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Waterstone Financial (WSBF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$21.41 +0.41 (+1.95%)
Closing price 08/13/2026 04:00 PM Eastern
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$21.04 -0.37 (-1.73%)
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About Waterstone Financial Stock (NASDAQ:WSBF)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$20.90
$21.41
50-Day Range
$18.59
$21.41
52-Week Range
$14.04
$21.41
Volume
72,802 shs
Average Volume
59,803 shs
Market Capitalization
$384.95 million
P/E Ratio
12.45
Dividend Yield
3.18%
Price Target
N/A
Consensus Rating
Buy

Company Overview

Waterstone Financial, Inc. is a bank holding company based in Glendale, Wisconsin, that provides a broad range of financial services to individuals, businesses and institutions. Its primary operations are conducted through its wholly owned subsidiary, Waterstone Bank, which offers deposit products, loan facilities and treasury management services. The company focuses on delivering relationship-based banking solutions tailored to the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises as well as retail customers.

In addition to traditional commercial and consumer banking, Waterstone Financial supports its clients with specialized financing, including real estate, equipment and asset-based lending. The company’s treasury management platform features cash management, electronic banking and deposit services, while its branch network provides personalized service for routine transactions and advisory needs.

Waterstone Financial also operates a dedicated mortgage origination platform that originates and services residential and commercial mortgage loans. Through its lending arm, the company offers fixed-rate and adjustable-rate mortgage products, refinancing solutions and construction financing. It leverages its underwriting expertise and local market knowledge to facilitate mortgage lending across multiple states.

Headquartered in the Milwaukee metropolitan area, Waterstone Financial maintains a regional footprint with branch locations primarily in southeastern Wisconsin and the Phoenix metropolitan region of Arizona. Since its incorporation, the company has pursued a measured growth strategy, combining organic expansion with targeted acquisitions to broaden its product offerings and geographic reach.

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Waterstone Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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35th Percentile Overall Score

WSBF MarketRank™: 

Waterstone Financial scored higher than 35% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 714th out of 861 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Waterstone Financial has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Waterstone Financial has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Waterstone Financial's stock forecast and price target.
  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Waterstone Financial is 12.45, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 45.28.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Waterstone Financial is 12.45, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 29.56.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Waterstone Financial has a P/B Ratio of 1.13. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Waterstone Financial's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.93% of the float of Waterstone Financial has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Waterstone Financial has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.94.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Waterstone Financial has recently increased by 3.08%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • Dividend Yield

    Waterstone Financial pays a meaningful dividend of 3.24%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Waterstone Financial does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Waterstone Financial is 39.53%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Read more about Waterstone Financial's dividend.
  • News Sentiment

    Waterstone Financial has a news sentiment score of 0.51. 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 0.81 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Waterstone Financial this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Waterstone Financial insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $183,400.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    6.00% of the stock of Waterstone Financial is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    62.71% of the stock of Waterstone Financial is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Waterstone Financial's insider trading history.
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WSBF Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Waterstone Financial's stock was trading at $16.55 at the start of the year. Since then, WSBF shares have increased by 29.4% and is now trading at $21.41.

Waterstone Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:WSBF) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 23rd. The savings and loans company reported $0.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.66 by $0.17. The savings and loans company earned $40.25 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $65.80 million. Waterstone Financial had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.66% and a net margin of 14.57%.

Waterstone Financial's top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.09%), Donald Smith & CO. Inc. (0.91%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.50%) and Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. (0.23%). Insiders that own company stock include Douglas S Gordon, Stephen J Schmidt, Mark Raymond Gerke, Ellen Syburg Bartel, Julie Ann Glynn, Patrick S Lawton and Michael L Hansen.
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Shares of WSBF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Waterstone Financial investors own include American Water Works (AWK), The RMR Group (RMR), Waste Connections (WCN), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC), AUO (AUOTY) and Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR).

Company Calendar

Record date for 8/3 Dividend
7/08/2026
Ex-Dividend for 8/3 Dividend
7/08/2026
Last Earnings
7/23/2026
Dividend Payable
8/03/2026
Today
8/13/2026
Next Earnings (Estimated)
10/22/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Sector
Finance
Industry
Banks
Sub-Industry
Regional Banks
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:WSBF
CIK
1569994
Employees
600
Year Founded
1921

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$1.72
Trailing P/E Ratio
12.45
Forward P/E Ratio
N/A
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$26.40 million
Net Margins
14.57%
Pretax Margin
18.05%
Return on Equity
8.66%
Return on Assets
1.33%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
1.19
Current Ratio
1.29
Quick Ratio
1.19

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$201.29 million
Price / Sales
1.91
Cash Flow
$1.60 per share
Price / Cash Flow
13.39
Book Value
$18.93 per share
Price / Book
1.13

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
17,980,000
Free Float
16,898,000
Market Cap
$384.95 million
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.71

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This page (NASDAQ:WSBF) was last updated on 8/14/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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