71 3/15/2007 @ $46.32

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