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Western Alliance Bancorp (STU:WEA) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of Jun. 05, 2025)


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What is Western Alliance Bancorp Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

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Western Alliance Bancorp Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Western Alliance Bancorp's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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Western Alliance Bancorp Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Western Alliance Bancorp Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
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Western Alliance Bancorp Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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Competitive Comparison of Western Alliance Bancorp's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Western Alliance Bancorp's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Western Alliance Bancorp's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Western Alliance Bancorp's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Western Alliance Bancorp's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Western Alliance Bancorp Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Western Alliance Bancorp's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Western Alliance Bancorp's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=-14.099/134.9266*134.9266
=-14.099

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Western Alliance Bancorp Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.149 100.684 0.200
201509 0.417 100.392 0.560
201512 0.691 99.792 0.934
201603 0.598 100.470 0.803
201606 0.347 101.688 0.460
201609 0.823 101.861 1.090
201612 0.587 101.863 0.778
201703 0.762 102.862 1.000
201706 0.720 103.349 0.940
201709 0.744 104.136 0.964
201712 0.896 104.011 1.162
201803 0.676 105.290 0.866
201806 1.281 106.317 1.626
201809 1.158 106.507 1.467
201812 1.260 105.998 1.604
201903 1.255 107.251 1.579
201906 1.479 108.070 1.847
201909 1.756 108.329 2.187
201912 1.454 108.420 1.809
202003 1.001 108.902 1.240
202006 1.399 108.767 1.735
202009 1.306 109.815 1.605
202012 1.799 109.897 2.209
202103 0.743 111.754 0.897
202106 -9.848 114.631 -11.592
202109 -17.701 115.734 -20.636
202112 4.890 117.630 5.609
202203 5.083 121.301 5.654
202206 2.775 125.017 2.995
202209 4.251 125.227 4.580
202212 6.435 125.222 6.934
202303 2.836 127.348 3.005
202306 -4.174 128.729 -4.375
202309 -5.146 129.860 -5.347
202312 2.646 129.419 2.759
202403 -2.746 131.776 -2.812
202406 -6.489 132.554 -6.605
202409 -8.970 133.029 -9.098
202412 -5.650 133.157 -5.725
202503 -14.099 134.927 -14.099

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Western Alliance Bancorp  (STU:WEA) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Western Alliance Bancorp Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
One East Washington Street, Suite 1400, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 85004
Western Alliance Bancorporation is a Las Vegas-based holding company with regional banks operating in Nevada, Arizona, and California. The bank offers retail banking services and focuses on mortgages for retail customers and commercial loans. The company's reportable segments are Commercial segment includes provides commercial banking and treasury management products and services to small and middle-market businesses, specialized banking services to sophisticated commercial institutions and investors within niche industries, as well as financial services to the real estate industry. Consumer Related segment offers both commercial banking services to enterprises in consumer-related sectors and consumer banking services, such as residential mortgage banking and Corporate & Other.