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

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

Waterstone Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 17th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Friday, November 1st. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.53%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 10th. View Waterstone Financial's Dividend History.

Waterstone Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:WSBF) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The savings and loans company reported $0.42 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.31 by $0.11. The savings and loans company earned $50.65 million during the quarter. Waterstone Financial had a net margin of 16.28% and a return on equity of 8.42%. 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 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Waterstone Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $19.50 to $19.50. On average, they anticipate Waterstone Financial's share price to reach $19.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.9% 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.

Media stories about WSBF stock have trended somewhat negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Waterstone Financial earned a news impact score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Waterstone Financial.

Waterstone Financial saw a drop in short interest in the month of November. As of November 29th, there was short interest totalling 251,500 shares, a drop 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 presently 3.1 days. Currently, 1.1% of the company's shares are sold short. View Waterstone Financial's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Waterstone Financial include People's United Financial (PBCT), TFS Financial (TFSL), New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), 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 Timkensteel (TMST), Valley National Bancorp (VLY), Century Aluminum (CENX), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Hudson (HUD), New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), RPC (RES), Transocean (RIG), Spirit Realty Capital (SRC) and SunCoke Energy (SXC).

Waterstone Financial's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 and William F Bruss. View Insider Buying and Selling for Waterstone Financial.

WSBF stock was acquired 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 $18.95.

Waterstone Financial has a market capitalization of $514.49 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]