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Profile - Westamerica Bancorp. (NasdaqNM:WABC)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 17Dividend payment of $0.21
Location
1108 Fifth Avenue
San Rafael, CA 94901
Phone: (707) 863-8000
Employees (last reported count): 1,095
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: Regional Banks
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 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 12%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider buys; 1,000  shares
 · 3 insider sells; 12.0K shares
  (0.3% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 45% (51% of float)
(271 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 114.0K shares (+0.72%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Westamerica Bancorporation is a bank holding company. The Company provides a full range of banking services to individual and corporate customers in Northern and Central California through its subsidiary bank, Westamerica Bank (WAB). WAB is engaged in the banking business through 94 offices in 24 counties in Northern and Central California. The Company also owns Community Banker Services Corporation, a company engaged in providing the Company and its subsidiaries data processing services and other support functions. As of December 31, 2000, the Company had consolidated assets of approximately $4.03 billion, deposits of approximately $3.24 billion and shareholders' equity of approximately $337.7 million. The Company owns 39 branch office locations and one administrative building and leases 77 banking offices.
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Financial Summary
Westamerica Bancorporation is a bank holding company for Westamerica Bank and Bank. For the six months ended 6/30/01, total interest income rose 1% to $132.1 million. Net interest income after loan loss prov. rose 5% to $90.3 million. Net income rose 6% to $41.2 million. Net interest income reflects higher earning-asset yields and lower interest-bearing liabilities. Net income reflects increased service charges related to demand deposits and overdraft.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

David Payne, 46
Pres, CEO, Chairman
$940K--  
Jennifer Finger, 47
Sr. VP, CFO
374K--  
E. Joseph Bowler, 65
Sr. VP, Treasurer
--  --  
Dennis Hansen, 51
Sr. VP, Controller
--  --  
Robert Entwisle, 54
Sr. VP, Banking Division of WAB
337K$876K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:WABCAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 1-Sep-2000
$30.25 
Recent Price$39.08 
52-Week High
on 28-Dec-2000
$43.938
Beta0.86 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)96.9K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)148.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+26.6%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+69.8%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.37B
Shares Outstanding35.1M
Float30.9M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.84 
Dividend Yield2.15%
Last Split: 3 for 1 on 26-Feb-1998
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$9.03 
Earnings (ttm)$2.24 
Earnings (mrq)$0.58 
Sales (ttm)$7.38 
Cash (mrq)$5.46 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)4.33 
Price/Earnings (ttm)17.44 
Price/Sales (ttm)5.29 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$270.4M
EBITDAN/A 
Income available to common (ttm)$82.1M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)30.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)2.09%
Return on Equity (ttm)25.45%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Long-Term Debt/Equity (mrq)0.09 
Total Cash (mrq)$192.4M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short588.0K
Percent of Float1.9%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
625.0K
Short Ratio5.88 
Daily Volume100.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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