Western Alliance Bancorporation

Frequently Asked Questions About WAL

What does WAL invest in?

Western Alliance Bancorporation serves as the holding entity for Western Alliance Bank, offering a broad spectrum of banking products and related financial services, with its primary operations centered in Arizona, California, and Nevada. The company structures its business across Commercial, Consumer Related, and Corporate & Other segments. Its deposit offerings include checking, savings, and money market accounts, as well as fixed-rate and fixed-maturity certificates of deposit. Additionally, it delivers treasury management and residential mortgage services. The company's lending activities are diverse, encompassing commercial and industrial loans such as working capital lines of credit, financing for technology companies, inventory and accounts receivable lines, mortgage warehouse facilities, and equipment loans and leases. Western Alliance also provides commercial real estate loans, secured by properties like multi-family residential units, professional offices, industrial sites, retail centers, and hotels. Its construction and land development loans support projects ranging from single and multi-family residential developments to industrial/warehouse facilities, office buildings, retail spaces, medical offices, and residential lot developments. Consumer loan products are also available. Beyond core banking, Western Alliance offers a variety of other financial services, including internet banking, wire transfers, electronic bill payment and presentment, lock box services, courier services, and comprehensive cash management solutions. Furthermore, the company holds various investment securities, municipal and non-profit loans, and leases, and makes strategic investments in low-income housing tax credits and small business investment corporations, alongside real estate loans and related securities. Founded in 1994 and based in Phoenix, Arizona, Western Alliance Bancorporation operates a network of 36 branch locations and several loan production offices.

What is the expense ratio of WAL?

An expense ratio for Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL) is not available from our data sources — neither our market-data feed nor the SEC's structured prospectus and annual-report datasets report one for this share class. The fund's prospectus on the issuer's site carries the authoritative fee.

What is WAL's dividend yield?

WAL's trailing-twelve-month yield is 1.98%, calculated from the sum of dividends over the past year divided by the current price.

What is the duration of WAL?

Effective duration measures WAL's sensitivity to interest-rate changes — a duration of 6 means a 1% rate move shifts NAV by roughly 6% in the opposite direction. WAL's current duration is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website.

What is the credit quality of WAL?

WAL's credit quality breakdown — the share of holdings rated AAA through CCC and below — is published on the fund's factsheet. Higher-quality (investment-grade) funds yield less but carry less default risk than high-yield / junk bond funds.

What is the yield to maturity of WAL?

Yield to maturity (YTM) is the total return you'd earn from WAL if every bond in the portfolio is held to maturity at the current price. WAL's YTM is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website — it differs from the trailing-12-month yield because YTM reflects current bond prices rather than historical income paid.