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WABC Insider Trading

Insider Ownership Percentage: 5.90%
Insider Buying (Last 12 Months): $24,870.51
Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $143,136.11

Westamerica Bancorporation Insider Trading History Chart

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Westamerica Bancorporation Share Price & Price History

Current Price: $51.83
Price Change: ▲ Price Increase of +0.406 (0.79%)
As of 03/31/2026 12:03 PM ET

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Westamerica Bancorporation Insider Trading History

Transaction DateInsider NameTitleBuy/SellNumber of SharesAverage Share PriceTotal TransactionShares Held After TransactionDetails
4/29/2025Inez WondehDirectorBuy451$48.51$21,878.01946View SEC Filing Icon  
4/28/2025John A ThorsonSVPSell2,243$48.57$108,942.5111,591View SEC Filing Icon  
4/24/2025Martin CamseyDirectorBuy63$47.50$2,992.5063View SEC Filing Icon  
4/24/2025Robert James Baker, Jr.SVPSell710$48.16$34,193.60View SEC Filing Icon  
1/29/2025Robert James Baker JrSVPSell248$51.76$12,836.481,270View SEC Filing Icon  
7/22/2024Robert James Baker JrSVPSell705$52.73$37,174.65244View SEC Filing Icon  
4/29/2024George Steve EnsingerSVPSell635$47.61$30,232.354,073View SEC Filing Icon  
4/23/2024Alisa Jane BelewDirectorBuy208$47.80$9,942.40208View SEC Filing Icon  
4/22/2024John A. ThorsonCFOSell1,100$47.24$51,964.00View SEC Filing Icon  
2/1/2024David L PayneCEOSell11,272$46.79$527,416.88242,417View SEC Filing Icon  
1/30/2024David L PayneCEOSell10,000$49.51$495,100.00268,689View SEC Filing Icon  
1/25/2024David L PayneCEOSell15,000$49.75$746,250.00288,689View SEC Filing Icon  
1/23/2024David L PayneCEOSell8,728$50.95$444,691.60333,689View SEC Filing Icon  
8/3/2023Curtis BeltonVPSell464$49.04$22,754.56View SEC Filing Icon  
7/25/2023Curtis BeltonVPSell26$48.75$1,267.50View SEC Filing Icon  
5/4/2023Michele R HassidDirectorBuy265$37.70$9,990.50623View SEC Filing Icon  
4/27/2023Inez WondehDirectorBuy495$40.38$19,988.10495View SEC Filing Icon  
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SEC Filings (Institutional Ownership Changes) for Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC)

81.89% of Westamerica Bancorporation stock is owned by institutions. Institutional ownership can be a sign of analyst confidence in the fundamentals of the stock.

Institutional Buying and Selling by Quarter

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Westamerica Bancorporation Institutional Trading History

Reporting DateHedge FundShares HeldMarket Value% of PortfolioQuarterly Change in SharesOwnership in CompanyDetails
3/20/2026Hsbc Holdings PLC11,945$0.57M0.0%N/A0.049%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/19/2026T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc.238,981$11.43M0.0%-3.1%0.959%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/19/2026Invesco Ltd.113,646$5.44M0.0%-8.3%0.456%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV9,631$0.46M0.0%+22.7%0.039%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026State of Tennessee Department of Treasury10,623$0.54M0.0%+60.0%0.043%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Voloridge Investment Management LLC4,847$0.23M0.0%-75.2%0.019%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026SummitTX Capital L.P.4,587$0.22M0.0%N/A0.018%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Tudor Investment Corp ET AL36,665$1.75M0.0%-22.8%0.147%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Numerai GP LLC38,346$1.83M0.2%+29.2%0.154%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Oxford Asset Management LLP7,329$0.35M0.1%N/A0.029%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Palisade Capital Management LP318,597$15.24M0.5%-13.7%1.278%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Millennium Management LLC340,009$16.26M0.0%-14.8%1.364%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Man Group plc36,288$1.74M0.0%+120.0%0.146%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Inspire Investing LLC9,778$0.47M0.0%+7.8%0.039%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Engineers Gate Manager LP10,492$0.50M0.0%-56.2%0.042%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Balyasny Asset Management L.P.16,356$0.78M0.0%+302.8%0.066%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC4,890$0.23M0.0%-77.9%0.020%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026AQR Capital Management LLC381,832$18.26M0.0%+35.9%1.532%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Trexquant Investment LP55,918$2.68M0.0%N/A0.224%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD33,177$1.59M0.0%+15.0%0.133%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc.215,771$10.32M0.0%-12.5%0.866%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Weiss Asset Management LP5,709$0.27M0.0%N/A0.023%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Captrust Financial Advisors4,762$0.23M0.0%N/A0.019%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Royal Bank of Canada14,761$0.71M0.0%+1.7%0.059%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Maltese Capital Management LLC68,000$3.25M0.6%-36.2%0.273%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/16/2026Mariner LLC17,812$0.85M0.0%+114.2%0.071%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/16/2026Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund22,713$1.09M0.0%N/A0.091%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/16/2026Barclays PLC45,527$2.18M0.0%+16.9%0.183%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Marshall Wace LLP11,128$0.53M0.0%N/A0.045%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company 10,351$0.50M0.0%-7.6%0.042%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co23,848$1.14M0.0%-29.1%0.096%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc.39,137$1.87M0.0%-3.6%0.157%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Public Sector Pension Investment Board86,306$4.13M0.0%-13.1%0.346%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Rafferty Asset Management LLC21,536$1.03M0.0%-11.8%0.086%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026First Trust Advisors LP79,834$3.82M0.0%-9.3%0.320%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.298,471$14.28M0.0%+5.0%1.197%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026State Street Corp1,221,379$58.42M0.0%-0.5%4.899%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Ieq Capital LLC59,478$2.85M0.0%+36.0%0.239%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC42,725$2.04M0.0%+0.5%0.171%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Wells Fargo & Company MN35,383$1.69M0.0%+33.5%0.142%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Quadrant Capital Group LLC1,108$53K0.0%+7,286.7%0.004%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/12/2026Jane Street Group LLC66,724$3.19M0.0%-0.6%0.268%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/12/2026HRT Financial LP11,039$0.53M0.0%-65.9%0.044%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/12/2026Brooklyn Investment Group6,034$0.30M0.0%N/A0.024%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/12/2026MetLife Investment Management LLC228,658$10.94M0.1%+46.7%0.917%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/12/2026RBO & Co. LLC286,840$13.72M2.2%-3.4%1.150%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/12/2026Commonwealth Equity Services LLC37,755$1.81M0.0%-8.5%0.151%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/12/2026Renaissance Technologies LLC95,531$4.57M0.0%+6.7%0.383%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/12/2026Dimensional Fund Advisors LP897,572$42.93M0.0%+0.4%3.600%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/12/2026New York State Common Retirement Fund129,418$6.19M0.0%-15.8%0.519%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/12/2026Swiss National Bank47,800$2.29M0.0%-6.3%0.192%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/12/2026Nuveen LLC354,890$16.97M0.0%-0.8%1.423%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/11/2026Meeder Asset Management Inc.8,127$0.39M0.0%+25.9%0.033%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/11/2026Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund13,718$0.66M0.0%-2.7%0.055%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/11/2026Deutsche Bank AG22,587$1.08M0.0%+5.8%0.091%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/11/2026Cerity Partners LLC24,570$1.18M0.0%+53.2%0.099%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/11/2026LPL Financial LLC25,858$1.24M0.0%+14.6%0.104%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/11/2026Franklin Resources Inc.11,060$0.53M0.0%+22.4%0.044%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/11/2026Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC53,476$2.56M0.0%-3.8%0.215%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/11/2026O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC11,772$0.56M0.0%+73.3%0.047%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/11/2026JPMorgan Chase & Co.86,449$4.14M0.0%-12.0%0.347%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/11/2026Los Angeles Capital Management LLC3,962$0.19M0.0%-36.0%0.016%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/11/2026WINTON GROUP Ltd46,347$2.22M0.1%+92.1%0.186%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/11/2026Parallel Advisors LLC635$30K0.0%-40.8%0.003%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/10/2026Goldman Sachs Group Inc.259,340$12.40M0.0%+26.2%1.040%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/10/2026Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS6,173$0.30M0.0%-4.8%0.025%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/10/2026Intech Investment Management LLC10,399$0.50M0.0%-30.5%0.042%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/10/2026IFG Advisory LLC37,972$1.82M0.1%-18.1%0.152%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/9/2026Geode Capital Management LLC606,467$29.01M0.0%-2.9%2.432%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/9/2026AlphaQuest LLC28,550$1.37M0.1%-4.8%0.115%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/9/2026Royce & Associates LP42,934$2.05M0.0%-1.6%0.172%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/9/2026Jefferies Financial Group Inc.6,500$0.31M0.0%N/A0.026%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/6/2026EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC1,171$56K0.0%+19.9%0.005%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/6/2026FourThought Financial Partners LLC5,040$0.24M0.0%N/A0.020%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/6/2026PNC Financial Services Group Inc.1,055$50K0.0%+49.9%0.004%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/5/2026Leeward Investments LLC MA141,929$6.79M0.3%-0.6%0.569%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/5/2026Allworth Financial LP4,482$0.21M0.0%-36.4%0.018%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/3/2026Denali Advisors LLC17,800$0.85M0.1%-83.0%0.071%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/2/2026Horizon Investments LLC12,728$0.61M0.0%+11.1%0.051%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/30/2026New York State Teachers Retirement System36,624$1.75M0.0%-0.7%0.147%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/29/2026Comerica Bank5,571$0.27M0.0%-21.8%0.022%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/29/2026D.A. Davidson & CO.7,459$0.36M0.0%-6.4%0.030%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/29/2026UBS Group AG457,206$21.87M0.0%+279.4%1.834%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/29/2026Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky6,442$0.31M0.0%-13.5%0.026%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/29/2026Vanguard Group Inc.3,170,769$151.66M0.0%-0.4%12.719%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/28/2026Arizona State Retirement System6,762$0.32M0.0%-12.6%0.027%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/26/2026CWM LLC24,952$1.19M0.0%+27.4%0.100%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/23/2026Farther Finance Advisors LLC1,461$70K0.0%+10,335.7%0.006%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/21/2026Yousif Capital Management LLC6,759$0.34M0.0%-14.4%0.027%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/14/2026Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc.10,602$0.51M0.0%+25.4%0.043%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/9/2026SG Americas Securities LLC32,499$1.55M0.0%+87.4%0.130%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/8/2026Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC13,653$0.66M0.0%+16.6%0.055%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/1/2026JPMorgan Chase & Co.98,266$4.91M0.0%+43.9%0.394%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/1/2026Tudor Investment Corp ET AL47,476$2.37M0.0%+4.1%0.190%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
12/9/2025Tudor Investment Corp ET AL47,476$2.37M0.0%+4.1%0.190%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
12/2/2025Allworth Financial LP7,052$0.35M0.0%+55.6%0.028%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc.40,607$2.03M0.0%-24.3%0.163%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co33,632$1.67M0.0%+3.9%0.135%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Dark Forest Capital Management LP44,092$2.20M0.1%+1.5%0.177%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Susquehanna International Group LLP13,175$0.66M0.0%-83.9%0.053%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
Data available starting January 2016

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Westamerica Bancorporation logo
Westamerica Bancorporation operates as a bank holding company for the Westamerica Bank that provides various banking products and services to individual and commercial customers. The company accepts various deposit products, including retail savings and checking accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio includes commercial, commercial and residential real estate, real estate construction, and consumer installment loans, as well as indirect automobile loans. The company was formerly known as Independent Bankshares Corporation and changed its name to Westamerica Bancorporation in 1983. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in San Rafael, California.
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Today's Range

Now: $51.83
Low: $51.50
High: $52.05

50 Day Range

MA: $51.13
Low: $49.61
High: $53.08

52 Week Range

Now: $51.83
Low: $42.00
High: $53.48

Volume

33,271 shs

Average Volume

182,631 shs

Market Capitalization

$1.25 billion

P/E Ratio

11.44

Dividend Yield

3.60%

Beta

0.61

Who are the company insiders with the largest holdings of Westamerica Bancorporation?

Westamerica Bancorporation's top insider shareholders include:
  1. David L Payne (CEO)
  2. Edward B Sylvester (Director)
  3. Dennis R Hansen (SVP)
  4. John A Thorson (CFO)
  5. John A Thorson (SVP)
  6. James J Schneck (VP)
  7. George S Ensinger (SVP)
  8. Robert James Baker Jr (SVP)
  9. Inez Wondeh (Director)
  10. Michele R Hassid (Director)
Learn More about top insider investors at Westamerica Bancorporation.

Who are the major institutional investors of Westamerica Bancorporation?

Westamerica Bancorporation's top institutional shareholders include:
  1. Vanguard Group Inc. — 12.72%
  2. State Street Corp — 4.90%
  3. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP — 3.60%
  4. Geode Capital Management LLC — 2.43%
  5. UBS Group AG — 1.83%
  6. AQR Capital Management LLC — 1.53%
Learn More about top institutional investors of Westamerica Bancorporation stock.

Which major investors are selling Westamerica Bancorporation stock?

In the previous quarter, WABC stock was sold by these institutional investors:
  1. Denali Advisors LLC
  2. Millennium Management LLC
  3. Palisade Capital Management LP
  4. Maltese Capital Management LLC
  5. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc.
  6. New York State Common Retirement Fund
  7. HRT Financial LP
  8. Geode Capital Management LLC
Within the last year, company insiders that have sold Westamerica Bancorporation company stock include:
  1. David L Payne (CEO)
  2. Edward B Sylvester (Director)
Learn More investors selling Westamerica Bancorporation stock.

Which major investors are buying Westamerica Bancorporation stock?

During the last quarter, WABC stock was bought by institutional investors including:
  1. UBS Group AG
  2. AQR Capital Management LLC
  3. MetLife Investment Management LLC
  4. Trexquant Investment LP
  5. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
  6. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund
  7. WINTON GROUP Ltd
  8. Man Group plc
During the previous year, these company insiders have bought Westamerica Bancorporation stock:
  1. David L Payne (CEO)
  2. Edward B Sylvester (Director)
  3. Dennis R Hansen (SVP)
Learn More investors buying Westamerica Bancorporation stock.

Westamerica Bancorporation Active Insiders

Mr. David L. Payne
Mr. David L. Payne
Chairman, President & CEO
Mr. Jesse Leavitt
Sr. VP & CFO
George S Ensinger
George S Ensinger (Age 72)
SVP