Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data
Western Alliance Bank vs Desert Financial Credit Union
Metric by metric
| Measure | Western Alliance Bank | Desert Financial Credit Union |
|---|---|---|
| TellerScore | 38 | 80 (stronger) |
| Capital cushion | 31 | 71 (stronger) |
| Loan quality | 6 | 84 (stronger) |
| Earnings | 66 (stronger) | 64 |
| Funding & liquidity | 56 | 100 (stronger) |
| Problem-loan coverage | 55 | 95 (stronger) |
| Peer percentile | 5th | 88th |
| Total assets | $98.6B | $9.9B |
| Deposits / shares | $82.3B | $8.9B |
| Capital ratio | 8.08% | 12.10% (stronger) |
| Problem loans | 2.82% | 0.47% (stronger) |
| Net charge-offs | 0.83% | 0.29% (stronger) |
| Return on assets | 1.16% (stronger) | 1.11% |
| Loans ÷ deposits | 79.1% | 59.9% (stronger) |
| Uninsured deposits | 38.1% | 11.7% (stronger) |
| Offices | 35 | 51 |
| CFPB complaints (3 yrs) | 73 | — |
| Complaints per $1B deposits | 0.9 | — |
| Mortgage denial rate (HMDA) | — | 26.1% |
Desert Financial Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (80 vs 38). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Western Alliance Bank leads on 1 and Desert Financial Credit Union on 6. They differ a lot in size, so ratios such as capital and liquidity are naturally different — the peer percentile shows how each compares with institutions its own size. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.