NYSE:WD - Walker & Dunlop Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Walker & Dunlop announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Monday, December 9th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.82%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 21st. View Walker & Dunlop's Dividend History.

Walker & Dunlop declared that its board has initiated a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, February 7th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $50,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans 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, November, 6th. The financial services provider reported $1.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.34 by $0.05. The financial services provider earned $212.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $202.95 million. Walker & Dunlop had a return on equity of 18.54% and a net margin of 21.62%. The firm's revenue was up 14.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.17 earnings per share. View Walker & Dunlop's Earnings History.

Walker & Dunlop is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Walker & Dunlop.

5 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Walker & Dunlop's stock. Their forecasts range from $63.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Walker & Dunlop's stock price to reach $65.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Walker & Dunlop.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walker & Dunlop in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Walker & Dunlop.

News articles about WD stock have trended somewhat negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Walker & Dunlop earned a coverage optimism score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Walker & Dunlop.

Walker & Dunlop saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 509,400 shares, an increase of 9.9% from the September 30th total of 463,500 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 138,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.7 days. Currently, 1.8% of the company's shares are sold short. View Walker & Dunlop's Current Options Chain.

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Walker & Dunlop's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Boston Partners (4.89%), State Street Corp (2.75%), Shufro Rose & Co. LLC (0.79%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.30%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.26%) and Man Group plc (0.17%). Company insiders that own Walker & Dunlop stock include Alan J Bowers, Dana L Schmaltz, E John Rice Jr, 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 Man Group plc, Boston Partners, Shufro Rose & Co. LLC, Barclays PLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Denali Advisors LLC and Tower Research Capital LLC TRC. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, State Street Corp, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Millennium Management LLC, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Voloridge Investment Management LLC, Rhumbline Advisers and Meeder Asset Management Inc.. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $65.85.

Walker & Dunlop has a market capitalization of $2.03 billion and generates $725.25 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $161.44 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.04 on an earnings per share basis. Walker & Dunlop employs 723 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Walker & Dunlop.

The official website for Walker & Dunlop is http://www.walkerdunlop.com/.

Walker & Dunlop's mailing address is 7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE SUITE 1200E, BETHESDA MD, 20814. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 301-215-5500 or via email at [email protected]