FB Financial (FBK) Competitors

Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL) and FB Financial (NYSE:FBK) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.

Is WAL or FBK more profitable?

Western Alliance Bancorporation has a net margin of 16.50% compared to Western Alliance Bancorporation's net margin of 14.90%. FB Financial's return on equity of 14.77% beat Western Alliance Bancorporation's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Western Alliance Bancorporation	16.50%	14.77%	1.16%
FB Financial	14.90%	10.20%	1.15%

Which has more risk and volatility, WAL or FBK?

Western Alliance Bancorporation has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FB Financial has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in WAL or FBK?

79.2% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.4% of FB Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of FB Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is WAL or FBK a better dividend stock?

Western Alliance Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. FB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Western Alliance Bancorporation pays out 21.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FB Financial pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Western Alliance Bancorporation has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and FB Financial has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Western Alliance Bancorporation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate WAL or FBK?

Western Alliance Bancorporation presently has a consensus price target of $72.47, suggesting a potential upside of 18.02%. FB Financial has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.83%. Given FB Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Western Alliance Bancorporation is more favorable than FB Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Western Alliance Bancorporation	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
FB Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Which has higher earnings and valuation, WAL or FBK?

Western Alliance Bancorporation has higher revenue and earnings than FB Financial. Western Alliance Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FB Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Western Alliance Bancorporation	$4.32B	1.57	$722.40M	$6.86	8.95
FB Financial	$748.95M	2.29	$120.22M	$2.38	15.30

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WAL or FBK?

Western Alliance Bancorporation received 266 more outperform votes than FB Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.41% of users gave Western Alliance Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave FB Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Western Alliance Bancorporation	Outperform Votes 508 66.41%	Underperform Votes 257 33.59%
FB Financial	Outperform Votes 242 50.00%	Underperform Votes 242 50.00%

Does the media refer more to WAL or FBK?

In the previous week, Western Alliance Bancorporation and Western Alliance Bancorporation both had 9 articles in the media. FB Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Western Alliance Bancorporation's score of 0.75 indicating that Western Alliance Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Western Alliance Bancorporation	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FB Financial	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Western Alliance Bancorporation beats FB Financial on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.