NYSE:WD - Walker & Dunlop Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Walker & Dunlop announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 2nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 17th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Tuesday, September 4th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 16th. View Walker & Dunlop's Dividend History.

Walker & Dunlop announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Wednesday, February 7th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $50,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE:WD) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 1st. The financial services provider reported $1.28 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.34 by $0.06. The financial services provider earned $178.20 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $182.79 million. Walker & Dunlop had a return on equity of 18.89% and a net margin of 29.63%. The company's revenue was up 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.08 earnings per share. View Walker & Dunlop's Earnings History.

Walker & Dunlop is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November, 14th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Walker & Dunlop.

3 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Walker & Dunlop's stock. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $66.00. On average, they anticipate Walker & Dunlop's stock price to reach $63.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Walker & Dunlop.

3 Wall Street 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, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Walker & Dunlop.

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Headlines about WD stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Walker & Dunlop earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.02 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the financial services provider an impact score of 46.37 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Walker & Dunlop.

Walker & Dunlop's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (12.40%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.83%), Boston Partners (4.82%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.50%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.40%) and Shufro Rose & Co. LLC (0.94%). Company insiders that own Walker & Dunlop stock include Alan J Bowers, Dana L Schmaltz, Howard W Smith III, Michael D Malone, 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 Victory Capital Management Inc., Royce & Associates LP, ClariVest Asset Management LLC, New Amsterdam Partners LLC NY, Shufro Rose & Co. LLC, Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC, KBC Group NV and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Burney Co., Boston Partners, TD Asset Management Inc., Peregrine Asset Advisers Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, James Investment Research Inc. and NorthCoast Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Walker & Dunlop stock in the last two years include Alan J Bowers, Dana L Schmaltz and Michael D Malone. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $54.63.

Walker & Dunlop has a market capitalization of $1.72 billion and generates $711.86 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $211.12 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.76 on an earnings per share basis. Walker & Dunlop employs 623 workers across the globe.

Walker & Dunlop's mailing address is 7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE, BETHESDA MD, 20814. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 301-215-5500 or via email at [email protected]