Waterstone Financial Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NASDAQ:WSBF)

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

Waterstone Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 17th. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.55%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 10th. View Waterstone Financial's Dividend History.

Waterstone Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:WSBF) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The savings and loans company reported $0.42 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 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 targets for Waterstone Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $19.50 to $19.50. On average, they expect Waterstone Financial's stock price to reach $19.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.6% 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 very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news 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 daily sentiment score of -3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Waterstone Financial.

Waterstone Financial saw a increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 419,300 shares, an increase of 6.1% from the September 30th total of 395,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 82,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.1 days. Approximately 1.8% of the company's shares 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), Radian Group (RDN), MGIC Investment (MTG), Lendingtree (TREE), TFS Financial (TFSL), Washington Federal (WAFD), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), LegacyTexas Financial Group (LTXB), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Provident Financial Services (PFS) and Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB).

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 number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include 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%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.19%) and Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.14%). 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. and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Commonwealth Equity Services LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, First Trust Advisors LP and Rhumbline Advisers. 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 $18.82.

Waterstone Financial has a market capitalization of $510.96 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]