Western Alliance Bancorporation Stock Price Prediction
| WAL Stock | USD 58.67 1.23 2.14% |
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Western Alliance Ban stock price prediction is an act of determining the future value of Western Alliance shares using few different conventional methods such as EPS estimation, analyst consensus, or fundamental intrinsic valuation. The successful prediction of Western Alliance's future price could yield a significant profit. Please, note that this module is not intended to be used solely to calculate an intrinsic value of Western Alliance and does not consider all of the tangible or intangible factors available from Western Alliance's fundamental data. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with Western Alliance Bancorporation, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed.
Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting Western Alliance's stock price prediction:Quarterly Earnings Growth 0.25 | EPS Estimate Next Quarter 1.87 | EPS Estimate Current Year 7.83 | EPS Estimate Next Year 9.43 | Wall Street Target Price 75.4 |
It is a matter of debate whether stock price prediction based on information in financial news can generate a strong buy or sell signal. We use our internally-built news screening methodology to estimate the value of Western Alliance based on different types of headlines from major news networks to social media. The Western stock price prediction module provides an analysis of price elasticity to changes in media outlook on Western Alliance over a specific investment horizon. Using Western Alliance hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of Western Alliance Bancorporation from the perspective of Western Alliance response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors. We also analyze overall investor sentiment towards Western Alliance using Western Alliance's stock options and short interest. It helps to benchmark the overall future attitude of investors towards Western using crowd psychology based on the activity and movement of Western Alliance's stock price.
Western Alliance Short Interest
A significant increase or decrease in Western Alliance's short interest from the previous month could be a good indicator of investor sentiment towards Western. Short interest can provide insight into the potential direction of Western Alliance stock and how bullish or bearish investors feel about the market overall. An investor who is long Western Alliance may also wish to track short interest. As short interest increases, investors should be becoming more worried about Western Alliance and may potentially protect profits, hedge Western Alliance with its derivative instruments, or be ready for some potential downside.
200 Day MA 53.6121 | Short Percent 0.0463 | Short Ratio 3.43 | Shares Short Prior Month 5.1 M | 50 Day MA 59.3942 |
Western Alliance Ban Hype to Price Pattern
Investor biases related to Western Alliance's public news can be used to forecast risks associated with an investment in Western. The trend in average sentiment can be used to explain how an investor holding Western can time the market purely based on public headlines and social activities around Western Alliance Bancorporation. Please note that most equities that are difficult to arbitrage are affected by market sentiment the most.
Some investors profit by finding stocks that are overvalued or undervalued based on market sentiment. The correlation of Western Alliance's market sentiment to its price can help taders to make decisions based on the overall investors consensus about Western Alliance.
Western Alliance Implied Volatility | 56.8 |
Western Alliance's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Western Alliance Bancorporation stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Western Alliance's implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that Western Alliance stock will not fluctuate a lot when Western Alliance's options are near their expiration.
This module is based on analyzing investor sentiment around taking a position in Western Alliance. This speculative approach is based exclusively on the idea that markets are driven by emotions such as investor fear and greed. The fear of missing out, i.e., FOMO, can cause potential investors in Western Alliance to buy its stock at a price that has no basis in reality. In that case, they are not buying Western because the equity is a good investment, but because they need to do something to avoid the feeling of missing out. On the other hand, investors will often sell stocks at prices well below their value during bear markets because they need to stop feeling the pain of losing money.
Western Alliance after-hype prediction price | USD 58.36 |
There is no one specific way to measure market sentiment using hype analysis or a similar predictive technique. This prediction method should be used in combination with more fundamental and traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, analysts consensus, earnings estimates, and various momentum models.
Prediction based on Rule 16 of the current Western contract
Based on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Western Alliance Bancorporation will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 3.55% per day over the life of the 2024-04-26 option contract. With Western Alliance trading at USD 58.67, that is roughly USD 2.08 . If you think that the market is fully incorporating Western Alliance's daily price movement you should consider acquiring Western Alliance Bancorporation options at the current volatility level of 56.8%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Sophisticated investors, who have witnessed many market ups and downs, anticipate that the market will even out over time. This tendency of Western Alliance's price to converge to an average value over time is called mean reversion. However, historically, high market prices usually discourage investors that believe in mean reversion to invest, while low prices are viewed as an opportunity to buy.
Western Alliance After-Hype Price Prediction Density Analysis
As far as predicting the price of Western Alliance at your current risk attitude, this probability distribution graph shows the chance that the prediction will fall between or within a specific range. We use this chart to confirm that your returns on investing in Western Alliance or, for that matter, your successful expectations of its future price, cannot be replicated consistently. Please note, a large amount of money has been lost over the years by many investors who confused the symmetrical distributions of Stock prices, such as prices of Western Alliance, with the unreliable approximations that try to describe financial returns.
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Western Alliance Estimiated After-Hype Price Volatility
In the context of predicting Western Alliance's stock value on the day after the next significant headline, we show statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios based on Western Alliance's historical news coverage. Western Alliance's after-hype downside and upside margins for the prediction period are 55.56 and 61.16, respectively. We have considered Western Alliance's daily market price in relation to the headlines to evaluate this method's predictive performance. Remember, however, there is no scientific proof or empirical evidence that news-based prediction models outperform traditional linear, nonlinear models or artificial intelligence models to provide accurate predictions consistently.
Current Value
Western Alliance is very steady at this time. Analysis and calculation of next after-hype price of Western Alliance Ban is based on 3 months time horizon.
Western Alliance Stock Price Prediction Analysis
Have you ever been surprised when a price of a Company such as Western Alliance is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Western Alliance backward and forwards among themselves. Have you ever observed a lot of a particular company's price movement is driven by press releases or news about the company that has nothing to do with actual earnings? Usually, hype to individual companies acts as price momentum. If not enough favorable publicity is forthcoming, the Stock price eventually runs out of speed. So, the rule of thumb here is that as long as this news hype has nothing to do with immediate earnings, you should pay more attention to it. If you see this tendency with Western Alliance, there might be something going there, and it might present an excellent short sale opportunity.
| Expected Return | Period Volatility | Hype Elasticity | Related Elasticity | News Density | Related Density | Expected Hype |
0.15 | 2.80 | 0.31 | 0.02 | 11 Events / Month | 1 Events / Month | In about 11 days |
| Latest traded price | Expected after-news price | Potential return on next major news | Average after-hype volatility | ||
58.67 | 58.36 | 0.53 |
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Western Alliance Hype Timeline
On the 23rd of April Western Alliance Ban is traded for 58.67. The entity has historical hype elasticity of -0.31, and average elasticity to hype of competition of 0.02. Western is forecasted to decline in value after the next headline, with the price expected to drop to 58.36. The average volatility of media hype impact on the company price is about 135.92%. The price depreciation on the next news is expected to be -0.53%, whereas the daily expected return is at this time at -0.15%. The volatility of related hype on Western Alliance is about 1787.23%, with the expected price after the next announcement by competition of 58.69. About 82.0% of the company outstanding shares are owned by institutional investors. The company has Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.08. 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 6.54. The firm last dividend was issued on the 15th of February 2024. Considering the 90-day investment horizon the next forecasted press release will be in about 11 days. Check out Western Alliance Basic Forecasting Models to cross-verify your projections.Western Alliance Related Hype Analysis
Having access to credible news sources related to Western Alliance's direct competition is more important than ever and may enhance your ability to predict Western Alliance's future price movements. Getting to know how Western Alliance's peers react to changing market sentiment, related social signals, and mainstream news is a great way to find investing opportunities and time the market. The summary table below summarizes the essential lagging indicators that can help you analyze how Western Alliance may potentially react to the hype associated with one of its peers.
| HypeElasticity | NewsDensity | SemiDeviation | InformationRatio | PotentialUpside | ValueAt Risk | MaximumDrawdown | |||
| HMNF | HMN Financial | 0.01 | 9 per month | 0.00 | (0.18) | 2.93 | (2.07) | 10.38 | |
| LSBK | Lake Shore Bancorp | (0.01) | 6 per month | 0.00 | (0.16) | 2.07 | (2.94) | 7.98 | |
| RBKB | Rhinebeck Bancorp | 0.47 | 3 per month | 0.00 | (0.11) | 3.53 | (2.73) | 19.17 |
Western Alliance Additional Predictive Modules
Most predictive techniques to examine Western price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for Western using various technical indicators. When you analyze Western charts, please remember that the event formation may indicate an entry point for a short seller, and look at other indicators across different periods to confirm that a breakdown or reversion is likely to occur.| Cycle Indicators | ||
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About Western Alliance Predictive Indicators
The successful prediction of Western Alliance stock price could yield a significant profit to investors. But is it possible? The efficient-market hypothesis suggests that all published stock prices of traded companies, such as Western Alliance Bancorporation, already reflect all publicly available information. This academic statement is a fundamental principle of many financial and investing theories used today. However, the typical investor usually disagrees with a 'textbook' version of this hypothesis and continually tries to find mispriced stocks to increase returns. We use internally-developed statistical techniques to arrive at the intrinsic value of Western Alliance based on analysis of Western Alliance hews, social hype, general headline patterns, and widely used predictive technical indicators.
We also calculate exposure to Western Alliance's market risk, different technical and fundamental indicators, relevant financial multiples and ratios, and then comparing them to Western Alliance's related companies. | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 (projected) | Dividend Yield | 0.0115 | 0.026 | 0.0241 | 0.0253 | Price To Sales Ratio | 6.0 | 2.78 | 1.64 | 1.56 |
Story Coverage note for Western Alliance
The number of cover stories for Western Alliance depends on current market conditions and Western Alliance's risk-adjusted performance over time. The coverage that generates the most noise at a given time depends on the prevailing investment theme that Western Alliance is classified under. However, while its typical story may have numerous social followers, the rapid visibility can also attract short-sellers, who usually are skeptical about Western Alliance's long-term prospects. So, having above-average coverage will typically attract above-average short interest, leading to significant price volatility.
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Western Alliance Short Properties
Western Alliance's future price predictability will typically decrease when Western Alliance's long traders begin to feel the short-sellers pressure to drive the price lower. The predictive aspect of Western Alliance Bancorporation often depends not only on the future outlook of the potential Western Alliance's investors but also on the ongoing dynamics between investors with different trading styles. Because the market risk indicators may have small false signals, it is better to identify suitable times to hedge a portfolio using different long/short signals. Western Alliance's indicators that are reflective of the short sentiment are summarized in the table below.
| Common Stock Shares Outstanding | 108.5 M | |
| Cash And Short Term Investments | -1.6 B |
Check out Western Alliance Basic Forecasting Models to cross-verify your projections. Note that the Western Alliance Ban information on this page should be used as a complementary analysis to other Western Alliance's statistical models used to find the right mix of equity instruments to add to your existing portfolios or create a brand new portfolio. You can also try the Global Correlations module to find global opportunities by holding instruments from different markets.
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Is Western Alliance's industry 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 0.25 | Dividend Share 1.46 | Earnings Share 6.54 | Revenue Per Share 25.265 | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.34 |
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.