Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL) stock
WALNYSEState Commercial BanksFiscal year ends December 31Also trades as WAL.PA
Financials through Q3 FY2026, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Oct 30, 2026Score 16/3019% below fair value
$74.39−1.25 (-1.65%)
Close on Nov 12, 2026Market cap $8.00BP/E 8.2Yield 2.10%
Western Alliance Bancorporation statistics
83 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.
Important dates
- Next earnings
- Jan 26, 2027 (estimated, after the close)
- Last ex-dividend date
- Aug 13, 2026
- Fundamentals through
- Sep 30, 2026
- Share price as of
- Nov 12, 2026
Valuation ratiosIndustry
- P/TBV Ratio
- 1.05
- 1.52
Enterprise valuationIndustry
- EV / Sales
- 31.46
- 2.94
Share statisticsIndustry
- Shares Change (YoY)
- -1.12%
- 0.35%
- Float
- 102M
- 17M
- Shares Held by Insiders
- 5.23%
- 6.05%
- Shares Held by Institutions
- 91.3%
- 61.3%
Short sellingIndustry
- Short Interest
- 6M
- –
- Short Interest Change
- -11.9%
- -4.13%
- Short % of Float
- 5.49%
- 3.58%
- Short % of Shares Outstanding
- 5.21%
- 3.18%
- Days to Cover
- 5.21
- 4.85
Stock price statisticsIndustry
- 52-Week High
- $97.23
- –
- 52-Week Low
- $65.81
- –
- 20-Day Moving Average
- $76.17
- –
- 50-Day Moving Average
- $76.68
- –
- 200-Day Moving Average
- $79.36
- –
- Average True Range (14)
- $2.36
- –
- Price Change (1 Week)
- -1.96%
- -0.34%
- Price Change (1 Month)
- 3.00%
- 4.65%
- Price Change (3 Months)
- -9.63%
- -3.45%
- Price Change (6 Months)
- -2.03%
- 10.8%
- Price Change (YTD)
- -11.5%
- 19.4%
- Price Change (1 Year)
- -6.95%
- 25.8%
- Price Change (3 Years)
- 71.1%
- 77.2%
- Price Change (5 Years)
- -37.0%
- 25.7%
- Price Change (10 Years)
- 70.5%
- 67.4%
- Average Volume (10 Days)
- 937,118
- –
- Average Volume (20 Days)
- 1M
- –
- Average Volume (90 Days)
- 1M
- –
- Relative Volume
- 0.62
- 0.65
- Relative Strength Index (14)
- 44.3
- 52.6
- Volatility (1 Year)
- 32.7%
- 24.4%
- Beta (5 Years)
- 1.49
- 0.63
MarginsIndustry
- Pretax Margin
- 549.1%
- 36.9%
Returns on capitalIndustry
- Return on Equity (ROE)
- 13.3%
- 10.8%
- Return on Assets (ROA)
- 1.06%
- 1.16%
Financial positionIndustry
- Debt / Equity
- 0.55
- 0.21
GrowthIndustry
- Revenue Growth (YoY)
- 146.1%
- 11.8%
- Net Income Growth (YoY)
- 11.1%
- 23.2%
- EPS Growth (YoY)
- 11.9%
- 21.9%
- Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR)
- 45.5%
- 5.82%
- Revenue Growth (5Y CAGR)
- -35.7%
- 6.17%
- EPS Growth (3Y CAGR)
- -3.45%
- 1.31%
- EPS Growth (5Y CAGR)
- 11.6%
- 8.24%
EfficiencyIndustry
- Asset Turnover
- 0.00
- 0.04
- Revenue Per Employee
- $60.79K
- $360.35K
- Profits Per Employee
- $265.32K
- $110.51K
- Employee Count
- 3,769
- 492
- WACC
- 10.0%
- 7.91%
Income statement (TTM)Industry
- Pretax Income
- $1.26B
- $74.07M
Balance sheetIndustry
- Net Cash (Debt)
- $1.09B
- $166.15M
- Net Cash Per Share
- $10.10
- $8.19
- Equity (Book Value)
- $7.65B
- $570.13M
- Book Value Per Share
- $71.17
- $28.22
- Tangible Book Value
- $7.65B
- $478.27M
Cash flow (TTM)Industry
Dividends and yieldsIndustry
- Earnings Yield
- 12.5%
- 8.32%
- Dividend Yield
- 2.10%
- 2.45%
- Buyback Yield
- 2.54%
- 1.80%
- Shareholder Yield
- 4.64%
- 3.21%
- Dividend Per Share
- $1.56
- $0.92
- Dividend Growth (YoY)
- 4.70%
- 4.26%
- Years of Dividend Growth
- 5
- 2
Taxes and interestIndustry
- Income Tax
- $229.70M
- $16.14M
- Effective Tax Rate
- 18.3%
- 21.1%
Scores and fair valueIndustry
- Graham Number
- $120.38
- $45.31
- Graham Upside
- 61.8%
- 18.8%
- Altman Z-Score
- 0.14
- 0.22
- Piotroski F-Score
- 4
- 6
- Lynch Fair Value
- $105.10
- –
- Lynch Upside
- 41.3%
- -0.60%
Total return vs. the S&P 500
Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 12, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.
| Period | WAL | S&P 500 | Difference | WAL per year | S&P 500 per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | -0.4% | -2.7% | +2.3 pts | ||
| 3 months | -9.5% | -1.7% | −7.8 pts | ||
| Year to date | -10.1% | +11.9% | −22.0 pts | ||
| 1 year | -5.6% | +12.0% | −17.6 pts | ||
| 3 years | +79.1% | +78.2% | +0.9 pts | +21.4% | +21.2% |
| 5 years | -29.8% | +73.2% | −103.1 pts | -6.8% | +11.6% |
| 10 years | +98.6% | +309.6% | −211.0 pts | +7.1% | +15.1% |
Short interest
Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 30, 2026.
6M WAL shares were sold short on Oct 30, 2026, down 11.9% from the previous report, or 5.49% of the shares available to trade. At recent volumes it would take 5.2 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 45.1% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.
| Settlement date | Shares short | Change | Avg. daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | 5,599,365 | -11.9% | 1,073,847 | 5.2 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 6,353,689 | +2.2% | 1,357,402 | 4.7 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 6,219,780 | +4.1% | 1,316,148 | 4.7 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 5,974,409 | +5.7% | 933,316 | 6.4 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 5,650,274 | +5.5% | 1,043,423 | 5.4 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 5,355,526 | -15.0% | 878,379 | 6.1 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 6,302,163 | +13.1% | 1,071,912 | 5.9 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 5,570,519 | +6.7% | 992,186 | 5.6 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5,218,885 | +27.7% | 1,212,801 | 4.3 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4,085,239 | +5.5% | 871,466 | 4.7 |
| May 29, 2026 | 3,872,988 | +16.3% | 1,165,903 | 3.3 |
| May 15, 2026 | 3,330,701 | +43.2% | 1,211,228 | 2.8 |
Ratios use trailing-twelve-month results and the latest balance sheet. How we calculate.
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