$52.63 -0.68 (-1.28%)
12/3/2009 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 $52.63 Mkt Cap $1.54B
Open $0.00 P/E Ratio 13.03
Prev. Close $53.31 Div. (Yield) 1.40 (2.60%)
Daily Range $52.50 - $54.16 Volume 276,588
52-Wk Range $33.08 - $56.79 Avg. Daily Vol. 211,000

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Top WABC Bull/Bear Pitches

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clydemiller (57.49)
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 (96.28) Submitted: 10/13/2009 3:40:18 PM : Outperform Start Price: $50.64 WABC Score: +1.22

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 (80.45) Submitted: 7/6/2009 11:21:50 AM : Underperform Start Price: $46.52 WABC Score: +11.30

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

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Member Avatar Chemdawg (86.00) Submitted: 6/26/2009 10:08:50 AM : Underperform Start Price: $48.72 WABC Score: +13.22

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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TrackCitigroup (27.78) Score: +54.20

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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grhzunil < 20 7/5/2007 Outperform NS $42.31 +24.40% -23.76% +48.16
siuk13 < 20 12/13/2007 Outperform NS $41.93 +25.53% -22.08% +47.61
greiner3 87.34 12/28/2007 Outperform 1Y $42.68 +23.30% -21.84% +45.14
stampdet 96.73 5/23/2007 Outperform NS $43.86 +19.98% -23.70% +43.69
Redenbacher 52.94 10/1/2007 Outperform 3W $46.71 +12.68% -24.22% +36.90
wolfhounds 23.43 4/28/2009 Underperform 3Y $51.20 +2.80% +31.04% +28.24
umedce < 20 7/17/2008 Outperform NS $44.97 +17.04% -9.02% +26.07
CapsContrarian < 20 2/12/2008 Outperform NS $47.64 +10.48% -15.37% +25.85
Robert685 < 20 7/15/2008 Outperform NS $44.64 +17.90% -6.86% +24.76
EclecticRecluse 75.12 5/11/2009 Underperform 3W $54.07 -2.67% +21.68% +24.34 1 Comment

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Member Name Member
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Date
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TrackStifel 94.69 5/1/2009 Underperform NS $51.79 -7.03% +2.28% +9.30 7/7/2009 @ $48.15
TrackSterneAgee 77.55 3/13/2009 Underperform NS $39.32 +33.86% +47.74% +13.89
TrackCitigroup 27.78 8/1/2007 Outperform NS $39.21 +34.23% -19.96% +54.20
TrackFBRCapitalM 73.06 10/18/2006 Underperform NS $48.76 -5.00% +1.71% +6.71 3/15/2007 @ $46.32

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