Both in Banking & Credit

Western Alliance Bancorporation vs Valley National Bancorp

Over the past year WAL returned −5.2% and VLY returned +25.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.75.

WAL −5.2% VLY +25.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricWALVLY
Price$75.18$13.92
Market cap$8.20B$7.69B
Today−1.60%−1.76%
1 month−0.8%+9.4%
6 months−5.6%+4.6%
Year to date−10.6%+19.2%
1 year−5.2%+25.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+9.8%+4.1%
Gross margin69.6%62.1%
Net margin18.1%18.1%
P/E (TTM)8.5×11.6×
Price / sales1.4×2.2×
Net cash$19.51B$6.03B
Dividend yield2.23%3.16%
Volatility (60d)20.8%23.9%
Short % of float6.0%12.0%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).