NYSE:WBK - Westpac Banking Stock Price, Price Target & More

Westpac Banking trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WBK."

Westpac Banking declared a Semi-Annual dividend on Monday, May 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.702 per share on Monday, July 16th. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 16th. View Westpac Banking's Dividend History.

Some companies that are related to Westpac Banking include Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), HDFC Bank (HDB), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MTU), Banco Santander (SAN), BNP PARIBAS/S (BNPQY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), ANZ (ANZBY), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), ING Groep (ING), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Grp (SMFG), Bank of Montreal (BMO), HANG SENG Bk Lt/S (HSNGY), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) and Barclays (BCS).

Headlines about WBK stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Westpac Banking earned a news impact score of 0.08 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the bank an impact score of 44.63 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

Westpac Banking's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Northern Trust Corp (0.09%), Aperio Group LLC (0.04%), Royal Bank of Canada (0.04%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.01%), UBS Group AG (0.01%) and Oxbow Advisors LLC (0.01%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Westpac Banking.

WBK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Northern Trust Corp, Mawer Investment Management Ltd., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Natixis Advisors L.P., Profund Advisors LLC, Greenleaf Trust and Assetmark Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Westpac Banking.

WBK stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Aperio Group LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Royal Bank of Canada, Bollard Group LLC, Millennium Management LLC, UBS Group AG and Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Westpac Banking.

Shares of WBK 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 WBK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $21.80.

Westpac Banking has a market capitalization of $71.37 billion and generates $28.58 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $6.09 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.75 on an earnings per share basis. Westpac Banking employs 35,096 workers across the globe.

Westpac Banking's mailing address is LEVEL 20 275 KENT STREET, SYDNEY C3, 10017-2422. The bank can be reached via phone at 61-2-9374-7113 or via email at [email protected]