With 7.67 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.3 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $74.8199 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $68.62. The 52-week range on WAL shows that it touched its highest point at $98.10 and its lowest point at $57.05 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $101.94. With its current market cap of 7.76 billion, WAL has annualized dividend of $1.52 while the current yield stands at 2.16%. WAL paid its most recent dividend on 1755129600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1755129600. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.49.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of WAL was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -11.58%, but this was down by -20.86% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -13.44% while six-month performance rose 7.79%. The stock lost -15.82% in the past year, while it has lost -20.81% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WAL yields 7.61 with Next year EPS estimates of 10.38. For the next quarter, that number is 2.08. This implies an EPS growth rate of 18.46% for this year and 23.60% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 18.25% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 7.93%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 110.38 million WAL shares are outstanding with a float of 104.72 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-09-30, short shares totaled 5.19 million, which was 470.0 higher than short shares on 1756425600. In addition to Mr. Kenneth A. Vecchione as the firm’s CEO, President & Director, Mr. Timothy W. Boothe serves as its Chief Administration Officer.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for WAL since 9 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With WAL analysts setting a high price target of 118.0 and a low target of 90.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 102.625. Based on these targets, WAL could surge 67.8% to reach the target high and rise by 27.99% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 45.94% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $7.13372 being high and $6.94521 being low. For WAL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $7.05435. The surprise factor in the prior quarter was $1.78. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $2.67 and the low estimate is $2.1. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $2.47.
