WesBanco, Inc. - Depositary Sha WSBCP

Competitive advantage analysis · financial-services

Bank Specialized
Overall moat score
36/100
Developing

Ranked against 399 peers in Banks - Regional

Key risks

  • Capital Adequacy Concerns Capital adequacy is concerning (score 0.39).
  • Weak Deposit Franchise Deposit franchise appears weak (profitability score 0.19).

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Deposit Franchise

Developing
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Where WSBCP ranks in Banks - Regional

WesBanco, Inc. - Depositary Sha ranks #288 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional by moat score — the top 73%. The widest moat in the group is 1st Source Corporation (SRCE) at 86/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
284 First Citizens BancShares, Inc. FCNCO 37/100 Developing
285 First Citizens BancShares, Inc. FCNCP 37/100 Developing
286 Banco Bradesco Sa BBDO 36/100 Developing
287 VersaBank VBNK 36/100 Developing
288 WesBanco, Inc. - Depositary Sha WSBCP 36/100 Developing
289 Coastal Financial Corporation CCB 35/100 Developing
290 Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. DCOM 35/100 Developing
291 IF Bancorp, Inc. IROQ 35/100 Developing
292 BankFinancial Corporation BFIN 35/100 Developing

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How WSBCP scores on the Bank Specialized defenses

Deposit Franchise

Score 38 · 22% of the moat score

A deposit franchise is the cheapest and most valuable thing a bank can own.

Lending Advantage

Score 28 · 18% of the moat score

Lending advantage is the ability to originate loans at attractive spreads without buying that volume with looser credit standards.

Capital Strength

Score 31 · 20% of the moat score

Capital is the buffer between loan losses and insolvency, and it is what regulators judge a bank on first.

Cost Discipline

Score 24 · 16% of the moat score

Banking carries high fixed costs in branches, compliance and technology, so what it costs to run the bank relative to what the bank earns is a genuine competitive variable.

Revenue Diversification

Score 58 · 14% of the moat score

A bank earning everything from net interest income is a leveraged bet on the rate cycle.

Risk Management

Score 43 · 10% of the moat score

Risk management is the defense that only reveals itself late.

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Understanding WSBCP's moat

What is WesBanco, Inc. - Depositary Sha's moat score?

WesBanco, Inc. - Depositary Sha (WSBCP) scores 36 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #288 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional, the top 73%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 399 companies in Banks - Regional. Its strongest defense is Revenue Diversification (58/100) and its weakest is Cost Discipline (24/100).

How does WesBanco, Inc. - Depositary Sha compare with other Banks - Regional companies?

WesBanco, Inc. - Depositary Sha ranks #288 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional by moat score. The widest moat in Banks - Regional is 1st Source Corporation (SRCE) at 86/100. The companies ranked closest are VersaBank (VBNK) at 36 just above it and Coastal Financial Corporation (CCB) at 35 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Bank Specialized in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 399 companies in Banks - Regional. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is WesBanco, Inc. - Depositary Sha scored with the Bank Specialized template?

A bank does not sell a product at a margin. It funds itself, lends at a spread, and books profits that remain an estimate until the loans are actually repaid. That makes the usual margin-and-return questions misleading, so the Bank template scores what really determines a bank's durability: where its funding comes from, what it lends against, how much capital stands behind it, and whether it has been pricing risk honestly.

Which competitive defenses are measured for WesBanco, Inc. - Depositary Sha?

The Bank Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and WSBCP scores: Deposit Franchise (38), Lending Advantage (28), Capital Strength (31), Cost Discipline (24), Revenue Diversification (58), Risk Management (43). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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