WAL vs. BPOP, FIBK, UCBI, INDB, WTFC, IBOC, SBNY, HOMB, TCBI, and CATY
Should you be buying Western Alliance Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Alliance Bancorporation include Popular (BPOP), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), United Community Banks (UCBI), Independent Bank (INDB), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), International Bancshares (IBOC), Signature Bank (SBNY), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), and Cathay General Bancorp (CATY). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Western Alliance Bancorporation vs.
Popular (NASDAQ:BPOP) and Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.
Western Alliance Bancorporation has a net margin of 34.94% compared to Popular's net margin of 32.75%. Popular's return on equity of 26.47% beat Western Alliance Bancorporation's return on equity.
86.0% of Popular shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Popular shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are held 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.
Popular has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Alliance Bancorporation has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Popular pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Western Alliance Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Popular pays out 14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western Alliance Bancorporation pays out 14.8% 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. Popular has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Western Alliance Bancorporation has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Western Alliance Bancorporation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Western Alliance Bancorporation had 43 more articles in the media than Popular. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Western Alliance Bancorporation and 10 mentions for Popular. Popular's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Western Alliance Bancorporation's score of 0.17 indicating that Popular is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Popular presently has a consensus target price of $72.20, indicating a potential upside of 38.23%. Western Alliance Bancorporation has a consensus target price of $84.89, indicating a potential upside of 190.62%. Given Western Alliance Bancorporation's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Western Alliance Bancorporation is more favorable than Popular.
Popular has higher revenue and earnings than Western Alliance Bancorporation. Western Alliance Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Popular, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Western Alliance Bancorporation received 40 more outperform votes than Popular when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.15% of users gave Western Alliance Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 65.81% of users gave Popular an outperform vote.
Summary
Western Alliance Bancorporation beats Popular on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WAL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Western Alliance Bancorporation Competitors List
