Dividends

WABCWestamerica Bancorporation

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+0.4% today · +29.5% over a year

10/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 93% of the instruments we score

Trend, Stability, Dividend safety: among the best of its peers. Dividend yield 3.16%.

Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC) dividends: trailing yield 3.16%, Dividend Safety 100/100, not lowered for 25 years, 5-year growth 2.9% a year.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
3.16%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
3.20%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$1.90
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
100 / 100
Very safe

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
3.16% → 2.61%
Forward
3.20% → 2.63%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (United States)
15.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
82.35%
  • Source country assumed: United States (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 2.61%

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

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Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+2.9%
Years without a lower dividend
25
Years without a cut of over 10 %
25
Payout ratio (earnings)
41%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
40%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2017 $1.57, 2018 $1.60, 2019 $1.63, 2020 $1.64, 2021 $1.65, 2022 $1.68, 2023 $1.72, 2024 $1.76, 2025 $1.822017: $1.572018: $1.602019: $1.632020: $1.642021: $1.652022: $1.682023: $1.722024: $1.762025: $1.82

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
02 Nov 202613 Nov 2026$0.48RegularVerified3
03 Aug 202617 Aug 2026$0.48RegularVerified2
04 May 202618 May 2026$0.48RegularVerified2
02 Feb 202616 Feb 2026$0.46RegularVerified2

Each payment is checked against up to 3 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.

Similar dividend payers

Same sector and region, closest in dividend yield.

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