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Western Alliance Bancorporation

$76.77-2.42%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 1, 2026

Basics

Sector: Financial Services
Industry: Banks - Regional
Country: United States
Market cap: 8.4B USD
Full-time employees: 3,769

Overall health

Strength: growing faster than most peersgrowing faster than peers
Strength: its shares are priced lower than most peers relative to what it earnspriced lower than peers for its earnings
About average: profitability

Ranks #159 of 791 banks & insurance companies (top 21%)

Based on 3 categories: banks and insurers are not rated on risk.

Scored as a bank or insurer: cash-flow, EBITDA, gross margin and current ratio aren’t scored; they are under “Other data”.

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Worth knowing

More volatile share price. Beta 1.32: tends to move more than the market.
Western Alliance Bancorporation's shares have swung more with the market than most peers' (beta 1.32, above the market's 1.0).

StockQuotient Score

64/ 100

Oct 5 65 → Nov 4 64 (-1)

Fundamentals: Yahoo Finance, not primary filings

Valuation

Is the price right?

76/100

Moderate

2/2 inputs reported · High confidence

Why

Stronger than most peers on:

▲ Earnings yield
▲ P/B

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Earnings yield (P/E) and book yield (P/B) versus other banks and insurers.

Book yield91.2%

Yahoo FinanceReported value40% base weight · Z-score 0.41Sector median: 0.7950 · MAD: 0.2843

Earnings yield11.5%

Yahoo Finance · trailing 12 monthsReported value60% base weight · Z-score 1.44Sector median: 0.0789 · MAD: 0.0253

Other data (not scored)

EBITDA yieldUnavailable

Missing · left out of the scoreInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.1095 · MAD: 0.0527

Free cash flow yield-19.7%

Yahoo Finance · trailing 12 months · operating cash flow − capital spendingNegative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share priceInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0796 · MAD: 0.0459

Growth

Is it growing?

61/100

Moderate

1/1 inputs reported · High confidence

Why

Stronger than most peers on:

▲ EPS growth

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Earnings-per-share growth versus other banks and insurers.

Earnings per share growth23.1%

Yahoo Finance · fiscal year to Dec 2025Reported value100% base weight · Z-score 0.40Sector median: 0.1599 · MAD: 0.1775

Other data (not scored)

3-year revenue growth11.8%

Yahoo Finance · 3 fiscal years to Dec 2025Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0826 · MAD: 0.0558

Revenue growth12.3%

Yahoo Finance · fiscal year to Dec 2025Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0866 · MAD: 0.0782

Profitability

Does it earn well?

56/100

Moderate

2/2 inputs reported · High confidence

Why

Helped by:

▲ ROE

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on equity and return on assets versus other banks and insurers.

Return on assets1.1%

Yahoo Finance · trailing 12 monthsReported value50% base weight · Z-score -0.13Sector median: 0.0117 · MAD: 0.0062

Return on equity13.0%

Yahoo Finance · trailing 12 monthsReported value50% base weight · Z-score 0.59Sector median: 0.1074 · MAD: 0.0388

Other data (not scored)

Gross marginUnavailable

Missing · left out of the scoreInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: Unavailable · MAD: Unavailable

Operating marginUnavailable

Missing · left out of the scoreInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.1450 · MAD: 0.1678

Return on invested capitalUnavailable

Missing · left out of the scoreInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: Unavailable · MAD: Unavailable

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Not rated

Not rated for banks and insurers: debt and share-price swings say little about their risk. We leave it blank rather than fill the gap with a made-up middle value.

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about Western Alliance Bancorporation

Is Western Alliance Bancorporation getting weaker?: Filing-by-filing changes are tracked only for companies that file with the US SEC. Its overall score is unchanged at 64/100 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Western Alliance Bancorporation valued vs its peers?: Priced lower than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 76/100 against 950 banks & insurance peers. Earnings yield 11.5% vs a peer median of 7.9% (stronger than 78% of peers).Earnings yield 11.5% vs peers 7.9% (stronger than 78% of peers).
Is Western Alliance Bancorporation growing?: Yes, faster than most of its peers. Growth scores 61/100 against 950 banks & insurance peers. Earnings per share growth 23.1% vs a peer median of 16.0% (stronger than 61% of peers).Earnings per share growth 23.1% vs peers 16.0% (stronger than 61% of peers).
How profitable is Western Alliance Bancorporation?: About as profitable as its peers. Profitability scores 56/100 against 950 banks & insurance peers. Return on equity 13.0% vs a peer median of 10.7% (stronger than 65% of peers).Return on equity 13.0% vs peers 10.7% (stronger than 65% of peers).
How risky is Western Alliance Bancorporation?: Not rated for banks and insurers: debt and share-price swings say little about their risk.

Industry valuation context

Industry: Banks - Regional · 119 companies

Valuations in Banks - Regional are within their usual range since 2016.

45% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
14% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-book history.
Over 24 months, company values +29% and earnings +32% (medians): prices and earnings moved broadly together.
Median price-to-book is −61% vs the whole market, against a usual −59%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Financials

Detailed annual statements come from structured SEC filing data, which most US companies and some foreign filers provide. They aren’t available for this company yet.

WAL price history

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Strength: growing faster than most peersgrowing faster than peers

Strength: its shares are priced lower than most peers relative to what it earnspriced lower than peers for its earnings

About average: profitability

Ranks #159 of 791 banks & insurance companies (top 21%)

Based on 3 categories: banks and insurers are not rated on risk.

Scored as a bank or insurer: cash-flow, EBITDA, gross margin and current ratio aren’t scored; they are under “Other data”.

See how it ranks against its peers

Questions investors ask about Western Alliance Bancorporation

Is Western Alliance Bancorporation getting weaker?

Filing-by-filing changes are tracked only for companies that file with the US SEC. Its overall score is unchanged at 64/100 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is Western Alliance Bancorporation valued vs its peers?

Priced lower than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 76/100 against 950 banks & insurance peers. Earnings yield 11.5% vs a peer median of 7.9% (stronger than 78% of peers).Earnings yield 11.5% vs peers 7.9% (stronger than 78% of peers).

Is Western Alliance Bancorporation growing?

Yes, faster than most of its peers. Growth scores 61/100 against 950 banks & insurance peers. Earnings per share growth 23.1% vs a peer median of 16.0% (stronger than 61% of peers).Earnings per share growth 23.1% vs peers 16.0% (stronger than 61% of peers).

How profitable is Western Alliance Bancorporation?

About as profitable as its peers. Profitability scores 56/100 against 950 banks & insurance peers. Return on equity 13.0% vs a peer median of 10.7% (stronger than 65% of peers).Return on equity 13.0% vs peers 10.7% (stronger than 65% of peers).

How risky is Western Alliance Bancorporation?

Not rated for banks and insurers: debt and share-price swings say little about their risk.