NASDAQ:WSBF - Waterstone Financial Stock Price, Forecast & News

Waterstone Financial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WSBF."

Waterstone Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 17th. Investors of record on Friday, October 11th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Friday, November 1st. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.55%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 10th. View Waterstone Financial's Dividend History.

Waterstone Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:WSBF) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The savings and loans company reported $0.42 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.31 by $0.11. The savings and loans company had revenue of $50.65 million for the quarter. Waterstone Financial had a return on equity of 8.42% and a net margin of 16.28%. View Waterstone Financial's Earnings History.

Waterstone Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Waterstone Financial.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Waterstone Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $19.50 to $19.50. On average, they anticipate Waterstone Financial's stock price to reach $19.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Waterstone Financial.

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

News headlines about WSBF stock have trended extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Waterstone Financial earned a news sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Waterstone Financial.

Waterstone Financial saw a decrease in short interest during the month of November. As of November 29th, there was short interest totalling 251,500 shares, a decrease of 21.5% from the November 14th total of 320,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 82,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.1 days. Approximately 1.1% of the company's stock are short sold. View Waterstone Financial's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Waterstone Financial include People's United Financial (PBCT), New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), TFS Financial (TFSL), Radian Group (RDN), MGIC Investment (MTG), Lendingtree (TREE), Washington Federal (WAFD), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB) and Brookline Bancorp (BRKL).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Waterstone Financial investors own include Valley National Bancorp (VLY), New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), Macatawa Bank (MCBC), People's United Financial (PBCT), Rockwell Medical (RMTI), Sabre (SABR), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), Sirius XM (SIRI), SLM (SLM) and Senior Housing Properties Trust (SNH).

Waterstone Financial's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (2.46%), Foundry Partners LLC (0.74%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.31%), Commonwealth Equity Services LLC (0.30%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.27%) and California Public Employees Retirement System (0.19%). Company insiders that own Waterstone Financial stock include Ellen Syburg Bartel, Eric J Egenhoefer, Mark Raymond Gerke and William F Bruss. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Waterstone Financial.

WSBF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Foundry Partners LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Keeley Teton Advisors LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Barclays PLC and Voya Investment Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Waterstone Financial company stock in the last year include Ellen Syburg Bartel, Eric J Egenhoefer and William F Bruss. View Insider Buying and Selling for Waterstone Financial.

WSBF stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Millennium Management LLC, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, First Trust Advisors LP, Rhumbline Advisers and Zebra Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Waterstone Financial.

Shares of WSBF 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 WSBF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.86.

Waterstone Financial has a market capitalization of $512.01 million and generates $191.90 million in revenue each year. Waterstone Financial employs 888 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Waterstone Financial.

The official website for Waterstone Financial is http://www.wsbonline.com/.

Waterstone Financial's mailing address is 11200 WEST PLANK COURT, WAUWATOSA WI, 53226. The savings and loans company can be reached via phone at 414-761-1000 or via email at [email protected]