Western Alliance Bancorporation

NYSE:WAL Stock Report

Market Cap: US$9.0b

Western Alliance Bancorporation Valuation

Is WAL undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of WAL when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: WAL ($84.62) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($165.27)

Significantly Below Fair Value: WAL is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for WAL?

Key metric: As WAL is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for WAL. This is calculated by dividing WAL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is WAL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio13.1x
EarningsUS$705.90m
Market CapUS$9.04b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does WAL's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for WAL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average16x
CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers
16.5x1.6%US$8.4b
WTFC Wintrust Financial
13.6x7.5%US$8.2b
PNFP Pinnacle Financial Partners
21.3x23.9%US$8.5b
WBS Webster Financial
12.5x15.5%US$9.3b
WAL Western Alliance Bancorporation
13.1x22.5%US$9.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WAL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.1x) compared to the peer average (16x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does WAL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Banks Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FRCB First Republic Bank
0.02xn/aUS$27.98m
BKGM BankGuam Holding
1xn/aUS$18.48m
SBNY Signature Bank
0.002xn/aUS$2.18m
BCBH.F Caribbean Investment Holdings
0.00001xn/aUS$132.00
No more companies available in this PE range
WAL 13.1xIndustry Avg. 12.3xNo. of Companies83PE0612182430+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WAL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.1x) compared to the US Banks industry average (12.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is WAL's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

WAL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio13.1x
Fair PE Ratio19.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: WAL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.1x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst WAL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$84.62
US$105.50
+24.7%
5.4%US$118.00US$98.00n/a14
Dec ’25US$93.61
US$100.50
+7.4%
3.6%US$107.00US$92.00n/a14
Nov ’25US$83.31
US$99.40
+19.3%
3.7%US$105.00US$92.00n/a15
Oct ’25US$83.75
US$95.00
+13.4%
7.7%US$110.00US$83.00n/a15
Sep ’25US$81.68
US$91.06
+11.5%
5.0%US$100.00US$83.00n/a16
Aug ’25US$76.31
US$91.06
+19.3%
5.0%US$100.00US$83.00n/a16
Jul ’25US$62.60
US$75.35
+20.4%
7.2%US$86.00US$62.00n/a17
Jun ’25US$63.03
US$75.41
+19.6%
7.2%US$86.00US$62.00n/a17
May ’25US$58.77
US$75.47
+28.4%
7.2%US$86.00US$62.00n/a17
Apr ’25US$62.46
US$79.69
+27.6%
8.4%US$91.00US$62.00n/a16
Mar ’25US$56.40
US$78.73
+39.6%
7.4%US$85.00US$62.00n/a15
Feb ’25US$59.12
US$79.13
+33.9%
7.2%US$85.00US$62.00n/a15
Jan ’25US$65.79
US$65.46
-0.5%
18.9%US$85.00US$41.00n/a16
Dec ’24US$54.86
US$57.71
+5.2%
10.5%US$64.00US$41.00US$93.6116
Nov ’24US$42.39
US$57.34
+35.3%
12.9%US$65.00US$39.40US$83.3116
Oct ’24US$45.97
US$57.78
+25.7%
13.3%US$66.00US$39.40US$83.7516
Sep ’24US$51.12
US$58.71
+14.9%
13.3%US$66.00US$39.40US$81.6816
Aug ’24US$50.79
US$57.96
+14.1%
14.3%US$66.00US$39.40US$76.3115
Jul ’24US$36.47
US$54.36
+49.1%
17.9%US$71.00US$39.40US$62.6015
Jun ’24US$34.25
US$56.11
+63.8%
18.9%US$71.00US$32.00US$63.0314
May ’24US$36.44
US$56.30
+54.5%
17.5%US$71.00US$32.00US$58.7715
Apr ’24US$35.54
US$69.07
+94.3%
23.8%US$96.00US$38.00US$62.4614
Mar ’24US$75.16
US$86.17
+14.6%
6.7%US$96.00US$75.00US$56.4012
Feb ’24US$76.79
US$85.33
+11.1%
8.4%US$96.00US$70.00US$59.1212
Jan ’24US$59.56
US$84.25
+41.5%
11.9%US$100.00US$65.00US$65.7912
Dec ’23US$67.26
US$87.58
+30.2%
10.3%US$100.00US$70.00US$54.8612

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/20 23:33
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Western Alliance Bancorporation is covered by 34 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jared ShawBarclays
Ebrahim PoonawalaBofA Global Research
Michael DianaCantor Fitzgerald & Co.