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Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL) Competitors

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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.

M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) and Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

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, 2.8% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

M&T Bank has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Alliance Bancorporation has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, M&T Bank had 18 more articles in the media than Western Alliance Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for M&T Bank and 17 mentions for Western Alliance Bancorporation. Western Alliance Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat M&T Bank's score of 0.86 indicating that Western Alliance Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
M&T Bank
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Western Alliance Bancorporation
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

M&T Bank currently has a consensus target price of $212.53, indicating a potential upside of 17.73%. Western Alliance Bancorporation has a consensus target price of $97.77, indicating a potential upside of 35.50%. Given Western Alliance Bancorporation's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Western Alliance Bancorporation is more favorable than M&T Bank.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
M&T Bank
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Western Alliance Bancorporation
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
M&T Bank$9.30B3.12$2.59B$14.9312.09
Western Alliance Bancorporation$3.21B2.48$787.70M$7.299.90

M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. 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 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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
M&T Bank19.24% 10.12% 1.25%
Western Alliance Bancorporation 15.49%13.14%1.01%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
M&T BankOutperform Votes
260
46.26%
Underperform Votes
302
53.74%
Western Alliance BancorporationOutperform Votes
539
65.97%
Underperform Votes
278
34.03%

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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WAL vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Alliance BancorporationState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.97B$3.24B$11.47B$19.30B
Dividend Yield1.95%3.70%5.45%3.83%
P/E Ratio10.1623.7222.4234.53
Price / Sales2.483.0627.6234.83
Price / Cash11.1810.6317.6217.51
Price / Book1.371.192.774.69
Net Income$787.70M$372.21M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-7.88%-2.97%-0.23%-1.74%
1 Month Performance10.41%4.41%6.11%7.50%
1 Year Performance12.11%15.59%536.61%4.15%

Western Alliance Bancorporation Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WAL
Western Alliance Bancorporation
4.9962 of 5 stars
$70.91
-1.8%
$97.77
+37.9%
+12.1%$7.83B$3.21B9.993,360News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MTB
M&T Bank
4.7486 of 5 stars
$187.29
-0.2%
$209.33
+11.8%
+18.0%$30.06B$9.30B12.8022,800News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.9878 of 5 stars
$39.51
-0.3%
$46.56
+17.8%
-0.2%$26.37B$8.29B12.5819,300News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FCNCA
First Citizens BancShares
4.9985 of 5 stars
$1,937.79
-0.8%
$2,336.58
+20.6%
+3.4%$25.75B$9.59B10.2310,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9573 of 5 stars
$16.12
-0.4%
$17.58
+9.0%
+10.8%$23.55B$7.55B13.1120,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
RF
Regions Financial
4.8773 of 5 stars
$22.54
-0.2%
$25.80
+14.5%
+9.8%$20.26B$7.12B11.6220,100News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
KEY
KeyCorp
4.9886 of 5 stars
$16.47
-1.0%
$18.92
+14.9%
+4.4%$18.05B$4.64B-54.9017,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EWBC
East West Bancorp
4.3083 of 5 stars
$95.06
-0.5%
$105.54
+11.0%
+21.4%$13.10B$2.62B11.413,160Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FHN
First Horizon
4.7281 of 5 stars
$20.33
flat
$21.97
+8.1%
+23.5%$10.31B$3.09B14.957,540News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SSB
SouthState
4.8784 of 5 stars
$91.47
+0.2%
$116.90
+27.8%
+12.5%$9.28B$1.88B13.145,030Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
WBS
Webster Financial
4.9406 of 5 stars
$52.48
-0.8%
$62.58
+19.3%
+13.8%$8.83B$2.62B12.013,240Positive News
Analyst Forecast
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This page (NYSE:WAL) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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