WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION (WAL)
Every FINRA and SEC series the site collects for WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION: short interest with days to cover, daily short sale volume, fails to deliver and Form 4 insider trades. Listed on NYSE, classified by the SEC as state commercial banks.
5.4M
Short interest
settlement 2026-08-14
6.1
Days to cover
-15.0% vs prior
36.7%
Short share of volume
2026-09-11
638
Fails to deliver
settlement 2026-07-20
$0
Insider flow, 90 days
0 buys, 0 sells
As of 2026-09-11.
Short interest
FINRA, twice a month; the last 12 months shown, all 48 settlements in the JSONAs of 14 August 2026, short interest in WAL is 5,355,526 shares, down 214,993 shares over the last month. Over the last 48 readings it ranged from 2,251,017 shares (15 April 2026) to 7,447,629 shares (30 September 2024). At the reported average volume of 878K shares a day that is 6.1 days to cover, elevated.
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| Settlement | Shares short | Change | Avg daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | 5,355,526 | -15.0% | 878,379 | 6.10 |
| 2026-07-31 | 6,302,163 | +13.1% | 1,071,912 | 5.88 |
| 2026-07-15 | 5,570,519 | +6.7% | 992,186 | 5.61 |
| 2026-06-30 | 5,218,885 | +27.8% | 1,212,801 | 4.30 |
| 2026-06-15 | 4,085,239 | +5.5% | 871,466 | 4.69 |
| 2026-05-29 | 3,872,988 | +16.3% | 1,165,903 | 3.32 |
| 2026-05-15 | 3,330,701 | +43.2% | 1,211,228 | 2.75 |
| 2026-04-30 | 2,326,472 | +3.4% | 1,022,346 | 2.28 |
| 2026-04-15 | 2,251,017 | -24.7% | 958,781 | 2.35 |
| 2026-03-31 | 2,989,036 | -18.9% | 1,485,017 | 2.01 |
| 2026-03-13 | 3,688,093 | -22.2% | 2,312,505 | 1.59 |
| 2026-02-27 | 4,739,356 | -0.4% | 1,577,740 | 3.00 |
| 2026-02-13 | 4,758,812 | +6.3% | 1,214,657 | 3.92 |
| 2026-01-30 | 4,477,711 | -1.0% | 1,079,608 | 4.15 |
| 2026-01-15 | 4,524,418 | +16.6% | 777,629 | 5.82 |
| 2025-12-31 | 3,880,208 | +11.7% | 806,634 | 4.81 |
| 2025-12-15 | 3,472,647 | -14.9% | 918,373 | 3.78 |
| 2025-11-28 | 4,080,098 | -5.2% | 887,953 | 4.59 |
| 2025-11-14 | 4,304,202 | -2.8% | 809,152 | 5.32 |
| 2025-10-31 | 4,426,153 | -5.8% | 1,988,628 | 2.23 |
| 2025-10-15 | 4,700,464 | -9.4% | 1,636,304 | 2.87 |
| 2025-09-30 | 5,189,444 | -0.2% | 1,235,440 | 4.20 |
| 2025-09-15 | 5,201,482 | +2.6% | 1,041,892 | 4.99 |
| 2025-08-29 | 5,069,177 | -3.0% | 980,873 | 5.17 |
Daily short volume
FINRA Reg SHO, last 60 sessions. JSONAs of 11 September 2026, the short share of WAL volume is 36.7%, down 21.3 points over the last five sessions. Over the last 52 readings it ranged from 30.5% (5 August 2026) to 71.4% (13 July 2026). The latest reading is 15.9 points below the 30-session average of 52.6%, on 214K shares reported.
| Date | Short volume | Total volume | Short share | Exempt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | 79K | 214K | 36.7% | 3 |
| 2026-09-10 | 179K | 368K | 48.6% | 350 |
| 2026-09-09 | 177K | 296K | 59.9% | 1,075 |
| 2026-09-08 | 177K | 257K | 68.7% | 1 |
| 2026-09-04 | 100K | 179K | 55.9% | 360 |
| 2026-09-03 | 162K | 279K | 58.1% | 0 |
| 2026-09-02 | 257K | 471K | 54.7% | 254 |
| 2026-09-01 | 238K | 395K | 60.3% | 323 |
| 2026-08-31 | 240K | 455K | 52.8% | 714 |
| 2026-08-28 | 225K | 347K | 65.0% | 721 |
| 2026-08-27 | 317K | 485K | 65.4% | 341 |
| 2026-08-26 | 103K | 232K | 44.3% | 60 |
| 2026-08-25 | 197K | 372K | 52.9% | 17,895 |
| 2026-08-24 | 153K | 343K | 44.6% | 1 |
| 2026-08-21 | 126K | 238K | 53.1% | 0 |
| 2026-08-20 | 312K | 516K | 60.5% | 0 |
| 2026-08-19 | 327K | 550K | 59.5% | 526 |
| 2026-08-18 | 127K | 246K | 51.6% | 100 |
| 2026-08-17 | 100K | 228K | 44.0% | 100 |
| 2026-08-14 | 117K | 216K | 54.2% | 0 |
| 2026-08-13 | 145K | 235K | 61.6% | 0 |
| 2026-08-12 | 169K | 252K | 67.2% | 1 |
| 2026-08-11 | 154K | 256K | 60.0% | 0 |
| 2026-08-10 | 106K | 346K | 30.8% | 0 |
| 2026-08-07 | 177K | 392K | 45.1% | 0 |
| 2026-08-06 | 137K | 320K | 42.8% | 0 |
| 2026-08-05 | 83K | 271K | 30.5% | 1 |
| 2026-08-04 | 116K | 282K | 41.0% | 7 |
| 2026-08-03 | 132K | 287K | 46.0% | 26 |
| 2026-07-31 | 134K | 212K | 63.2% | 3 |
Fails to deliver
SEC, by settlement date. JSONAs of 20 July 2026, the fails-to-deliver balance in WAL is 638 shares, up 623 shares over the last settlement date. Over the last 44 readings it ranged from 10 shares (22 January 2026) to 41,778 shares (17 October 2025). The latest reading sits at the bottom of that range.
| Settlement | Shares failed | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-20 | 638 | $82.30 | $53K |
| 2026-07-15 | 15 | $80.34 | $1K |
| 2026-07-13 | 811 | $80.69 | $65K |
| 2026-07-10 | 1,250 | $80.01 | $100K |
| 2026-07-02 | 1,597 | $83.49 | $133K |
| 2026-06-22 | 175 | $79.91 | $14K |
| 2026-06-17 | 4,648 | $81.48 | $379K |
| 2026-06-15 | 1,234 | $83.67 | $103K |
| 2026-04-27 | 462 | $79.44 | $37K |
| 2026-04-14 | 18 | $77.12 | $1K |
| 2026-03-20 | 143 | $67.35 | $10K |
| 2026-03-19 | 5,061 | $66.70 | $338K |
| 2026-03-10 | 249 | $73.39 | $18K |
| 2026-03-04 | 685 | $79.55 | $54K |
| 2026-02-23 | 72 | $93.36 | $7K |
| 2026-02-13 | 152 | $94.26 | $14K |
| 2026-02-09 | 544 | $94.39 | $51K |
| 2026-02-04 | 605 | $91.35 | $55K |
| 2026-02-02 | 1,278 | $89.15 | $114K |
| 2026-01-22 | 10 | $90.73 | $907 |
| 2026-01-14 | 560 | $87.50 | $49K |
| 2025-12-23 | 1,330 | $87.86 | $117K |
| 2025-12-22 | 100 | $86.36 | $9K |
| 2025-12-19 | 240 | $86.80 | $21K |
| 2025-12-11 | 1,113 | $86.82 | $97K |
| 2025-11-24 | 100 | $79.13 | $8K |
| 2025-11-19 | 551 | $73.97 | $41K |
| 2025-11-17 | 3,829 | $78.16 | $299K |
| 2025-11-14 | 5,778 | $78.18 | $452K |
| 2025-11-06 | 98 | $78.52 | $8K |
Insider trades
SEC Form 4, newest first, 50 of 100 shown. JSONNo open-market insider trades were reported for WAL in the last 90 days. The most recent filings are listed below; grants and option exercises carry a weaker signal than voluntary trades. Latest filing: Vecchione Kenneth (Chairman, President & CEO) on 2026-08-15.
| Date | Insider | Title | Type | Shares | Price | Value | Owned after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-15 | Vecchione Kenneth | Chairman, President & CEO | Disposition | 595 | $82.32 | $49K | 463K |
| 2026-08-15 | Vecchione Kenneth | Chairman, President & CEO | Option exercise | 595 | $0.00 | $0 | 464K |
| 2026-08-15 | Vecchione Kenneth | Chairman, President & CEO | Disposition | 437 | $82.32 | $36K | 463K |
| 2026-08-15 | Vecchione Kenneth | Chairman, President & CEO | Option exercise | 437 | $0.00 | $0 | 464K |
| 2026-08-15 | Vecchione Kenneth | Chairman, President & CEO | Disposition | 539 | $82.32 | $44K | 463K |
| 2026-08-15 | Vecchione Kenneth | Chairman, President & CEO | Option exercise | 539 | $0.00 | $0 | 464K |
| 2026-08-15 | GIBBONS DALE | Vice Chair and CBO, Deposits | Disposition | 229 | $82.32 | $19K | 267K |
| 2026-08-15 | GIBBONS DALE | Vice Chair and CBO, Deposits | Option exercise | 229 | $0.00 | $0 | 267K |
| 2026-08-15 | GIBBONS DALE | Vice Chair and CBO, Deposits | Disposition | 212 | $82.32 | $17K | 267K |
| 2026-08-15 | GIBBONS DALE | Vice Chair and CBO, Deposits | Option exercise | 212 | $0.00 | $0 | 267K |
| 2026-08-15 | GIBBONS DALE | Vice Chair and CBO, Deposits | Disposition | 285 | $82.32 | $23K | 267K |
| 2026-08-15 | GIBBONS DALE | Vice Chair and CBO, Deposits | Option exercise | 285 | $0.00 | $0 | 267K |
| 2026-08-15 | Nachlas Emily | Chief Risk Officer | Disposition | 64 | $82.32 | $5K | 17K |
| 2026-08-15 | Nachlas Emily | Chief Risk Officer | Option exercise | 64 | $0.00 | $0 | 17K |
| 2026-08-15 | Nachlas Emily | Chief Risk Officer | Disposition | 53 | $82.32 | $4K | 17K |
| 2026-08-15 | Nachlas Emily | Chief Risk Officer | Option exercise | 53 | $0.00 | $0 | 17K |
| 2026-08-15 | Nachlas Emily | Chief Risk Officer | Disposition | 72 | $82.32 | $6K | 17K |
| 2026-08-15 | Nachlas Emily | Chief Risk Officer | Option exercise | 72 | $0.00 | $0 | 17K |
| 2026-08-15 | Kennedy Barbara | Chief Human Resources Officer | Disposition | 82 | $82.32 | $7K | 10K |
| 2026-08-15 | Kennedy Barbara | Chief Human Resources Officer | Option exercise | 82 | $0.00 | $0 | 10K |
| 2026-08-15 | Kennedy Barbara | Chief Human Resources Officer | Disposition | 74 | $82.32 | $6K | 10K |
| 2026-08-15 | Kennedy Barbara | Chief Human Resources Officer | Option exercise | 74 | $0.00 | $0 | 10K |
| 2026-08-15 | Kennedy Barbara | Chief Human Resources Officer | Disposition | 101 | $82.32 | $8K | 10K |
| 2026-08-15 | Kennedy Barbara | Chief Human Resources Officer | Option exercise | 101 | $0.00 | $0 | 10K |
| 2026-08-15 | Jarvi Jessica H | CLO & Secretary | Disposition | 64 | $82.32 | $5K | 14K |
| 2026-08-15 | Jarvi Jessica H | CLO & Secretary | Option exercise | 64 | $0.00 | $0 | 14K |
| 2026-08-15 | Jarvi Jessica H | CLO & Secretary | Disposition | 46 | $82.32 | $4K | 14K |
| 2026-08-15 | Jarvi Jessica H | CLO & Secretary | Option exercise | 46 | $0.00 | $0 | 14K |
| 2026-08-15 | Jarvi Jessica H | CLO & Secretary | Disposition | 58 | $82.32 | $5K | 14K |
| 2026-08-15 | Jarvi Jessica H | CLO & Secretary | Option exercise | 58 | $0.00 | $0 | 14K |
| 2026-08-15 | Idnani Vishal | Chief Financial Officer | Disposition | 123 | $82.32 | $10K | 11K |
| 2026-08-15 | Idnani Vishal | Chief Financial Officer | Option exercise | 123 | $0.00 | $0 | 12K |
| 2026-08-15 | Herndon Lynne | Chief Credit Officer | Disposition | 27 | $82.32 | $2K | 2K |
| 2026-08-15 | Herndon Lynne | Chief Credit Officer | Option exercise | 27 | $0.00 | $0 | 2K |
| 2026-08-15 | Herndon Lynne | Chief Credit Officer | Disposition | 22 | $82.32 | $2K | 2K |
| 2026-08-15 | Herndon Lynne | Chief Credit Officer | Option exercise | 22 | $0.00 | $0 | 2K |
| 2026-08-15 | Herndon Lynne | Chief Credit Officer | Disposition | 35 | $82.32 | $3K | 2K |
| 2026-08-15 | Herndon Lynne | Chief Credit Officer | Option exercise | 35 | $0.00 | $0 | 2K |
| 2026-08-15 | Bruckner Tim R | CBO for Regional Banking | Disposition | 142 | $82.32 | $12K | 29K |
| 2026-08-15 | Bruckner Tim R | CBO for Regional Banking | Option exercise | 142 | $0.00 | $0 | 29K |
| 2026-08-15 | Bruckner Tim R | CBO for Regional Banking | Disposition | 115 | $82.32 | $9K | 29K |
| 2026-08-15 | Bruckner Tim R | CBO for Regional Banking | Option exercise | 115 | $0.00 | $0 | 29K |
| 2026-08-15 | Bruckner Tim R | CBO for Regional Banking | Disposition | 158 | $82.32 | $13K | 29K |
| 2026-08-15 | Bruckner Tim R | CBO for Regional Banking | Option exercise | 158 | $0.00 | $0 | 29K |
| 2026-08-15 | Boothe Timothy W | Chief Administration Officer | Disposition | 69 | $82.32 | $6K | 65K |
| 2026-08-15 | Boothe Timothy W | Chief Administration Officer | Option exercise | 69 | $0.00 | $0 | 65K |
| 2026-08-15 | Boothe Timothy W | Chief Administration Officer | Disposition | 97 | $82.32 | $8K | 65K |
| 2026-08-15 | Boothe Timothy W | Chief Administration Officer | Option exercise | 97 | $0.00 | $0 | 66K |
| 2026-07-15 | Bruckner Tim R | CBO for Regional Banking | Disposition | 142 | $81.79 | $12K | 29K |
| 2026-07-15 | Bruckner Tim R | CBO for Regional Banking | Option exercise | 142 | $0.00 | $0 | 29K |
Form 4 filings are due within two business days of the trade. Insiders sell for many reasons that say nothing about the company; open-market buys are the rarer, stronger signal.
13F holders
Tracked managers holding WAL at their latest 13F. JSON7 of the 30 tracked managers held WAL at their latest 13F, $670.4M in total at quarter-end prices. AQR Capital Management is the largest at $423.0M (0.1% of its portfolio) as of 2026-06-30. Over the prior quarter 5 added shares and 2 cut.
| Fund | Quarter | Shares | Value | Of portfolio | Change in shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AQR Capital Management | 2026-06-30 | 5.2M | $423.0M | 0.15% | +4.2M |
| Citadel Advisors | 2026-06-30 | 709K | $58.3M | 0.01% | +31K |
| Two Sigma Investments | 2026-06-30 | 699K | $57.4M | 0.04% | -94K |
| Millennium Management | 2026-06-30 | 580K | $47.6M | 0.02% | -109K |
| D. E. Shaw & Co. | 2026-06-30 | 526K | $43.2M | 0.02% | +396K |
| Bridgewater Associates | 2026-06-30 | 402K | $33.0M | 0.14% | +211K |
| Point72 Asset Management | 2026-06-30 | 95K | $7.8M | 0.01% | +76K |
Only the 30 tracked managers on the funds hub; a 13F reports long positions in US listed stock at quarter end, 45 days late, and says nothing about shorts or positions sold since.
Financials
SEC XBRL, as filed. JSONIn Q2 2026 (quarter ended 2026-06-30) WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION reported revenue of $45.7M, up 94.5% from the same quarter a year earlier, and net income of $261.7M (2.36 diluted EPS). In FY 2025 it generated -$2.68B of operating cash flow and spent $68.1M on buybacks.
- Debt
- $1.48B
- Equity
- $7.84B
- Total assets
- $98.70B
- Shares outstanding
- 109,100,864
Quarterly, last 8 quarters
| Quarter | Period end | Revenue | Net income | Margin | Diluted EPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 2026-06-30 | $45.7M | $261.7M | 572.6% | 2.36 |
| Q1 2026 | 2026-03-31 | $67.2M | $182.1M | 271.0% | 1.65 |
| Q4 2025derived | 2025-12-31 | $64.8M | $286.1M | 441.5% | n/a |
| Q3 2025 | 2025-09-30 | $24.5M | $253.4M | 1034.3% | 2.28 |
| Q2 2025 | 2025-06-30 | $23.5M | $230.4M | 980.4% | 2.07 |
| Q1 2025 | 2025-03-31 | $23.0M | $199.1M | 865.7% | 1.79 |
| Q4 2024derived | 2024-12-31 | $22.4M | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Q3 2024 | 2024-09-30 | $15.2M | $199.8M | 1314.5% | 1.80 |
Fiscal years, with buybacks and dividends
| Fiscal year | Ends | Revenue | Net income | Operating cash flow | Capex | Buybacks | Dividends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY 2025 | 2025-12-31 | $135.8M | $969.0M | -$2.68B | n/a | $68.1M | n/a |
| FY 2024 | 2024-12-31 | $68.0M | n/a | -$2.74B | n/a | $0 | $176.8M |
| FY 2023 | 2023-12-31 | $98.6M | n/a | -$328.6M | n/a | $0 | $171.5M |
| FY 2022 | 2022-12-31 | $44.1M | n/a | $2.25B | n/a | $0 | $166.2M |
| FY 2021 | 2021-12-31 | $37.6M | n/a | -$2.65B | n/a | $0 | $127.6M |
Quarters are the three-month figures the company reports; a fourth quarter marked derived is the fiscal year less the three reported quarters, since companies report it only inside the 10-K. Fiscal years are the annual figures. Buybacks are cash paid to repurchase common stock in the year (XBRL PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock), not authorizations. Balance sheet lines are as of 2026-06-30; shares outstanding as of 2026-07-28 from the cover page.
What this page is
WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION in the regulatory record
Regulators publish company data in separate files that never sit next to each other: FINRA's twice-monthly short interest, its daily short sale volume, the SEC's fails-to-deliver counts, and each insider's Form 4. A company page pulls every series the site collects for one ticker onto one URL, keyed by the SEC's own ticker list, so the short position, the daily flow, the settlement fails and what insiders are doing can be read together.
Each section has its own history table, a summary sentence built from the rows (last value, change, range with dates) and its own JSON and CSV links. Nothing on the page is written by a model; the sentences change only when the data does. A page exists only for companies with data in at least two series, and every section says when its source last updated.
This page follows WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION (WAL), SEC CIK 1212545, listed on NYSE, classified by the SEC as state commercial banks. The cross-market tables live on the short interest and insider transactions hubs.
Source and method
- Short interest
- FINRA consolidated short interestTwice a month, about eight business days after settlement. Latest 2026-08-14.JSON and CSV
- Daily short volume
- FINRA Reg SHO daily filesEvery trading day, loaded the following morning. Latest 2026-09-11.JSON and CSV
- Fails to deliver
- SEC fails-to-deliver dataTwice a month, a few weeks after the half month ends. Latest 2026-07-20.JSON and CSV
- 13F holders
- SEC EDGAR Form 13F-HRQuarterly, filed within 45 days of quarter end; 30 tracked managers. Latest 2026-06-30.JSON and CSV
- Financials
- SEC XBRL company factsRefreshed weekly from the SEC's structured data; values are as filed in the 10-Q and 10-K. Latest 2026-06-30.JSON and CSV
- Insider trades
- SEC EDGAR Form 4EDGAR read every 30 minutes; filings are due two business days after the trade. Latest 2026-08-15.JSON and CSV
- Company record
- EDGAR filing index for CIK 1212545Ticker, name and exchange from the SEC's company list, refreshed weekly.
- Rate limits
- 30 requests a minute without a key, 120 a minute with a key from a free account.
Data checks. Every dataset is checked against its source once a day. This dataset passed the last run, 13 Sep 05:40 UTC.
How to read it
- Read the position against the flow: rising short interest with a high daily short share is new shorting; rising short interest with a normal short share is old shorts holding on.
- Insider buys next to a crowded short are the combination that has historically preceded squeezes; insider sells next to a crowded short are common and mean little.
- Fails to deliver matter relative to the float, not in absolute shares; a million failed shares in a mega cap is noise.
Analysis of what the data shows, not advice. XOOMAR does not recommend buying, selling or holding anything.
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Datasets
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