Premier Financial Corp. Common Stock

PFC

Market cap $1.01B

WHEELING, W.Va., Feb. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- WesBanco, Inc. ("WesBanco") (Nasdaq: WSBC), a diversified, multi-state bank holding company, today announced the successful closing of the previously announced acquisition of Premier Financial Corp. ("Premier") (Nasdaq: PFC).

WHEELING, W.Va. , Feb. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- WesBanco, Inc. ("WesBanco") (Nasdaq: WSBC) and Premier Financial Corp. ("Premier") (Nasdaq: PFC) today announced that they have received all necessary regulatory approvals for the pending merger of Premier with and into WesBanco.

BBDC, NE and PFC made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) income stocks list on February 4, 2025.

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Premier Financial (PFC) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.63 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.51 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.56 per share a year ago.

DEFIANCE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Premier Financial Corp. Announces Full Year 2024 Results.

WHEELING, W.Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WesBanco, Inc. and Premier Financial Corp. Announce Shareholder Approvals of Merger Agreement.

WHEELING, W.Va. , Dec. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- WesBanco, Inc. ("WesBanco") (Nasdaq: WSBC) and Premier Financial Corp. ("Premier") (Nasdaq: PFC) today announced that WesBanco's shareholders and Premier's shareholders have each voted overwhelmingly to adopt and approve, as applicable, all proposals relating to the previously announced merger agreement for WesBanco to acquire Premier.

NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Former Attorney General of Louisiana Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq. and the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC (“KSF”) are investigating the proposed sale of Premier Financial Corp. (NasdaqGS: PFC) to WesBanco, Inc. (NasdaqGS: WSBC). Under the terms of the proposed transaction, shareholders of Premier will receive 0.80 of a share of WesBanco common stock for each share of Premier that they own. KSF is seeking to determine whether this consideration and the process.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Premier Financial (PFC) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended September 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.