NYSE:WDWalker & Dunlop Stock Price, Forecast & News

Walker & Dunlop's stock was trading at $56.43 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WD shares have decreased by 13.4% and is now trading at $48.85. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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

Walker & Dunlop is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Walker & Dunlop.

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE:WD) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The financial services provider reported $1.49 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.33 by $0.16. The financial services provider had revenue of $234.16 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $190.15 million. Walker & Dunlop had a net margin of 20.49% and a return on equity of 17.47%. Walker & Dunlop's revenue was up 24.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.39 earnings per share. View Walker & Dunlop's earnings history.

Walker & Dunlop announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 6th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 20th will be given a dividend of $0.36 per share on Friday, June 5th. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.95%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 19th. View Walker & Dunlop's dividend history.

4 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Walker & Dunlop's stock. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Walker & Dunlop's stock price to reach $60.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 23.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Walker & Dunlop.

News articles about WD stock have been trending somewhat negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, 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 coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Walker & Dunlop.

Walker & Dunlop saw a drop in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 736,300 shares, a drop of 6.8% from the May 31st total of 789,900 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 355,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.1 days. Approximately 2.6% of the company's stock are short sold. View Walker & Dunlop's Current Options Chain.

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

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 $48.85.

Walker & Dunlop has a market capitalization of $1.52 billion and generates $817.22 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $173.37 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.45 on an earnings per share basis. Walker & Dunlop employs 723 workers across the globe.

The official website for Walker & Dunlop is 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]