WAL vs. FCNCA, FITB, MTB, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, WBS, and CBSH
Should you be buying Western Alliance Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Alliance Bancorporation include First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), M&T Bank (MTB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), and Commerce Bancshares (CBSH). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL) and First Citizens BancShares (NASDAQ:FCNCA) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
79.2% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.2% of First Citizens BancShares shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of First Citizens BancShares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Western Alliance Bancorporation presently has a consensus target price of $72.47, indicating a potential upside of 14.97%. First Citizens BancShares has a consensus target price of $1,829.90, indicating a potential upside of 7.74%. Given Western Alliance Bancorporation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Western Alliance Bancorporation is more favorable than First Citizens BancShares.
Western Alliance Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. First Citizens BancShares pays an annual dividend of $6.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Western Alliance Bancorporation pays out 21.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Citizens BancShares pays out 3.6% 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 received 330 more outperform votes than First Citizens BancShares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.41% of users gave Western Alliance Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 56.51% of users gave First Citizens BancShares an outperform vote.
Western Alliance Bancorporation has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Citizens BancShares has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Citizens BancShares has higher revenue and earnings than Western Alliance Bancorporation. Western Alliance Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Citizens BancShares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, First Citizens BancShares had 8 more articles in the media than Western Alliance Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for First Citizens BancShares and 3 mentions for Western Alliance Bancorporation. Western Alliance Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat First Citizens BancShares' score of 0.65 indicating that Western Alliance Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Citizens BancShares has a net margin of 18.22% compared to Western Alliance Bancorporation's net margin of 16.50%. First Citizens BancShares' return on equity of 15.48% beat Western Alliance Bancorporation's return on equity.
Summary
Western Alliance Bancorporation and First Citizens BancShares tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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