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

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

Washington Federal declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 10th will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Friday, August 24th. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 9th. This is a boost from Washington Federal's previous quarterly dividend of $0.17. View Washington Federal's Dividend History.

Washington Federal declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Thursday, January 25th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback 5,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Washington Federal Inc. (NASDAQ:WAFD) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 18th. The bank reported $0.61 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.59 by $0.02. The bank had revenue of $132.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $131.70 million. Washington Federal had a net margin of 30.99% and a return on equity of 9.93%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.49 earnings per share. View Washington Federal's Earnings History.

Washington Federal is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 17th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Washington Federal.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Washington Federal's shares. Their predictions range from $35.00 to $38.00. On average, they anticipate Washington Federal's stock price to reach $36.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Washington Federal.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Washington Federal in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Washington Federal.

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Media headlines about WAFD stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Washington Federal earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.00 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the bank an impact score of 46.95 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View Recent Headlines for Washington Federal.

Washington Federal's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.10%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.62%), Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (2.18%), FMR LLC (2.14%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.40%) and Brown Advisory Inc. (1.30%). Company insiders that own Washington Federal stock include Anna C Johnson, Brent J Beardall, Cathy E Cooper, Erin N Lantz, Mark Alan Schoonover, Roy M Whitehead and Thomas J Kelley. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Washington Federal.

WAFD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Systematic Financial Management LP, Foundry Partners LLC, Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Bank of Montreal Can and Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Washington Federal.

WAFD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Federated Investors Inc. PA, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., American Century Companies Inc., Brown Advisory Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC and Citadel Advisors LLC. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WAFD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.20.

Washington Federal has a market capitalization of $2.90 billion and generates $601.13 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $173.53 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.94 on an earnings per share basis. Washington Federal employs 1,818 workers across the globe.

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]