Western Alliance Bancorporation is a bank company located in Arizona, United States, which is part of the Financial Services sector, and is traded under the ticker WAL on the NYSE exchange.
Western Alliance Bancorporation stock last closed at $58.68, up 0.09% from the previous day, and has increased 55.53% in one year. It has overperformed other stocks in the Banks - Regional industry by 0.37 percentage points. Western Alliance Bancorporation stock is currently +417% from its 52-week low of $11.35, and -16.45% from its 52-week high of $70.23.
As of Apr 26, 2024, there are 110.18M shares of WAL outstanding. The market cap of WAL is $6.47B. In the past 24 hours, 684,051 WAL shares were traded.
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Out of 11 Equities analysts who give recommendations on WAL, the consensus analyst rating on Western Alliance Bancorporation is a Strong Buy
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Andrew Terrell, a bottom 13% analyst from Stephens & Co. reiterates WAL with a strong buy rating and maintains their WAL price target from $82.00 to $82.00, on Apr 19, 2024.
David Chiaverini, a top 48% analyst from Wedbush maintains WAL with a buy rating and lowers their WAL price target from $75.00 to $70.00, on Apr 19, 2024.
Timur Braziler, a top 32% analyst from Wells Fargo maintains WAL with a hold rating and lowers their WAL price target from $72.00 to $68.00, on Apr 10, 2024.
Casey Haire, a bottom 17% analyst from Jefferies maintains WAL with a strong buy rating and lowers their WAL price target from $80.00 to $70.00, on Apr 8, 2024.
Steven Alexopoulos, a bottom 3% analyst from JP Morgan maintains WAL with a strong buy rating and lowers their WAL price target from $90.00 to $85.00, on Apr 4, 2024.
You can dive deeper into what analysts are forecasting on the Western Alliance Bancorporation stock forecast page.
Last year, WAL earnings were $709.60M. In the past five year, WAL's earnings have grown by 9.5% per year. This was slower than the Banks - Regional industry average of 17.16%.
Last year, WAL revenue was $2.56B. Over the past five year, WAL's revenue has grown by 22.31% per year. This was faster than the Banks - Regional industry average of 7.44%.
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Over the past 12 months, insiders at WAL have sold more shares than they have bought.
Timothy W. Boothe, Chief Operating Officer of WAL, was the latest WAL insider to sell. They sold $5,447.52 worth of WAL stock on Apr 15, 2024.
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Western Alliance Bancorporation pays a dividend of 2.49%, compared to the Banks - Regional industry's average dividend yield of 3.85%. If you owned $1,000 of WAL stock, you would have been paid $24.88 last year.
Western Alliance Bancorporation dividend payments have consistently grown over the past 5 years and have remained stable.
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