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Western Alliance Bank

$10B-$250B Specialty: Commercial AZ FDIC cert 57512

Phoenix, AZ

38 branches across NV · CA · AZ · CO · IL · NY

NEW · Q2 2026 RECAP

Your Quarter, Wrapped

A 35-second highlight reel of your Q2 — the wins worth celebrating and the one signal worth watching, pulled straight from your scorecard data.

Q2 2026 at a glance

  • 1 of 139 banks in the $10B-$250B peer group nationwide — 1 of 2 in AZ.
  • Deposits +15.3% year over year ($82.3B on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 2.84%.
  • Return on assets 1.16%.
  • Efficiency ratio 55.67% vs a 53.67% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 79.06% vs a 82.61% peer average.

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139 banks in the $10B-$250B peer group nationally 2 in AZ
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Western Alliance Bank has 1 strength but faces 5 concerns

Key Strengths include matched growth signatures, metrics ranked in the top 10%, and values meaningfully above the tier average.
Key Concerns include matched risk or decline signatures, metrics ranked in the bottom 10%, and values meaningfully below the tier average.

Key Strengths

Areas where this bank excels compared to peers

  • + Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share 13.21% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Delinquency Rate 1.83% above tier average
  • - Nonperforming Asset Ratio 1.28% above tier average
  • - ROA 0.23% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.40% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 2.00% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AZ) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $98.6B
+13.8% YoY -0.2% QoQ
+$55.0B $43.6B
-13.8% YoY
$17.4B
+6.1% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
Top 10.8% in tier
Total Loans ? $65.1B
+10.4% YoY +3.6% QoQ
+$37.1B $28.0B
-8.6% YoY
$9.3B
+8.2% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
Top 8.6% in tier
Total Deposits ? $82.3B
+15.3% YoY -1.1% QoQ
+$46.9B $35.4B
-14.0% YoY
$14.8B
+6.2% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
Top 10.1% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.16%
+11.9% YoY +59.1% QoQ
-0.23% 1.39%
+25.9% YoY
0.35%
+477.8% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
38%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.52%
+0.1% YoY +0.9% QoQ
-0.40% 3.92%
+8.9% YoY
3.96%
+2.3% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
42%
Efficiency Ratio ? 55.67%
-10.7% YoY -6.2% QoQ
+2.00% 53.67%
-1.9% YoY
81.56%
-13.3% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
45%
Delinquency Rate ? 2.84%
+47.3% YoY +0.0% QoQ
+1.83% 1.01%
-2.8% YoY
1.46%
+76.6% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
Bottom 3.6% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 79.06%
-4.2% YoY +4.8% QoQ
-3.55% 82.61%
+3.1% YoY
84.92%
+5.8% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
70%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 33.79%
+4.9% YoY +0.2% QoQ
+13.21% 20.58%
+4.9% YoY
24.29%
+4.4% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
Top 8.6% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 2.01%
+28.4% YoY +4.0% QoQ
+1.28% 0.73%
+5.8% YoY
1.10%
+71.6% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
Bottom 3.6% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.03%
-5.3% YoY -0.3% QoQ
-3.32% 15.35%
-0.4% YoY
14.82%
-13.7% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
23%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.60%
+104.7% YoY +217.3% QoQ
+0.11% 0.50%
+10.5% YoY
0.29%
-0.6% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
79%

Additional Detail

Deposit mix, loan mix, capital, efficiency, asset quality & profitability · As of 2026-Q2

Deposit Composition

% of total deposits

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AZ) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 33.8%
+1.6pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
+12.8pp 21.0% 24.3% 22.2% 90%
Brokered Deposits 18.8%
-7.6pp YoY
+0.7pp QoQ
+9.5pp 9.2% 7.6% 8.5% 89%

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AZ) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 18.5%
+1.6pp YoY
+0.4pp QoQ
+1.3pp 17.2% 20.4% 12.5% 63%
CRE 24.2%
-3.4pp YoY
-0.9pp QoQ
-17.8pp 42.0% 53.9% 41.4% 18%
1-4 Family 30.2%
-0.1pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
+7.1pp 23.1% 22.4% 31.3% 75%
Consumer 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-12.9pp 12.9% 11.3% 5.0% 2%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AZ) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 11.6%
-0.6pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-3.7pp 15.3% 16.6% 19.7% 12%
Leverage Ratio 8.1%
-0.5pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-2.3pp 10.4% 11.4% 12.6% 9%
Total Capital Ratio 13.5%
0.0pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-3.1pp 16.5% 17.8% 20.8% 27%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AZ) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 4,084
+402 (+10.9%) YoY
+114 (+2.9%) QoQ
+826 3,258 1,366 482 77%
Assets per Employee ($) $24.1M
+2.6% YoY
-3.0% QoQ
-$2.9M $27.0M $9.6M $8.8M 79%
Branch Count 38
+1 (+2.7%) YoY
0 QoQ
-100 137 6 18 34%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AZ) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 2.0%
+0.8pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
+1.6pp 0.4% 1.2% 0.4% 95%
Nonaccrual 0.9%
+0.1pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
+0.1pp 0.7% 1.5% 1.0% 71%
Allowance Coverage 0.26x
-24.1% YoY
+2.0% QoQ
-2.55x 2.81x 2.94x 20.23x 2%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.8%
+0.6pp YoY
-0.5pp QoQ
+0.4pp 0.4% 0.6% 0.2% 88%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AZ) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 14.4%
+2.2pp YoY
+5.4pp QoQ
+1.7pp 12.6% 4.1% 11.6% 73%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.9%
-0.4pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.1pp 2.0% 1.9% 1.7% 54%
Net Income ($, YTD) $561.9M
+29.6% YoY
— QoQ
+$265.1M $296.8M $88.2M $40.4M 89%

Signature Analysis

Composite behavioral patterns that combine multiple metrics to identify what stands out about this bank. Matched signatures only; metric-level callouts appear in the Key Strengths / Key Concerns summary above.

Strengths are growth signatures this bank matches (e.g. Revenue Diversifier, Profitability Leader).
Concerns are risk or decline signatures this bank matches (e.g. Margin Compression, Credit Quality Pressure).

Strengths (0)

No matched strength signatures this quarter

Concerns (0)

No matched concern signatures this quarter

Metric Rankings

See how this bank ranks across all tracked metrics compared to peers.

Strengths are metrics in the top 25% (75th percentile or higher).
Concerns are metrics in the bottom 25% (25th percentile or lower).
Comparing against 139 peers in $10B-$250B

Top Strengths (5 metrics)

13
Total Loans
size
Value: $65.09B
Peer Median: $27.97B
#13 of 139 Top 8.6% in $10B-$250B
13
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 33.79%
Peer Median: 20.58%
#13 of 139 Top 8.6% in $10B-$250B
15
Total Deposits
size
Value: $82.32B
Peer Median: $35.42B
#15 of 139 Top 10.1% in $10B-$250B
16
Total Assets
size
Value: $98.57B
Peer Median: $43.60B
#16 of 139 Top 10.8% in $10B-$250B
30
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.60%
Peer Median: 0.50%
#30 of 139 Top 20.9% in $10B-$250B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

135
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 2.01%
Peer Median: 0.73%
#135 of 139 Bottom 3.6% in $10B-$250B
134
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 2.84%
Peer Median: 1.01%
#134 of 138 Bottom 3.6% in $10B-$250B
108
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 12.03%
Peer Median: 15.35%
#108 of 139 Bottom 23.0% in $10B-$250B
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