South Plains Financial vs Western Alliance Bancorporation
SPFI and WAL side by side, both in commercial banks. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How SPFI and WAL compare
Western Alliance Bancorporation is the larger company, worth 10 times as much as South Plains Financial ($8.1B against $811M).
On earnings, Western Alliance Bancorporation is cheaper: it trades at 8.4× trailing earnings, against 11.4× for South Plains Financial.
Western Alliance Bancorporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (146% versus 13.3% for South Plains Financial).
Western Alliance Bancorporation keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 436% compared with 29.3% at South Plains Financial.
Both pay dividends: South Plains Financial yields 1.6% and Western Alliance Bancorporation 2.2%.
Western Alliance Bancorporation scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 13 for South Plains Financial), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | SPFI | WAL |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $811M | $8.1B |
| Share price | $43.04 | $75.64 |
| Change, 1 year | 15.2% | −5.0% |
| Change, 5 years | 64.3% | −33.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.54 | 1.49 |
| Employees | 603 | 3,769 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 | 16 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 4 | 4 |
| Health score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 11.4× | 8.4× (better) |
| P/S | 3.4× (better) | 35.5× |
| P/B | 1.3× | 1.1× (better) |
| P/FCF | 9.7× | – |
| PEG | 5.38 | – |
| FCF yield | 10.3% | – |
| Fair value | $41.09 | $92.96 |
| Margin of safety | −4.7% | 18.6% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 13.3% | 146% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −1.1% (better) | −35.7% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 16.5% (better) | 11.1% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 7.7% | 11.9% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 6.8% | 11.6% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 29.3% | 436% (better) |
| FCF margin | 35.1% | – |
| Return on equity | 12.6% | 13.3% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.55 |
| Altman Z-score | 0.27 (better) | 0.14 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.6% | 2.2% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 17.3% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 34.7% | 44.2% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 1.5% | 2.5% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 3.2% | 4.7% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 46.5% | 91.3% |
| Held by insiders | 22.0% | 5.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$15.1M | −$5.9M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.3% | 5.5% |
Go deeper
- SPFI stock overview
- SPFI income statement
- SPFI valuation and score
- WAL stock overview
- WAL income statement
- WAL valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.