WAL vs. BPOP, WTFC, SSB, CBSH, PB, HOMB, UBSI, GBCI, FFIN, and COLB
Should you be buying Western Alliance Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Alliance Bancorporation include Popular (BPOP), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), SouthState (SSB), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), United Bankshares (UBSI), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), and Columbia Banking System (COLB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Popular (NASDAQ:BPOP) and Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Popular pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Western Alliance Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Popular pays out 36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western Alliance Bancorporation pays out 21.6% 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. Popular has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Western Alliance Bancorporation has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Popular is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Western Alliance Bancorporation received 61 more outperform votes than Popular when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.36% of users gave Western Alliance Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 65.11% of users gave Popular an outperform vote.
87.3% of Popular shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.2% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Popular shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Western Alliance Bancorporation had 6 more articles in the media than Popular. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Western Alliance Bancorporation and 30 mentions for Popular. Western Alliance Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Popular's score of 0.19 indicating that Popular is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Western Alliance Bancorporation has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Popular. Western Alliance Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Popular, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Popular currently has a consensus target price of $99.89, suggesting a potential upside of 15.37%. Western Alliance Bancorporation has a consensus target price of $70.56, suggesting a potential upside of 20.25%. Given Popular's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Western Alliance Bancorporation is more favorable than Popular.
Western Alliance Bancorporation has a net margin of 16.50% compared to Western Alliance Bancorporation's net margin of 11.95%. Popular's return on equity of 14.99% beat Western Alliance Bancorporation's return on equity.
Popular has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Alliance Bancorporation has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Western Alliance Bancorporation beats Popular on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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