With 1.18 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.93 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $78.83 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $77.1801. 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 $96.25. With its current market cap of 8.62 billion, WAL has annualized dividend of $1.51 while the current yield stands at 1.93%. WAL paid its most recent dividend on 1747267200, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1755129600. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.38.
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 up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.70%, but this was down by -7.72% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 9.37% while six-month performance fell -12.02%. The stock lost -6.51% in the past year, while it has gained 6.52% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WAL yields 7.61 with Next year EPS estimates of 10.33. For the next quarter, that number is 2.11. This implies an EPS growth rate of 18.49% for this year and 22.96% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 17.65% 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 2025-07-15, short shares totaled 4.44 million, which was 401.99999999999994 higher than short shares on 1749772800. In addition to Mr. Kenneth A. Vecchione as the firm’s CEO, President & Director, Mr. Dale M. Gibbons CPA serves as its Vice Chairman & CFO.
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 105.0 and a low target of 85.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 95.66667. Based on these targets, WAL could surge 34.44% to reach the target high and rise by 8.83% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 22.49% 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 $2.6 and the low estimate is $2.09. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $2.45.
