Washington Trust Bancorp Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:WASH)

Washington Trust Bancorp trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WASH."

Washington Trust Bancorp declared a -- dividend on Friday, September 20th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, October 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.51 per share on Friday, October 11th. This represents a yield of 4.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 30th. View Washington Trust Bancorp's Dividend History.

Washington Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:WASH) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 22nd. The financial services provider reported $0.99 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.03 by $0.04. The financial services provider had revenue of $50.61 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $50.90 million. Washington Trust Bancorp had a net margin of 27.03% and a return on equity of 15.12%. View Washington Trust Bancorp's Earnings History.

Washington Trust Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 21st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Washington Trust Bancorp.

Washington Trust Bancorp will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, October 21st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

3 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Washington Trust Bancorp's stock. Their predictions range from $53.00 to $55.00. On average, they anticipate Washington Trust Bancorp's stock price to reach $54.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Washington Trust Bancorp.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Washington Trust Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Washington Trust Bancorp.

Headlines about WASH stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Washington Trust Bancorp earned a media sentiment score of -1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Washington Trust Bancorp.

Washington Trust Bancorp saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 226,700 shares, an increase of 5.7% from the July 31st total of 214,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 30,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 7.4 days. Currently, 1.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Washington Trust Bancorp's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Washington Trust Bancorp include Associated Banc (ASB), Investors Bancorp (ISBC), Home Bancshares (HOMB), Bancorpsouth Bank (BXS), CVB Financial (CVBF), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), First Interstate Bancsystem (FIBK), Columbia Banking System (COLB), South State (SSB), International Bancshares (IBOC), Independent Bank (INDB), Independent Bank Group (IBTX) and United Community Banks (UCBI).

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Shares of WASH 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 WASH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.46.

Washington Trust Bancorp has a market capitalization of $840.30 million and generates $238.52 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $68.43 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.93 on an earnings per share basis. Washington Trust Bancorp employs 601 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Washington Trust Bancorp.

The official website for Washington Trust Bancorp is http://www.washtrust.com/.

Washington Trust Bancorp's mailing address is 23 BROAD STREET, WESTERLY RI, 02891. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 401-348-1200 or via email at [email protected]