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Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL) Competitors

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WAL vs. EWBC, FITB, HBAN, OBK, ZION, CFG, CMA, KEY, 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), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Zions Bancorporation, N.A. (ZION), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Comerica (CMA), KeyCorp (KEY), Truist Financial (TFC), and Webster Financial (WBS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Western Alliance Bancorporation vs. Its Competitors

East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) 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 risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Western Alliance Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. East West Bancorp pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western Alliance Bancorporation pays out 20.0% 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. East West Bancorp has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Western Alliance Bancorporation has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. East West Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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

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
East West Bancorp$4.53B3.24$1.17B$8.5612.45
Western Alliance Bancorporation$3.21B2.99$787.70M$7.6111.42

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

East West Bancorp has a net margin of 26.06% compared to Western Alliance Bancorporation's net margin of 16.39%. East West Bancorp's return on equity of 15.09% beat Western Alliance Bancorporation's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
East West Bancorp26.06% 15.09% 1.56%
Western Alliance Bancorporation 16.39%12.62%1.02%

In the previous week, Western Alliance Bancorporation had 4 more articles in the media than East West Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Western Alliance Bancorporation and 16 mentions for East West Bancorp. Western Alliance Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat East West Bancorp's score of 0.40 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
East West Bancorp
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Western Alliance Bancorporation
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

East West Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $120.53, suggesting a potential upside of 13.06%. Western Alliance Bancorporation has a consensus price target of $101.53, suggesting a potential upside of 16.84%. Given Western Alliance Bancorporation's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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
East West Bancorp
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Western Alliance Bancorporation
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Summary

East West Bancorp beats Western Alliance Bancorporation on 11 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$9.59B$1.93B$12.62B$21.79B
Dividend Yield1.75%3.41%5.51%3.56%
P/E Ratio11.4218.08245.6829.79
Price / Sales2.992.8530.9366.47
Price / Cash13.4911.6722.4924.69
Price / Book1.491.312.284.61
Net Income$787.70M$198.60M$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-1.60%-1.75%0.09%1.96%
1 Month Performance-2.84%-1.05%1.40%4.46%
1 Year Performance5.03%14.33%541.30%14.46%

Western Alliance Bancorporation Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WAL
Western Alliance Bancorporation
4.9879 of 5 stars
$86.90
+1.7%
$101.53
+16.8%
+2.8%$9.59B$3.21B11.423,524Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EWBC
East West Bancorp
4.1 of 5 stars
$108.04
+0.1%
$118.13
+9.3%
+30.6%$14.91B$4.53B12.633,100Analyst Revision
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.8675 of 5 stars
$45.54
+0.6%
$48.60
+6.7%
+5.3%$30.15B$13.28B14.1518,616Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9865 of 5 stars
$17.46
+0.8%
$18.89
+8.2%
+19.9%$25.48B$11.96B12.9419,932Positive News
Analyst Forecast
OBK
Origin Bancorp
N/A$35.25
-0.2%
$43.20
+22.6%
+11.8%$1.10B$347.73M14.331,010
ZION
Zions Bancorporation, N.A.
4.3501 of 5 stars
$57.67
+0.6%
$61.10
+5.9%
+23.4%$8.51B$4.99B10.549,406Analyst Downgrade
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.5784 of 5 stars
$53.31
+0.8%
$52.35
-1.8%
+32.3%$23.01B$12.36B16.2117,287Analyst Forecast
CMA
Comerica
4.4372 of 5 stars
$69.40
+0.7%
$65.10
-6.2%
+20.7%$8.93B$4.99B13.317,928Analyst Forecast
KEY
KeyCorp
4.8247 of 5 stars
$18.93
+0.7%
$19.58
+3.4%
+13.9%$20.75B$9.24B-270.3616,753Analyst Forecast
TFC
Truist Financial
4.7243 of 5 stars
$46.09
+0.8%
$48.47
+5.2%
+8.5%$59.47B$24.25B12.5738,335Analyst Forecast
WBS
Webster Financial
4.9907 of 5 stars
$59.96
+0.2%
$67.73
+13.0%
+33.1%$9.98B$4.18B12.184,407Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:WAL) was last updated on 10/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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