Woori Bank (WF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Woori Bank is a South Korean commercial bank and the principal banking subsidiary of Woori Financial Group. It provides banking and financial services to individual customers, businesses, and institutional clients, including deposit accounts, consumer and commercial lending, corporate finance, trade finance, payment services, and foreign-exchange services.

The bank serves customers through a network in South Korea and maintains an international presence supporting Korean companies, multinational businesses, and retail customers in selected overseas markets. Its international operations include branches, subsidiaries, and representative offices across parts of Asia and other major financial centers.

Woori Bank traces its origins to Daehan Cheonil Bank, established in 1899, and adopted the Woori Bank name in 2002 following the consolidation of several financial institutions. The bank operates under the broader Woori Financial Group, which also has businesses in areas such as securities, asset management, insurance, and consumer finance.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $71.55 to $73.91
• 50-Day Range: $65.02 to $80.97
• 52-Week Range: $48.83 to $84.71
• Volume: 104,586 shs
• Average Volume: 81,163 shs
• Market Capitalization: $17.97 billion
• P/E Ratio: 8.43
• Dividend Yield: 2.51%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Woori Bank Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Woori Bank scored higher than 52% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 349th out of 854 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: 1.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Woori Bank has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Woori Bank has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Woori Bank is 8.43, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.81.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Woori Bank is 8.43, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.66.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Woori Bank has a PEG Ratio of 0.67. 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 0.68. 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 2.07, 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 29.35%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Woori Bank pays a meaningful dividend of 2.44%, 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%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.59

News Sentiment

Woori Bank has a news sentiment score of 0.59. 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 0.70 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Woori Bank this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for WF on MarketBeat 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: 10/02/2026
• 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: 8.43
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: 0.67
• 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: 1.10
• Cash Flow: $12.18 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.01
• Book Value: $107.11 per share
• Price / Book: 0.68

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 245,600,000
• Free Float: 245,596,000
• Market Cap: $17.97 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.03