WAL vs. MTB, FITB, FCNCA, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, SSB, and WBS
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), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), SouthState (SSB), and Webster Financial (WBS). 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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
Western Alliance Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. 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.
Western Alliance Bancorporation received 282 more outperform votes than M&T Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.92% of users gave Western Alliance Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 45.87% of users gave M&T Bank an outperform vote.
79.2% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of M&T Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of M&T Bank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Western Alliance Bancorporation presently has a consensus target price of $98.07, suggesting a potential upside of 21.69%. M&T Bank has a consensus target price of $219.97, suggesting a potential upside of 20.22%. Given Western Alliance Bancorporation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Western Alliance Bancorporation is more favorable than M&T Bank.
In the previous week, M&T Bank had 15 more articles in the media than Western Alliance Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for M&T Bank and 8 mentions for Western Alliance Bancorporation. M&T Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Western Alliance Bancorporation's score of 0.87 indicating that M&T Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Western Alliance Bancorporation has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M&T Bank has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
M&T Bank beats Western Alliance Bancorporation on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WAL) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
