NASDAQ:WAFD - Washington Federal Stock Price, Forecast & News

Washington Federal trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WAFD."

Washington Federal declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 22nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 7th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share on Friday, February 21st. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.54%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 6th. This is an increase from Washington Federal's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. View Washington Federal's Dividend History.

Washington Federal Inc. (NASDAQ:WAFD) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January, 14th. The bank reported $0.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.60 by $0.02. The bank had revenue of $166.06 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $135.32 million. Washington Federal had a return on equity of 10.01% and a net margin of 29.22%. View Washington Federal's Earnings History.

Washington Federal is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 20th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Washington Federal.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Washington Federal's shares. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $36.00. On average, they anticipate Washington Federal's share price to reach $35.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Washington Federal.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Washington Federal in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Washington Federal.

News stories about WAFD stock have trended very positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Washington Federal earned a media sentiment score of 3.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Washington Federal.

Washington Federal saw a decline in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,880,000 shares, a decline of 19.3% from the December 31st total of 3,570,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 301,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 9.5 days. Approximately 3.7% of the company's stock are short sold. View Washington Federal's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Washington Federal investors own include Mondi (MNDI), Zynerba Pharmaceuticals (ZYNE), Pfizer (PFE), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR), AbbVie (ABBV), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Intel (INTC), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and Starbucks (SBUX).

Washington Federal's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.59%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (2.75%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (2.67%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (2.45%), First Trust Advisors LP (1.74%) and Westwood Holdings Group Inc. (1.69%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Washington Federal.

WAFD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, State Street Corp, Oxford Asset Management LLP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Washington Federal.

WAFD stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Acadian Asset Management LLC, UBS Group AG, Marshall Wace LLP, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc. and Citigroup Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Washington Federal.

Shares of WAFD can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WAFD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $34.61.

Washington Federal has a market capitalization of $2.69 billion and generates $733.78 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $210.26 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.61 on an earnings per share basis. Washington Federal employs 1,971 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Washington Federal.

The official website for Washington Federal is http://www.washingtonfederal.com/.

Washington Federal's mailing address is 425 PIKE STREET, SEATTLE WA, 98101. The bank can be reached via phone at 206-624-7930 or via email at [email protected]