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 Tuesday, October 29th. Investors of record on Friday, November 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share on Friday, November 22nd. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.36%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 7th. View Washington Federal's Dividend History.

Washington Federal announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback program 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 reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Washington Federal Inc. (NASDAQ:WAFD) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 15th. The bank reported $0.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.01. The bank earned $136.63 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $136.20 million. Washington Federal had a net margin of 29.22% and a return on equity of 10.01%. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.62 earnings per share. 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.

1 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Washington Federal's shares. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $34.00. On average, they expect Washington Federal's share price to reach $34.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Washington Federal.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Washington Federal in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Washington Federal.

Media headlines about WAFD stock have been trending very negative on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Washington Federal earned a news sentiment score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Washington Federal.

Washington Federal saw a decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,880,000 shares, a decline of 19.3% from the December 15th total of 3,570,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 305,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 9.4 days. Approximately 3.7% of the company's stock are sold short. 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), Intel (INTC), Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR), Starbucks (SBUX), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Pfizer (PFE) and UnitedHealth Group (UNH).

Washington Federal's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.54%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.43%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.03%), BW Gestao de Investimentos Ltda. (0.03%), Sciencast Management LP (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Washington Federal.

WAFD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Hennessy Advisors Inc., BW Gestao de Investimentos Ltda. and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View Insider Buying and Selling for Washington Federal.

WAFD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sciencast Management LP and Boston Trust Walden Corp. 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 $35.61.

Washington Federal has a market capitalization of $2.79 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]