Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Western Alliance Bancorporation is a bank holding company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. Through its principal subsidiary, Western Alliance Bank, the company provides a range of banking and financial services to businesses, entrepreneurs, professionals and individual customers.

Western Alliance Bank offers commercial and industrial lending, commercial real estate financing, treasury management, deposit products, mortgage warehouse lending and other specialized banking services. Its business lines also serve technology companies, life sciences firms, entertainment businesses, homeowners’ associations, institutional investors and other niche markets.

The company serves customers through a combination of relationship-focused regional banking and specialized national platforms. Its banking operations have included brands and divisions serving markets such as Arizona, California and Nevada, while certain specialty businesses operate across the United States. Western Alliance Bancorporation was established in 1994 and has expanded through organic growth and acquisitions. Kenneth A. Vecchione has served as the company’s president and chief executive officer since 2018.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $74.60 to $76.43
• 50-Day Range: $75.65 to $84.32
• 52-Week Range: $65.82 to $97.23
• Volume: 903,999 shs
• Average Volume: 1.17 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $8.32 billion
• P/E Ratio: 8.59
• Dividend Yield: 2.20%
• Price Target: $93.65
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Western Alliance Bancorporation Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Western Alliance Bancorporation scored higher than 98% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 32nd out of 836 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Western Alliance Bancorporation has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.69, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 11 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Western Alliance Bancorporation has a consensus price target of $93.65, representing about 22.8% upside from its current price of $76.25.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Western Alliance Bancorporation has been the subject of 10 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 22.82%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Western Alliance Bancorporation are expected to grow by 22.82% in the coming year, from $9.16 to $11.25 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Western Alliance Bancorporation is 8.59, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.94.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Western Alliance Bancorporation is 8.59, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.95.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Western Alliance Bancorporation has a PEG Ratio of 0.75. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Western Alliance Bancorporation has a P/B Ratio of 1.10. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.63% of the float of Western Alliance Bancorporation has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Western Alliance Bancorporation has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.4.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Western Alliance Bancorporation has recently increased by 5.74%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Western Alliance Bancorporation pays a meaningful dividend of 2.16%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Western Alliance Bancorporation has been increasing its dividend for 5 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Western Alliance Bancorporation is 18.92%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Western Alliance Bancorporation will have a dividend payout ratio of 14.93% next year. This indicates that Western Alliance Bancorporation will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.51

News Sentiment

Western Alliance Bancorporation has a news sentiment score of 0.51. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.61 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for Western Alliance Bancorporation this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

4 people have searched for WAL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Western Alliance Bancorporation insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.76% of the stock of Western Alliance Bancorporation is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

79.15% of the stock of Western Alliance Bancorporation is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/21/2026
• Record date for 8/27 Dividend: 8/13/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/27 Dividend: 8/13/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/27/2026
• Today: 9/24/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/20/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Regional Banks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:WAL
• CIK: 1212545
• Web: www.westernalliancebancorporation.com
• Phone: (602) 389-3500
• Fax: 479-277-1830
• Employees: 3,769
• Year Founded: 1994

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Western Alliance Bancorporation: $93.65
• High Price Target: $105.00
• Low Price Target: $80.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +22.8%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.69
• Research Coverage: 16 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $8.88
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 8.59
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.32
• P/E Growth: 0.75
• Net Income: $969 million
• Net Margins: 17.20%
• Pretax Margin: 21.56%
• Return on Equity: 13.40%
• Return on Assets: 1.07%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.93
• Current Ratio: 0.86
• Quick Ratio: 0.81

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.87 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.15
• Cash Flow: $9.41 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.10
• Book Value: $69.52 per share
• Price / Book: 1.10

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 109,101,000
• Free Float: 106,090,000
• Market Cap: $8.32 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.33