Western Alliance Bancorporation Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Western Alliance Bancorporation in the last twelve months. There are currently 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Western Alliance Bancorporation stock.
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Western Alliance Bancorporation is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 28th 2021.
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Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 14th. The financial services provider reported $2.17 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.02 by $0.15. Western Alliance Bancorporation had a net margin of 47.52% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.97%. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.93 EPS.
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Western Alliance Bancorporation's stock was trading at $32.36 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WAL shares have increased by 193.2% and is now trading at $94.87.
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Western Alliance Bancorporation announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 13th will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, August 27th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.48%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 12th. This is a positive change from Western Alliance Bancorporation's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25.
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Western Alliance Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.06%. Western Alliance Bancorporation does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Western Alliance Bancorporation is 19.84%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Western Alliance Bancorporation will have a dividend payout ratio of 10.79% next year. This indicates that Western Alliance Bancorporation will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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8 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Western Alliance Bancorporation's shares. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect Western Alliance Bancorporation's stock price to reach $93.64 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.3%.
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14 employees have rated Western Alliance Bancorporation CEO Kenneth A. Vecchione on Glassdoor.com. Kenneth A. Vecchione has an approval rating of 60% among Western Alliance Bancorporation'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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Aptus Capital Advisors LLC (0.02%), Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. (0.01%) and Marshall Financial Group LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Western Alliance Bancorporation stock include Bryan K Segedi, Dale Gibbons, Donald D Snyder, James E D V M Nave, Kenneth Vecchione, Leonard M Tannenbaum, Marianne Boyd Johnson, Randall S Theisen, Robert Gary Sarver, Robert P Latta, Steven J Hilton, Timothy W Boothe and Todd Marshall.
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WAL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Stratos Wealth Partners LTD.. Company insiders that have sold Western Alliance Bancorporation company stock in the last year include Donald D Snyder, Leonard M Tannenbaum, Robert P Latta, Steven J Hilton, Timothy W Boothe, and Todd Marshall.
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WAL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Marshall Financial Group LLC, and Aptus Capital Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have bought Western Alliance Bancorporation stock in the last two years include Bryan K Segedi, Dale Gibbons, James E D V M Nave, and Kenneth Vecchione.
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Shares of WAL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of WAL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $94.87.

Western Alliance Bancorporation has a market capitalization of $9.82 billion and generates $1.33 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $506.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.04 on an earnings per share basis.

Western Alliance Bancorporation employs 1,915 workers across the globe.

Western Alliance Bancorporation was founded in 2014.

The official website for Western Alliance Bancorporation is www.westernalliancebancorp.com.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is headquartered at ONE E. WASHINGTON STREET SUITE 1400, PHOENIX AZ, 85004.

Western Alliance Bancorporation's mailing address is ONE E. WASHINGTON STREET SUITE 1400, PHOENIX AZ, 85004. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 602-389-3500 or via email at [email protected]