Western Alliance Ownership
| WAL Stock | USD 79.94 0.62 0.77% |
Shares in Circulation | First Issued 2005-03-31 | Previous Quarter 109.5 M | Current Value 109.5 M | Avarage Shares Outstanding 81.4 M | Quarterly Volatility 29.8 M |
Please note, institutional investors have a lot of resources and new technology at their disposal. They can put in a lot of research and financial analysis when reviewing investment options. There are many different types of institutional investors, including banks, hedge funds, insurance companies, and pension plans. One of the main advantages they have over retail investors is the fees paid for trades. As they are buying in large quantities, they can manage their cost more effectively.
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Western Stock Ownership Analysis
About 90.0% of the company outstanding shares are owned by institutional investors. The company has Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.39. Historically many companies with similar price-to-book (P/B) ratio do better than the market in the long run. Western Alliance Ban has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 1.84. The entity recorded earning per share (EPS) of 7.09. The firm last dividend was issued on the 14th of February 2025. Western Alliance Bancorporation operates as the bank holding company for Western Alliance Bank that provides various banking products and related services primarily in Arizona, California, and Nevada. Western Alliance Bancorporation was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. Western Alliance operates under BanksRegional classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. It employs 3368 people. For more information please call Nicholas Wanat at (602) 389-3500 or visit https://www.westernalliancebancorporation.com.Besides selling stocks to institutional investors, Western Alliance also allocates a substantial amount of its earnings to a pull of share-based compensation to be paid out to its employees, managers, executives, and members of the board of directors. Share-Based compensation (also sometimes called Stock-Based Compensation) is a way of paying different Western Alliance's stakeholders with equity in the business. It is typically used as a motivation factor for employees to contribute beyond their regular compensation (salary and bonus). It is also used as a tool to align Western Alliance's strategic interests with those of the company's shareholders. Shares issued to employees are usually subject to a vesting period before they are earned and sold.
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Western Alliance Insider Trades History
Roughly 3.0% of Western Alliance Bancorporation are currently held by insiders. Unlike Western Alliance's institutional investors, corporate insiders most likely have a limit on the maximum percentage of share ownership. This is done to align insiders' influence against Western Alliance's private investors even though both sides will benefit from rising prices or experience loss when the share price declines. The good rule to have in mind is that the maximum share ownership percentage of the corporate insiders should not surpass 25%. View all of Western Alliance's insider trades
Western Stock Institutional Investors
Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as Western Alliance is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Western Alliance Bancorporation backward and forwards among themselves. Western Alliance's institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase Western Alliance's securities or originate loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
| Shares | Fmr Inc | 2024-12-31 | 2.2 M | Wellington Management Company Llp | 2024-12-31 | 2 M | Vaughan Nelson Scarbrgh & Mccullough Lp | 2024-12-31 | 1.9 M | Geode Capital Management, Llc | 2024-12-31 | 1.8 M | Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss Llc | 2024-12-31 | 1.8 M | Smead Capital Management Inc | 2024-12-31 | 1.3 M | Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts | 2024-12-31 | 1.3 M | Norges Bank | 2024-12-31 | 1.3 M | Hood River Capital Management Llc | 2024-12-31 | 1.2 M | Vanguard Group Inc | 2024-12-31 | 10.7 M | Blackrock Inc | 2024-12-31 | 10.7 M |
Western Alliance Ban Insider Trading Activities
Some recent studies suggest that insider trading raises the cost of capital for securities issuers and decreases overall economic growth. Trading by specific Western Alliance insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on Western Alliance's material information that is not in the public domain. Local jurisdictions usually require such trading to be reported in order to monitor insider transactions. In many U.S. states, trading conducted by corporate officers, key employees, directors, or significant shareholders must be reported to the regulator or publicly disclosed, usually within a few business days of the trade. In these cases Western Alliance insiders are required to file a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when buying or selling shares of their own companies.
Western Alliance's latest congressional trading
Congressional trading in companies like Western Alliance Ban, is subject to rigorous scrutiny to prevent conflicts of interest and insider trading. This is governed by multiple SEC regulations which were established to foster transparency and deter members of Congress from leveraging non-public information for personal gain. This oversight helps maintain public trust and ensures that investments in Western Alliance by those in governmental positions are based on the same information available to the general public.
| 2024-12-13 | Representative Lance Gooden | Acquired $50K to $100K | Verify | ||
| 2023-10-20 | Senator Pete Ricketts | Acquired $50K to $100K | Verify |
Western Alliance Outstanding Bonds
Western Alliance issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. Western Alliance Ban uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most Western bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when Western Alliance Bancorporation has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.
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Western Alliance Corporate Filings
8K | 25th of March 2025 Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about | ViewVerify |
F4 | 18th of March 2025 The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities | ViewVerify |
F3 | 12th of March 2025 The report used by insiders such as officers, directors, and major shareholders (beneficial owners holding more than 10% of any class of the company's equity securities) to declare their ownership of a company's stock | ViewVerify |
10K | 25th of February 2025 Annual report required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of a company financial performance | ViewVerify |
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Is Regional Banks space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Western Alliance. If investors know Western will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Western Alliance listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth 0.463 | Dividend Share 1.49 | Earnings Share 7.09 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.157 |
The market value of Western Alliance Ban is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Western that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Western Alliance's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Western Alliance's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Western Alliance's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Western Alliance's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Western Alliance's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Western Alliance is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Western Alliance's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.