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. Its Competitors
M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) and Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
84.7% of M&T Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.2% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of M&T Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
M&T Bank currently has a consensus price target of $212.53, indicating a potential upside of 15.57%. Western Alliance Bancorporation has a consensus price target of $97.77, indicating a potential upside of 32.66%. Given Western Alliance Bancorporation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Western Alliance Bancorporation is more favorable than M&T Bank.
M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Western Alliance Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. M&T Bank pays out 36.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western Alliance Bancorporation pays out 20.9% 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 has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.
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 received 279 more outperform votes than M&T Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.97% of users gave Western Alliance Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 46.26% of users gave M&T Bank an outperform vote.
M&T Bank has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Alliance Bancorporation has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, M&T Bank had 10 more articles in the media than Western Alliance Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for M&T Bank and 4 mentions for Western Alliance Bancorporation. Western Alliance Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat M&T Bank's score of 0.96 indicating that Western Alliance Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 and Western Alliance Bancorporation tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:WAL) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
