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

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

Waterstone Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, July 12th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Thursday, August 2nd. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.82%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, July 11th. View Waterstone Financial's Dividend History.

Waterstone Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:WSBF) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 31st. The savings and loans company reported $0.34 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.02. The savings and loans company had revenue of $47.04 million for the quarter. Waterstone Financial had a return on equity of 7.28% and a net margin of 14.16%. View Waterstone Financial's Earnings History.

Waterstone Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October, 23rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Waterstone Financial.

2 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Waterstone Financial's stock. Their predictions range from $12.75 to $19.00. On average, they expect Waterstone Financial's stock price to reach $15.8750 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.6%. View Analyst Price Targets for Waterstone Financial.

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

Some companies that are related to Waterstone Financial include Columbia Financial (CLBK), Flagstar Bancorp (FBC), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Meta Financial Group (CASH), Northfield Bancorp (NFBK), BBX Capital Corp Class B (BBXTB), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), First Defiance Financial (FDEF), Sterling Bancorp (SBT), Access National (ANCX) and Hometrust Bancshares (HTBI).

Press coverage about WSBF stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Waterstone Financial earned a coverage optimism score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the savings and loans company an impact score of 47.96 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View Recent Headlines for Waterstone Financial.

Waterstone Financial's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Renaissance Technologies LLC (8.36%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.39%), BlackRock Inc. (5.42%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (2.61%), Cortina Asset Management LLC (0.84%) and Foundry Partners LLC (0.79%). Company insiders that own Waterstone Financial stock include Ellen Syburg Bartel, Eric J Egenhoefer, Mark Raymond Gerke, Michael L Hansen, Rebecca M Arndt, Stephen J Schmidt 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 Mutual of America Capital Management LLC, LSV Asset Management, Cortina Asset Management LLC, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Bank of America Corp DE and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Company insiders that have sold Waterstone Financial company stock in the last year include Eric J Egenhoefer, Mark Raymond Gerke, Rebecca M Arndt 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 Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, BlackRock Inc., Citadel Advisors LLC, Foundry Partners LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, American Century Companies Inc., First Trust Advisors LP and California Public Employees Retirement System. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WSBF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.00.

Waterstone Financial has a market capitalization of $498.19 million and generates $191.51 million in revenue each year.

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]