** Shares of regional lender WesBanco WSBC.O jump as much as 9.3%; last up 6.1% at $33.67
** Bank late Wednesday posted Q4 adjusted EPS of 71 cents, topping Wall Street expectation of 55 cents — LSEG
** WSBC's Q4 loans were up $1 bln, or 8.7%, compared with a year earlier, driven by commercial loan growth
** Q4 net interest income jumped 7.4% to $126.5 mln due to loan growth, and higher loan and securities yields
** Net interest margin $(NIM)$ — a key gauge of profitability — was 3.03% in Q4, an improvement of 8 basis points sequentially and 1 basis point compared with a year earlier
** D.A. Davidson analyst Manuel Navas says WSBC is on the path to stand out on growth and NIM expansion this year compared to its peers
** Raymond James says it was a strong all-round quarter coupled with solid balance sheet growth
** WSBC stock rose 3.7% in 2024
(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)
((ArasuKannagi.Basil@thomsonreuters.com))
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