WaFd (WAFD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

WaFd, Inc. is a bank holding company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, and the parent company of WaFd Bank. Founded in 1917 as Washington Federal, the company adopted the WaFd name in 2024. WaFd Bank provides banking and financial services to individuals, families, businesses and nonprofit organizations.

The bank offers deposit accounts, residential mortgage lending, home equity financing, commercial real estate loans, commercial and industrial lending, construction financing and consumer banking products. It also provides treasury management, cash management and other business banking services, along with wealth management and investment-related services in select markets.

WaFd serves customers through branches and digital banking channels in the Western United States, including markets in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and Texas. The company expanded its presence in California through its 2023 acquisition of Luther Burbank Corporation. Brent J. Beardall serves as president and chief executive officer of WaFd, Inc.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $30.04 to $30.92
• 50-Day Range: $29.93 to $38.06
• 52-Week Range: $26.31 to $39.49
• Volume: 1.22 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.56 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.23 billion
• P/E Ratio: 9.52
• Dividend Yield: 3.58%
• Price Target: $35.25
• Consensus Rating: Hold

WaFd Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

WaFd scored higher than 81% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 325th out of 839 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: 3.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

WaFd has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.20, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

WaFd has a consensus price target of $35.25, representing about 16.8% upside from its current price of $30.17.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

WaFd has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.32%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for WaFd are expected to grow by 9.32% in the coming year, from $3.22 to $3.52 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of WaFd is 9.52, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.65.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of WaFd is 9.52, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.43.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

WaFd has a P/B Ratio of 0.87. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.40% of the float of WaFd has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

WaFd has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.79, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in WaFd has recently increased by 21.81%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

WaFd is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.51%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

WaFd has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of WaFd is 34.07%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, WaFd will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.68% next year. This indicates that WaFd will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.32

News Sentiment

WaFd has a news sentiment score of -0.32. 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 is a lower news sentiment than the 0.60 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for WaFd this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for WAFD on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.49% of the stock of WaFd is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

83.71% of the stock of WaFd is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/17/2026
• Record date for 9/4 Dividend: 8/21/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/4 Dividend: 8/21/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/04/2026
• Today: 10/05/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/15/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 9/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Regional Banks
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:WAFD
• CIK: 936528
• Web: www.wafdbank.com
• Phone: (206) 624-7930
• Fax: 206-626-8520
• Employees: 2,037
• Year Founded: 1917

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for WaFd: $35.25
• High Price Target: $38.00
• Low Price Target: $32.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +16.8%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.20
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.17
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 9.52
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.37
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $226.07 million
• Net Margins: 18.47%
• Pretax Margin: 23.63%
• Return on Equity: 8.98%
• Return on Assets: 0.89%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.20
• Current Ratio: 0.98
• Quick Ratio: 0.98

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.41 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.58
• Cash Flow: $3.02 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.99
• Book Value: $34.77 per share
• Price / Book: 0.87

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 74,000,000
• Free Float: 72,892,000
• Market Cap: $2.23 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.89