Walker & Dunlop - WD Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 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 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" WD shares.
View WD analyst ratings or view top-rated stocks.

2 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Walker & Dunlop's shares. Their WD share price forecasts range from $110.00 to $110.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $110.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 51.7% from the stock's current price.
View analysts price targets for WD or view top-rated stocks among Wall Street analysts.

Walker & Dunlop's stock was trading at $78.48 at the start of the year. Since then, WD shares have decreased by 7.6% and is now trading at $72.53.
View the best growth stocks for 2023 here.

The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 4th 2023.
View our WD earnings forecast.

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE:WD) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 21st. The financial services provider reported $1.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.55 by $0.14. The financial services provider had revenue of $282.85 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $331.46 million. Walker & Dunlop had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.97% and a net margin of 16.84%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 30.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $2.42 earnings per share.

Walker & Dunlop announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 21st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 8th will be given a dividend of $0.63 per share on Thursday, March 23rd. This represents a $2.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 7th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.60.
Read our dividend analysis for WD.

ETFs with the largest weight of Walker & Dunlop (NYSE:WD) stock in their portfolio include Janus Henderson US Sustainable Equity ETF (SSPX), Invesco S&P SmallCap Financials ETF (PSCF), WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRS), SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE), First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (FNK), iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (IJS), Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (VIOV) and SPDR S&P 600 Small CapValue ETF (SLYV).

Walker & Dunlop (NYSE:WD) pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.24%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 5 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 39.56%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WD will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.11% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
Read our dividend analysis for WD.

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.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Walker & Dunlop investors own include Appian (APPN), Trade Desk (TTD), Wix.com (WIX), Block (SQ), NVIDIA (NVDA), Twilio (TWLO), Paycom Software (PAYC), Stitch Fix (SFIX), Shopify (SHOP) and Tesla (TSLA).

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

Walker & Dunlop's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.34%), T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. (2.89%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.67%), Boston Partners (1.40%), Morgan Stanley (1.03%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.99%). Insiders that own company stock include Dana L Schmaltz, E John Rice Jr, Howard W Smith III, Michael D Malone, Michael J Warren, Paula A Pryor, Stephen P Theobald and William M Walker.
View institutional ownership trends.

Shares of WD stock 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.
Compare Top Brokerages Here.

One share of WD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $72.53.

Walker & Dunlop (NYSE:WD) has a market capitalization of $2.42 billion and generates $1.26 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $213.82 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.37 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,451 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.