Walker & Dunlop - WD Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walker & Dunlop in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" WD shares.
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4 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Walker & Dunlop's stock. Their WD share price forecasts range from $140.00 to $190.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $171.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 102.1% 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 stock has decreased by 43.9% and is now trading at $84.63.
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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) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 4th. The financial services provider reported $1.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.75 by $0.14. The financial services provider earned $340.85 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $320.06 million. Walker & Dunlop had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.58% and a net margin of 19.48%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 21.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.73 EPS.

Walker & Dunlop announced 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 2.79%. 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 23.86% 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."

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One share of WD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $84.63.

Walker & Dunlop (NYSE:WD) has a market capitalization of $2.80 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.