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 1.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 20th. This is a positive change from Walker & Dunlop's previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. View Walker & Dunlop's Dividend History.

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE:WD) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 5th. The financial services provider reported $1.34 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.29 by $0.05. The financial services provider earned $217.19 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $205.50 million. Walker & Dunlop had a net margin of 21.22% and a return on equity of 17.61%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.44 earnings per share. 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Walker & Dunlop's shares. Their forecasts range from $64.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Walker & Dunlop's share price to reach $66.80 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.3%. 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.

Headlines about WD stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Walker & Dunlop earned a media sentiment score of 0.6 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 effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Walker & Dunlop.

Walker & Dunlop saw a increase in short interest during 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 trading volume, of 156,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.0 days. Currently, 2.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Walker & Dunlop's Current Options Chain.

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Walker & Dunlop's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Boston Partners (4.18%), State Street Corp (2.63%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.28%), LSV Asset Management (1.19%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.08%) and Royce & Associates LP (0.91%). 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 bought 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 $75.32.

Walker & Dunlop has a market capitalization of $2.32 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]