Wesbanco, Inc’s recent filing unveils that its SEVP & Chief Financial Officer Daniel K Weiss acquired Company’s shares for reported $100000.0 on Sep 17 ’25. In the deal valued at $25.00 per share,4,000 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, Daniel K Weiss now holds 4,000 shares worth roughly $0.13 million.
Then, Robinson Joseph R bought 8,000 shares, generating $200,000 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $25.00, the Director now owns 8,000 shares.
Before that, Proctor Gregory S JR bought 2,000 shares. Wesbanco, Inc shares valued at $50,000 were divested by the Director at a price of $25.00 per share. As a result of the transaction, Proctor Gregory S JR now holds 2,000 shares, worth roughly $63980.0.
A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Keefe Bruyette’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in early February from “a Mkt perform” to “an Outperform”. Raymond James also remained covering WSBC and has increased its forecast on December 06, 2024 with a “Strong buy” recommendation from previously “an Outperform” rating. Hovde Group maintained its rating on July 29, 2024. It rated WSBC as “an Outperform”.
Price Performance Review of WSBC
On Friday, Wesbanco, Inc [NASDAQ:WSBC] saw its stock fall -4.05% to $31.99. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -2.47%. Wesbanco, Inc shares have risen nearly 9.89% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -1.69% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Wesbanco, Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Wesbanco, Inc stocks on 2025-09-30, growing by 1.41 million shares to a total of 2.79 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-08-29 was 1.38 million shares. There was a rise of 50.39%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on April 24, 2024 when Hovde Group resumed its ‘”an Outperform”‘ rating for the stock and retained the price target to $34.