FB Financial (FBK) Competitors

Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL) and FB Financial (NYSE:FBK) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in WAL or FBK?

79.2% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.4% of FB Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of FB Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate WAL or FBK?

Western Alliance Bancorporation presently has a consensus target price of $72.47, suggesting a potential upside of 14.97%. FB Financial has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.11%. Given FB Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Western Alliance Bancorporation is more favorable than FB Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Western Alliance Bancorporation	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
FB Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Is WAL or FBK more profitable?

Western Alliance Bancorporation has a net margin of 16.50% compared to Western Alliance Bancorporation's net margin of 14.90%. FB Financial's return on equity of 14.77% beat Western Alliance Bancorporation's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Western Alliance Bancorporation	16.50%	14.77%	1.16%
FB Financial	14.90%	10.20%	1.15%

Does the media prefer WAL or FBK?

In the previous week, Western Alliance Bancorporation had 3 more articles in the media than FB Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Western Alliance Bancorporation and 1 mentions for FB Financial. FB Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Western Alliance Bancorporation's score of 1.27 indicating that Western Alliance Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Western Alliance Bancorporation	Very Positive
FB Financial	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, WAL or FBK?

Western Alliance Bancorporation has higher revenue and earnings than FB Financial. Western Alliance Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FB Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Western Alliance Bancorporation	$4.32B	1.61	$722.40M	$6.86	9.19
FB Financial	$748.95M	2.32	$120.22M	$2.38	15.55

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WAL or FBK?

Western Alliance Bancorporation received 266 more outperform votes than FB Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.41% of users gave Western Alliance Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave FB Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Western Alliance Bancorporation	Outperform Votes 508 66.41%	Underperform Votes 257 33.59%
FB Financial	Outperform Votes 242 50.00%	Underperform Votes 242 50.00%

Which has more volatility and risk, WAL or FBK?

Western Alliance Bancorporation has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FB Financial has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WAL or FBK a better dividend stock?

Western Alliance Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. FB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Western Alliance Bancorporation pays out 21.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FB Financial pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Western Alliance Bancorporation has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and FB Financial has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Western Alliance Bancorporation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Western Alliance Bancorporation beats FB Financial on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.