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$77.18 -1.54 (-1.96%)
Closing price 10/23/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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WAL vs. EWBC, FITB, HBAN, ZION, CFG, CMA, KEY, OBK, TFC, and WBS

Should you be buying Western Alliance Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Alliance Bancorporation include East West Bancorp (EWBC), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Zions Bancorporation, N.A. (ZION), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Comerica (CMA), KeyCorp (KEY), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Truist Financial (TFC), and Webster Financial (WBS).

Western Alliance Bancorporation vs. Its Competitors

Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL) and East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

In the previous week, East West Bancorp had 8 more articles in the media than Western Alliance Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for East West Bancorp and 43 mentions for Western Alliance Bancorporation. East West Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Western Alliance Bancorporation's score of 0.24 indicating that East West Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Western Alliance Bancorporation
12 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
5 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
East West Bancorp
19 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
16 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

East West Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Western Alliance Bancorporation. Western Alliance Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than East West Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Western Alliance Bancorporation$3.21B2.65$787.70M$8.099.54
East West Bancorp$4.53B3.10$1.17B$8.5611.91

East West Bancorp has a net margin of 27.16% compared to Western Alliance Bancorporation's net margin of 17.14%. East West Bancorp's return on equity of 15.55% beat Western Alliance Bancorporation's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Western Alliance Bancorporation17.14% 12.93% 1.05%
East West Bancorp 27.16%15.55%1.63%

Western Alliance Bancorporation has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, East West Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

79.2% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of East West Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of East West Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Western Alliance Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Western Alliance Bancorporation pays out 18.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. East West Bancorp pays out 28.0% 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 raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and East West Bancorp has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. East West Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Western Alliance Bancorporation presently has a consensus target price of $101.20, suggesting a potential upside of 31.13%. East West Bancorp has a consensus target price of $123.85, suggesting a potential upside of 21.45%. Given Western Alliance Bancorporation's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Western Alliance Bancorporation is more favorable than East West Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Western Alliance Bancorporation
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.87
East West Bancorp
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

Summary

East West Bancorp beats Western Alliance Bancorporation on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WAL vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Alliance BancorporationBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.69B$1.89B$12.59B$21.89B
Dividend Yield1.99%3.48%5.56%3.59%
P/E Ratio9.5417.6221.2632.78
Price / Sales2.652.5729.9360.00
Price / Cash12.3411.4222.2924.20
Price / Book1.151.262.244.65
Net Income$787.70M$199.27M$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance6.26%2.97%0.88%1.77%
1 Month Performance-13.40%-2.76%-0.85%0.75%
1 Year Performance-7.99%6.32%536.23%12.77%

Western Alliance Bancorporation Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WAL
Western Alliance Bancorporation
4.9972 of 5 stars
$77.18
-2.0%
$101.20
+31.1%
-6.3%$8.69B$3.21B9.543,524Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
EWBC
East West Bancorp
4.7107 of 5 stars
$95.96
+1.7%
$121.33
+26.4%
+6.6%$13.23B$4.53B11.213,100Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.9809 of 5 stars
$40.76
+1.0%
$50.35
+23.5%
-4.1%$27.01B$13.28B12.6718,616Earnings Report
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9986 of 5 stars
$15.51
+0.9%
$19.37
+24.9%
+2.1%$22.62B$11.96B11.4919,932Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ZION
Zions Bancorporation, N.A.
4.8863 of 5 stars
$49.07
+4.5%
$61.33
+25.0%
-0.4%$7.24B$4.99B8.979,406Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.6809 of 5 stars
$49.33
+1.9%
$56.57
+14.7%
+23.1%$21.28B$12.36B13.8217,287
CMA
Comerica
4.356 of 5 stars
$74.73
+1.2%
$71.55
-4.2%
+24.5%$9.61B$4.99B14.327,928Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
KEY
KeyCorp
4.9795 of 5 stars
$16.94
+0.9%
$20.86
+23.2%
+2.5%$18.57B$9.24B-241.9316,753
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.6384 of 5 stars
$32.82
+1.3%
$43.20
+31.6%
N/A$1.02B$619.96M14.641,031Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
TFC
Truist Financial
4.9485 of 5 stars
$42.62
+3.7%
$48.89
+14.7%
+0.4%$54.93B$24.25B11.6138,335Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
WBS
Webster Financial
4.9944 of 5 stars
$54.18
+0.1%
$69.50
+28.3%
+8.2%$9.00B$4.18B10.994,407Earnings Report

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