Western Alliance Bancorporation

NYSE
WAL
Stock
Yield per half year: -14.78%
Dividend yield: 1.88%
Sector: Financials

Company Analysis Western Alliance Bancorporation

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1. Summary

Advantages

  • Price (73.79 $) is less than fair price (83.33 $)

Disadvantages

  • Dividends (1.88%) are below the sector average (2.97%).
  • The stock's return over the last year (-8.79%) is lower than the sector average (0%).
  • Current debt level 8.18% has increased over 5 years from 1.76%.
  • The company's current efficiency (ROE=12.32%) is lower than the sector average (ROE=16.53%)

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2. Share price and performance

2.1. Share price

2.3. Market efficiency

Western Alliance Bancorporation Financials Index
7 days -0.7% -4.8% -0.6%
90 days 7.7% -7.8% 5.7%
1 year -8.8% 0% 9%

WAL vs Sector: Western Alliance Bancorporation has significantly underperformed the "Financials" sector by -8.79% over the past year.

WAL vs Market: Western Alliance Bancorporation has significantly underperformed the market by -17.76% over the past year.

Stable price: WAL is not significantly more volatile than the rest of the market on "New York Stock Exchange" over the last 3 months, with typical variations of +/- 5% per week.

Long period: WAL with weekly volatility of -0.169% over the past year.

3. Summary of the report

3.1. General

P/E: 11.62
P/S: 2.89

3.2. Revenue

EPS 7.19
ROE 12.32%
ROA 1.04%
ROIC 0%
Ebitda margin 2.74%

4. Fundamental Analysis

4.1. Stock price and price forecast

The fair price is calculated taking into account the Central Bank refinancing rate and earnings per share (EPS)

Below fair price: The current price (73.79 $) is lower than the fair price (83.33 $).

Price not significantly lower than the fair price: The current price (73.79 $) is slightly lower than the fair price by 12.9%.

4.2. P/E

P/E vs Sector: The company's P/E (11.62) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (63.37).

P/E vs Market: The company's P/E (11.62) is lower than that of the market as a whole (61.83).

4.2.1 P/E Similar companies

4.3. P/BV

P/BV vs Sector: The company's P/BV (1.36) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (2.7).

P/BV vs Market: The company's P/BV (1.36) is lower than that of the market as a whole (20.82).

4.3.1 P/BV Similar companies

4.4. P/S

P/S vs Sector: The company's P/S indicator (2.89) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (4.12).

P/S vs Market: The company's P/S indicator (2.89) is lower than that of the market as a whole (16).

4.4.1 P/S Similar companies

4.5. EV/Ebitda

EV/Ebitda vs Sector: The company's EV/Ebitda (160.04) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (-69.15).

EV/Ebitda vs Market: The company's EV/Ebitda (160.04) is higher than that of the market as a whole (27.04).

5. Profitability

5.1. Profitability and revenue

5.2. Earnings per share - EPS

5.3. Past profitability Net Income

Yield Trend: Rising and has grown by 11.1% over the last 5 years.

Earnings Slowdown: The last year's return (0%) is below the 5-year average return (11.1%).

Profitability vs Sector: The return for the last year (0%) exceeds the return for the sector (-52.19%).

5.4. ROE

ROE vs Sector: The company's ROE (12.32%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (16.53%).

ROE vs Market: The company's ROE (12.32%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (43%).

5.5. ROA

ROA vs Sector: The company's ROA (1.04%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (3.56%).

ROA vs Market: The company's ROA (1.04%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (23.28%).

5.6. ROIC

ROIC vs Sector: The company's ROIC (0%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (5.17%).

ROIC vs Market: The company's ROIC (0%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (9.2%).

6. Finance

6.1. Assets and debt

Debt level: (8.18%) is quite low in relation to assets.

Increasing debt: over 5 years, the debt has increased from 1.76% to 8.18%.

Excess of debt: The debt is not covered by net income, percentage 840.04%.

6.2. Profit growth and share price

7. Dividends

7.1. Dividend yield vs Market

Low yield: The dividend yield of the company 1.88% is below the average for the sector '2.97%.

7.2. Stability and increase in payments

Dividend stability: The company's dividend yield 1.88% has been steadily paid over the past 7 years, DSI=0.93.

Weak dividend growth: The company's dividend yield 1.88% has been growing weakly or stagnant over the past 5 years. Growth over only 0 years.

7.3. Payout percentage

Dividend Coverage: Current payments from income (22.45%) are at an uncomfortable level.

8. Insider trades

8.1. Insider trading

Insider Buying Exceeds insider sales by 100% over the last 3 months.

8.2. Latest transactions

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