Walker & Dunlop - WD Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walker & Dunlop in the last year. There are currently 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" WD shares.
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4 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Walker & Dunlop's stock. Their WD share price forecasts range from $140.00 to $190.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $171.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 54.1% from the stock's current price.
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Walker & Dunlop's stock was trading at $150.88 at the beginning of the year. Since then, WD shares have decreased by 26.4% and is now trading at $110.98.
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Walker & Dunlop saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 973,700 shares, an increase of 28.8% from the June 15th total of 756,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 176,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.5 days. Approximately 3.2% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 3rd 2022.
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Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE:WD) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 4th. The financial services provider reported $1.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.75 by $0.14. The financial services provider had revenue of $340.85 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $320.06 million. Walker & Dunlop had a net margin of 19.48% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.58%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 21.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.73 earnings per share.

Walker & Dunlop declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 3rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.60 per share on Friday, September 2nd. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.16%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 17th.
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Walker & Dunlop (NYSE:WD) pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.19%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 4 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 28.71%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WD will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.53% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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46 employees have rated Walker & Dunlop Chief Executive Officer William M. Walker on Glassdoor.com. William M. Walker has an approval rating of 99% among the company's employees. This puts William M. Walker in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Walker & Dunlop's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.75%), Brown Advisory Inc. (0.71%), Thornburg Investment Management Inc. (0.39%), Moody Aldrich Partners LLC (0.27%), Swiss National Bank (0.22%) and Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.18%). Insiders that own company stock include Alan J Bowers, Dana L Schmaltz, E John Rice Jr, Howard W Smith III, Michael D Malone, Michael J Warren, Paula A Pryor, Richard C Warner, Richard M Lucas, Stephen P Theobald and William M Walker.
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One share of WD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $110.98.

Walker & Dunlop (NYSE:WD) has a market capitalization of $3.67 billion and generates $1.26 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $265.76 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.36 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,305 workers across the globe.

Walker & Dunlop's mailing address is 7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE SUITE 1200E, BETHESDA MD, 20814. The official website for the company is www.walkerdunlop.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (301) 215-5500, via email at investorrelations@walkeranddunlop.com, or via fax at 301-634-2150.