Walker & Dunlop Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street equities research 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. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Walker & Dunlop stock.
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Walker & Dunlop is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 4th 2021.
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Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE:WD) announced its earnings results on Thursday, May, 6th. The financial services provider reported $1.79 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.94 by $0.15. The financial services provider earned $224.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $248.50 million. Walker & Dunlop had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.52% and a net margin of 24.01%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.49 earnings per share.
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Walker & Dunlop's stock was trading at $56.43 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WD stock has increased by 91.9% and is now trading at $108.31.
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Walker & Dunlop declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 7th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share on Friday, June 4th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.85%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 19th.
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Walker & Dunlop pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.86%. Walker & Dunlop does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Walker & Dunlop is 26.01%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Walker & Dunlop will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.35% next year. This indicates that Walker & Dunlop will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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3 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Walker & Dunlop's stock. Their forecasts range from $90.00 to $147.00. On average, they anticipate Walker & Dunlop's share price to reach $119.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.6% from the stock's current price.
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46 employees have rated Walker & Dunlop CEO William M. Walker on Glassdoor.com. William M. Walker has an approval rating of 99% among Walker & Dunlop'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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (15.72%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (5.26%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.15%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.46%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (2.33%) and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.61%). 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, Michael J Warren, Richard C Warner, Richard M Lucas, Stephen P Theobald and William M Walker.
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WD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Boston Partners, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Northern Trust Corp, LSV Asset Management, Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, Shufro Rose & Co. LLC, and GW&K Investment Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Walker & Dunlop company stock in the last year include E John Rice Jr, Howard W Smith III, Michael J Warren, Stephen P Theobald, and William M Walker.
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WD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, NFJ Investment Group LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Harspring Capital Management LLC, Crawford Investment Counsel Inc., and Royce & Associates LP. Company insiders that have bought Walker & Dunlop stock in the last two years include Alan J Bowers, Dana L Schmaltz, and Michael D Malone.
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Shares of WD can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of WD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $108.31.

Walker & Dunlop has a market capitalization of $3.44 billion and generates $1.08 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $246.18 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.69 on an earnings per share basis.

Walker & Dunlop employs 974 workers across the globe.

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

Walker & Dunlop is headquartered at 7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE SUITE 1200E, BETHESDA MD, 20814.

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]