--- title: "Westamerica Bancorporation Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend | WABC Stock News" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/293642056.md" description: "Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ: WABC) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.48 per share on common stock. The record date is August 3, 2026, with payment scheduled for August 14, 2026. CEO David Payne cited the company's reliable earnings and financial strength as justification. This announcement follows the reporting of $27.4 million in net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2026." datetime: "2026-07-23T07:41:00.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/293642056.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/293642056.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/293642056.md) --- # Westamerica Bancorporation Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend | WABC Stock News See more from StockTitan in Google Search and AI answers.Adds StockTitan as a preferred source · opens Google Add on Google SAN RAFAEL, Calif., July 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ: WABC) today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.48 per share on common stock outstanding to shareholders of record at the close of business August 3, 2026. The dividend is payable August 14, 2026. Chairman, President and CEO David Payne stated, “This quarterly dividend recognizes Westamerica’s reliable earnings stream, financial strength and conservative risk profile.” On July 16, 2026, Westamerica reported $27.4 million in net income for the three months ended June 30, 2026, or $1.17 diluted earnings per common share. Westamerica Bancorporation, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Westamerica Bank, operates banking and trust offices throughout Northern and Central California. _Westamerica Bancorporation Web Address:_ www.westamerica.com For additional information contact: Westamerica Bancorporation 1108 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901 Robert A. Thorson – Investor Relations Contact 707-863-6090 investments@westamerica.com FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION: The following appears in accordance with the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This press release may contain forward-looking statements about the Company, including descriptions of plans or objectives of its management for future operations, products or services, and forecasts of its revenues, earnings or other measures of economic performance. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They often include the words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "estimate," or words of similar meaning, or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "would," "should," "could," or "may." Forward-looking statements, by their nature, are subject to risks and uncertainties. A number of factors — many of which are beyond the Company's control — could cause actual conditions, events or results to differ significantly from those described in the forward-looking statements. The Company's most recent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the annual report for the year ended December 31, 2025 filed on Form 10-K and quarterly report for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 filed on Form 10-Q, describe some of these factors, including certain credit, interest rate, operational, liquidity and market risks associated with the Company's business and operations. Other factors described in these reports include changes in business and economic conditions, competition, fiscal and monetary policies, disintermediation, cyber security risks, legislation including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, and mergers and acquisitions. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. The Company does not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date forward looking statements are made. ### Related Stocks - [WABC.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/WABC.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [Westamerica Bancorporation $WABC Shares Purchased by First Trust Advisors LP](https://longbridge.com/en/news/294656452.md) - [Westamerica Bancorporation Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results | WABC Stock News](https://longbridge.com/en/news/292924875.md) - [Apple declares Q3 2026 distribution of R$ 0.05 per unit, payable Aug. 19](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296137926.md) - [Bio-Techne declares Q3 2026 distribution of R$ 0.01 per unit, payable Sept. 3](https://longbridge.com/en/news/295953690.md) - [3M announces BRL 0.69 per unit dividend for Q3 2026](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296241022.md)