Walker & Dunlop - WD Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walker & Dunlop in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" WD shares.
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2 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Walker & Dunlop's stock. Their WD share price forecasts range from $110.00 to $183.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $146.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 57.3% from the stock's current price.
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Walker & Dunlop's stock was trading at $78.48 at the start of the year. Since then, WD shares have increased by 18.7% and is now trading at $93.16.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 21st 2023.
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Walker & Dunlop will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 21st at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE:WD) announced its earnings results on Thursday, November, 4th. The financial services provider reported $2.21 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.07 by $0.14. The financial services provider earned $346.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $311.43 million. Walker & Dunlop had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.23% and a net margin of 18.11%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 40.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.66 earnings per share.

Walker & Dunlop announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 8th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 25th will be given a dividend of $0.60 per share on Friday, December 9th. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.58%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 23rd.
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Walker & Dunlop (NYSE:WD) pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.53%. 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 31.79%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WD will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.74% 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."

Walker & Dunlop's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Boston Partners (1.40%), Thornburg Investment Management Inc. (0.38%), Kathmere Capital Management LLC (0.32%), Shufro Rose & Co. LLC (0.28%), Swiss National Bank (0.23%) and GPM Growth Investors Inc. (0.18%). Insiders that own company stock include Alan J Bowers, 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.
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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.
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One share of WD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $93.16.

Walker & Dunlop (NYSE:WD) has a market capitalization of $3.08 billion and generates $1.38 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $265.76 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.55 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.