Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL) Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Western Alliance Bancorporation in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 11 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" WAL shares.
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12 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Western Alliance Bancorporation's shares. Their WAL share price forecasts range from $32.00 to $92.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $59.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 66.8% from the stock's current price.
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Western Alliance Bancorporation's stock was trading at $59.56 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, WAL shares have decreased by 40.4% and is now trading at $35.52.
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Western Alliance Bancorporation saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 11,770,000 shares, an increase of 25.2% from the April 30th total of 9,400,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 11,010,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.1 days. Approximately 11.5% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 20th 2023.
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Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL) released its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 19th. The financial services provider reported $2.30 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.31 by $0.01. The financial services provider had revenue of $910.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $648.39 million. Western Alliance Bancorporation had a net margin of 28.75% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.73%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.22 EPS.

Western Alliance Bancorporation announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 2nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.36 per share on Friday, May 26th. This represents a $1.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 11th.
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Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL) pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.05%. WAL has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 16.44%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WAL will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.16% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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14 employees have rated Western Alliance Bancorporation Chief Executive Officer Kenneth A. Vecchione on Glassdoor.com. Kenneth A. Vecchione has an approval rating of 60% among the company's employees. This puts Kenneth A. Vecchione in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Western Alliance Bancorporation trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WAL."

Western Alliance Bancorporation's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (4.39%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (4.39%), State Street Corp (3.70%), Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (3.62%), Wellington Management Group LLP (1.90%) and William Blair Investment Management LLC (1.68%). Insiders that own company stock include Bryan K Segedi, Dale Gibbons, Donald D Snyder, Donald D Snyder, J Kelly Jr Ardrey, Kenneth Vecchione, Leonard M Tannenbaum, Marianne Boyd Johnson, Randall S Theisen, Robert Gary Sarver, Robert P Latta, Steven J Hilton, Steven J Hilton, Tim R Bruckner, Timothy W Boothe and Todd Marshall.
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One share of WAL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.52.

Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL) has a market capitalization of $3.89 billion and generates $3.02 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $1.06 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.76 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,365 workers across the globe.

Western Alliance Bancorporation's mailing address is ONE E. WASHINGTON STREET SUITE 1400, PHOENIX AZ, 85004. The official website for the company is www.westernalliancebancorp.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (602) 389-3500, via email at dgibbons@westernalliancebancorp.com, or via fax at 479-277-1830.