Company: WSBC
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000950170-25-030795
Chunk: 152

Company: WESBANCO INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 152
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 stock can be volatile and could be subject to wide fluctuations in price in response to various factors, some of which are beyond our control. Some of these factors include, without limitation:

•prevailing market conditions;

•our financial and operating results;

•estimates of our business potential and earnings prospects;

•an overall assessment of our management;

•changes in interest rates;

•business interruptions, such as may result from natural disasters, health concerns such as the coronavirus or other events;

•our performance relative to our peers;

•market demand for our shares;

•perceptions of the banking industry in general;

•political influences on investor sentiment; and

•consumer confidence.

At times, the stock markets, including the Nasdaq Stock Market, on which our common stock is listed, may experience significant price and volume fluctuations. As a result, the market price of our common stock is likely to be similarly volatile and investors in our common stock may experience a decrease in the value of their shares, including decreases unrelated to our operating performance or prospects. 

In addition, following periods of volatility in the overall market and the market price of a company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been instituted against companies. This litigation, if instituted against us, could result in substantial costs and a diversion of our management’s attention and resources.