NYSE:WD - Walker & Dunlop Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

Walker & Dunlop trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WD."

Walker & Dunlop announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 2nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Tuesday, September 4th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.81%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 16th. View Walker & Dunlop's Dividend History.

Walker & Dunlop declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, February 7th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $50,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE:WD) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 1st. The financial services provider reported $1.28 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.34 by $0.06. The financial services provider had revenue of $178.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $182.79 million. Walker & Dunlop had a net margin of 29.63% and a return on equity of 18.89%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 7.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.08 earnings per share. View Walker & Dunlop's Earnings History.

Walker & Dunlop is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November, 14th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Walker & Dunlop.

3 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Walker & Dunlop's shares. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $66.00. On average, they anticipate Walker & Dunlop's share price to reach $63.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Walker & Dunlop.

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

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News coverage about WD stock has trended somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. Accern scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Walker & Dunlop earned a coverage optimism score of 0.16 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the financial services provider an impact score of 47.29 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Walker & Dunlop.

Walker & Dunlop's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (12.40%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.83%), Boston Partners (4.82%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.50%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.40%) and Shufro Rose & Co. LLC (0.94%). Company insiders that own Walker & Dunlop stock include Alan J Bowers, Dana L Schmaltz, Howard W Smith III, Michael D Malone, Richard C Warner, Richard M Lucas, Stephen P Theobald and William M Walker. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Walker & Dunlop.

WD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Royce & Associates LP, ClariVest Asset Management LLC, New Amsterdam Partners LLC NY, Shufro Rose & Co. LLC, Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC, KBC Group NV and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Company insiders that have sold Walker & Dunlop company stock in the last year include Howard W Smith III, Richard C Warner, Richard M Lucas, Stephen P Theobald and William M Walker. View Insider Buying and Selling for Walker & Dunlop.

WD stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Burney Co., Boston Partners, TD Asset Management Inc., Peregrine Asset Advisers Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, James Investment Research Inc. and Martingale Asset Management L P. Company insiders that have bought Walker & Dunlop stock in the last two years include Alan J Bowers, Dana L Schmaltz and Michael D Malone. View Insider Buying and Selling for Walker & Dunlop.

Shares of WD 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 WD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $55.36.

Walker & Dunlop has a market capitalization of $1.72 billion and generates $711.86 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $211.12 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.76 on an earnings per share basis. Walker & Dunlop employs 623 workers across the globe.

Walker & Dunlop's mailing address is 7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE, BETHESDA MD, 20814. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 301-215-5500 or via email at [email protected]