WABC - Westamerica Bancorporation
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.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $53.87, ATM IV 42.6%, max pain $45.00, net GEX $19.8K.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Banks - Regional
- Market Cap
- $1.26B
- P/E Ratio
- 11.64
- Beta
- 0.56
- 52-Week Range
- 44.93-56.22
- Dividend Yield
- $1.86
- CEO
- David L. Payne
- Employees
- 616
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
What WABC Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 26.2% is subdued relative to the 1-year history, conditions that typically favor premium-buying or long-volatility structures (debit spreads, calendar spreads, long straddles); positive net gamma exposure ($19.8K) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.005) is roughly flat across the wings.
What This Page Covers
The WABC overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked WABC overview questions
- What is WABC?
- WABC is the ticker symbol for Westamerica Bancorporation, a listed security. 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. Listed on NASDAQ. WABC is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the WABC options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the WABC options snapshot shows spot at $53.87, ATM IV 42.6%, IV rank 26.2%, max pain $45.00, net GEX $19.8K, expected move 12.21%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are WABC's key statistics?
- Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC) carries a market capitalization of $1.26B, trailing P/E ratio of 11.64, beta of 0.56 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 44.93-56.22. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does WABC belong to?
- Westamerica Bancorporation operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Banks - Regional industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare WABC's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the WABC data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).