Woori Bank (WF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Woori Bank is a South Korean commercial bank that provides financial services to individuals, businesses and institutional customers. Its offerings include deposit accounts, consumer and commercial lending, payment and card services, foreign-exchange services, wealth management and other banking products.

The bank serves customers through a network of branches, digital banking platforms and other distribution channels in South Korea. It also supports Korean companies and individuals conducting business internationally through overseas branches, subsidiaries and representative offices in selected markets.

Woori Bank traces its origins to Daehan Cheon-il Bank, established in 1899, and is regarded as one of South Korea’s oldest banking institutions. It operates as the principal banking subsidiary of Woori Financial Group, a broader financial services organization with activities spanning banking, asset management and other financial businesses.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $65.07 to $66.79
• 50-Day Range: $65.81 to $80.97
• 52-Week Range: $48.83 to $84.71
• Volume: 132,637 shs
• Average Volume: 75,240 shs
• Market Capitalization: $16.16 billion
• P/E Ratio: 7.58
• Dividend Yield: 2.80%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Strong Buy

Woori Bank Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Woori Bank scored higher than 88% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 108th out of 848 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Strong Buy

Consensus Rating

Woori Bank has received a consensus rating of Strong Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.50, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Woori Bank has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 19.46%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Woori Bank are expected to grow by 19.46% in the coming year, from $9.61 to $11.48 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Woori Bank is 7.58, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.62.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Woori Bank is 7.58, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 18.61.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Woori Bank has a PEG Ratio of 0.61. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Woori Bank has a P/B Ratio of 0.61. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.08% of the float of Woori Bank has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Woori Bank has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.57, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Woori Bank has recently increased by 0.57%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Woori Bank pays a meaningful dividend of 2.76%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Woori Bank does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Woori Bank is 21.20%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Woori Bank will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.03% next year. This indicates that Woori Bank will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.57

News Sentiment

Woori Bank has a news sentiment score of 0.57. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Woori Bank this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Woori Bank to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Woori Bank insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

3.41% of the stock of Woori Bank is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/24/2026
• Today: 10/26/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/13/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Regional Banks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:WF
• CIK: 1264136
• Web: www.woorifg.com
• Phone: (222) 125-2337
• Fax: 82-0505001-0451
• Employees: 12,947
• Year Founded: 1899

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $8.68
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 7.58
• Forward P/E Ratio: 6.85
• P/E Growth: 0.61
• Net Income: $2.16 billion
• Net Margins: 13.28%
• Pretax Margin: 17.39%
• Return on Equity: 8.18%
• Return on Assets: 0.52%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.99
• Current Ratio: 1.16
• Quick Ratio: 1.16

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $16.27 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.99
• Cash Flow: $12.39 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.31
• Book Value: $107.11 per share
• Price / Book: 0.61

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 245,600,000
• Free Float: 245,596,000
• Market Cap: $16.16 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.03