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Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL) Competitors

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WAL vs. MTB, FCNCA, FITB, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, WBS, and PNFP

Should you be buying Western Alliance Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Alliance Bancorporation include M&T Bank (MTB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), and Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Western Alliance Bancorporation vs.

Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL) and M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

79.2% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of M&T Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of M&T Bank shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, M&T Bank had 10 more articles in the media than Western Alliance Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for M&T Bank and 6 mentions for Western Alliance Bancorporation. Western Alliance Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat M&T Bank's score of 1.07 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
M&T Bank
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Western Alliance Bancorporation has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M&T Bank has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Western Alliance Bancorporation currently has a consensus price target of $98.07, indicating a potential upside of 9.06%. M&T Bank has a consensus price target of $221.68, indicating a potential upside of 12.17%. Given M&T Bank's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe M&T Bank is more favorable than Western Alliance Bancorporation.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Western Alliance Bancorporation
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93
M&T Bank
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.41

Western Alliance Bancorporation received 284 more outperform votes than M&T Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.00% of users gave Western Alliance Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 45.76% of users gave M&T Bank an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Western Alliance BancorporationOutperform Votes
532
66.00%
Underperform Votes
274
34.00%
M&T BankOutperform Votes
248
45.76%
Underperform Votes
294
54.24%

M&T Bank has a net margin of 19.24% compared to Western Alliance Bancorporation's net margin of 15.49%. Western Alliance Bancorporation's return on equity of 13.14% beat M&T Bank's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Western Alliance Bancorporation15.49% 13.14% 1.01%
M&T Bank 19.24%10.12%1.25%

Western Alliance Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Western Alliance Bancorporation pays out 21.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. M&T Bank pays out 36.9% 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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Western Alliance Bancorporation$5.08B1.95$787.70M$7.1012.67
M&T Bank$13.45B2.44$2.59B$14.6313.51

Summary

M&T Bank beats Western Alliance Bancorporation on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WAL vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Alliance BancorporationState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.90B$3.22B$11.81B$20.28B
Dividend Yield1.65%3.58%5.73%3.66%
P/E Ratio12.6724.4924.3949.36
Price / Sales1.952.2725.9816.06
Price / Cash11.4410.8317.9220.99
Price / Book1.701.262.685.22
Net Income$787.70M$372.21M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.45%-1.05%-0.44%0.77%
1 Month Performance-2.60%0.56%1.18%0.45%
1 Year Performance53.98%24.40%16.55%16.41%

Western Alliance Bancorporation Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WAL
Western Alliance Bancorporation
4.9718 of 5 stars
$86.02
-4.1%
$98.07
+14.0%
+49.5%$9.49B$5.08B12.143,260Positive News
MTB
M&T Bank
4.8928 of 5 stars
$198.75
+0.8%
$221.68
+11.5%
+43.9%$32.98B$13.45B13.5922,223Dividend Announcement
Positive News
FCNCA
First Citizens BancShares
4.8706 of 5 stars
$2,141.49
+1.6%
$2,323.50
+8.5%
+40.2%$29.96B$14.97B11.3016,021Short Interest ↓
Positive News
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.5416 of 5 stars
$44.06
+1.1%
$46.75
+6.1%
+29.0%$29.54B$13.28B14.0318,724
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9327 of 5 stars
$16.73
+0.7%
$18.06
+7.9%
+28.7%$24.31B$11.96B13.6019,955Positive News
RF
Regions Financial
4.9169 of 5 stars
$24.32
+1.1%
$27.67
+13.8%
+30.5%$22.10B$9.37B12.5320,101Positive News
KEY
KeyCorp
4.9486 of 5 stars
$17.73
+1.4%
$19.69
+11.1%
+23.8%$17.57B$9.24B-59.0817,333
EWBC
East West Bancorp
4.3529 of 5 stars
$98.57
+0.9%
$110.38
+12.0%
+36.0%$13.66B$4.53B11.833,206Analyst Downgrade
FHN
First Horizon
4.7462 of 5 stars
$22.11
+0.5%
$22.04
-0.3%
+53.0%$11.72B$3.19B16.257,378
WBS
Webster Financial
4.8358 of 5 stars
$59.08
+0.2%
$62.08
+5.1%
+22.2%$10.13B$4.18B13.524,261Insider Trade
Positive News
PNFP
Pinnacle Financial Partners
4.7152 of 5 stars
$120.24
+0.3%
$125.18
+4.1%
+40.4%$9.29B$3.07B20.113,357Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:WAL) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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