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 Wednesday, February 5th. Investors of record on Friday, February 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.36 per share on Monday, March 9th. This represents a $1.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.05%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 20th. This is a boost from Walker & Dunlop's previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. View Walker & Dunlop's Dividend History.

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE:WD) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 5th. The financial services provider reported $1.34 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.05. The financial services provider earned $217.19 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $205.50 million. Walker & Dunlop had a net margin of 21.22% and a return on equity of 17.61%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.44 EPS. View Walker & Dunlop's Earnings History.

Walker & Dunlop is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Walker & Dunlop.

5 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Walker & Dunlop's stock. Their forecasts range from $64.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Walker & Dunlop's share price to reach $67.25 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.2%. 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 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Walker & Dunlop.

Media headlines about WD stock have been trending somewhat negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. 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 news sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Walker & Dunlop.

Walker & Dunlop saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 781,000 shares, an increase of 5.1% from the December 31st total of 743,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 156,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.0 days. Approximately 2.7% of the company's stock are short sold. View Walker & Dunlop's Current Options Chain.

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Walker & Dunlop's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Boston Partners (4.18%), State Street Corp (2.63%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.49%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.28%), LSV Asset Management (1.19%) and Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.08%). Company insiders that own Walker & Dunlop stock include Alan J Bowers, Dana L Schmaltz, E John Rice Jr, Howard W Smith III, 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 Boston Partners, Alyeska Investment Group L.P., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc., State Street Corp, Shufro Rose & Co. LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and 361 Capital LLC. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Man Group plc, First Sabrepoint Capital Management LP, Victory Capital Management Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, LSV Asset Management, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can and Jane Street Group LLC. Company insiders that have bought Walker & Dunlop stock in the last two years include Alan J Bowers and Dana L Schmaltz. 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 $70.17.

Walker & Dunlop has a market capitalization of $2.16 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.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]