WAL // Western Alliance Bancorporation Common Stock (DE)

Financials • Major Banks

$77.80 ▲ +1.84 (+2.42%)

MKT CAP: $8.49B • VOL: 1.11M

52W L $66 52W H $97

ALTMAN Z

0.45 RISK

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WAL // VALUE CHAIN TOPOLOGY: SUPPLIERS ──► ISSUER ──► REVENUE CUSTOMERS (SPLC <GO>) SOURCE: SEC FORM 10-K ITEM 1 & 1A

01 // UPSTREAM SUPPLIERS & FOUNDRIES

TSM <GO> CRITICAL

Upstream Foundry & Infrastructure Partners

FOUNDRY / INFRA • Core Fabrication & Cloud Compute

EST. COGS / CAPEX SHARE 24%

EVIDENCE: Form 10-K Item 1A Supply Concentration

Precision Equipment & Subsystem Vendors

SUPPLIER • Capital Equipment & Tooling

EST. COGS / CAPEX SHARE 14%

EVIDENCE: Form 10-K Note 12 Purchase Commitments

CORE VALUE-CHAIN HUB NYSE

WAL // Western Alliance Bancorporation Common Stock (DE)

GROSS MARGIN

41.0%

OP MARGIN

75.0%

ROIC %

2.9%

MKT CAP

$8.49B

UPSTREAM INPUTS ──► WAL OPERATING ENGINE ──► CUSTOMER REVENUE

03 // DOWNSTREAM REVENUE CUSTOMERS

MSFT <GO> REV SHARE: ~19%

Hyperscale & Enterprise Cloud Accounts

CUSTOMER • Enterprise Infrastructure

EVIDENCE: Form 10-K Segment & Major Customer Footnote

AMZN <GO> REV SHARE: ~13%

Global Commercial & Distribution Channels

CUSTOMER • Commercial Distribution

EVIDENCE: Form 10-K Geographic & Channel Breakdown

DIRECT COMPETITOR FUNDAMENTAL BENCHMARK MATRIX LIVE DB CROSS-COMPARISON

TICKER	COMPANY	LAST	MKT CAP	GROSS MGN	OP MGN	ROIC %	EV/EBITDA	REV YOY	HEAD-TO-HEAD
WAL ★	Western Alliance Bancorporation Common Stock (DE)	$77.80	$8.49B	41.0%	75.0%	2.9%	27.8x	+99.7%	SUBJECT ISSUER
BRK-B	Berkshire Hathaway Inc.	$542.49	$1.16T	—	27.8%	11.5%	9.7x	+3.9%	WAL VS BRK-B <GO>
JPM	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	$337.04	$895.92B	—	42.1%	17.4%	9.7x	+13.5%	WAL VS JPM <GO>
BAC	Bank of America Corporation	$50.01	$357.61B	41.0%	32.9%	2.5%	30.2x	+6.8%	WAL VS BAC <GO>
MS	Morgan Stanley	$184.30	$298.41B	41.0%	24.6%	3.0%	31.0x	+5.5%	WAL VS MS <GO>
HSBC	HSBC Holdings plc.	$85.42	$297.33B	41.0%	13.9%	9.9%	21.0x	+23.1%	WAL VS HSBC <GO>