Walker & Dunlop - WD Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walker & Dunlop in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" WD shares.
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3 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Walker & Dunlop's stock. Their WD share price forecasts range from $110.00 to $183.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $146.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 64.0% from the stock's current price.
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Walker & Dunlop's stock was trading at $150.88 at the beginning of the year. Since then, WD shares have decreased by 40.8% and is now trading at $89.31.
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Walker & Dunlop saw a decrease in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 690,400 shares, a decrease of 26.5% from the October 31st total of 939,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 139,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.9 days. Currently, 2.3% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 2nd 2023.
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Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE:WD) released its earnings results on Thursday, November, 4th. The financial services provider reported $2.21 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.07 by $0.14. The financial services provider had revenue of $346.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $311.43 million. Walker & Dunlop had a net margin of 18.11% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.23%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 40.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.66 earnings per share.

Walker & Dunlop announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 8th. Investors of record on Friday, November 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.60 per share on Friday, December 9th. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.69%. 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 2.79%. 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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.24%), Vanguard Group Inc. (10.83%), State Street Corp (3.39%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.22%), Boston Partners (1.42%) and M.D. Sass Investors Services Inc. (1.13%). 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, Richard C Warner, 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 $89.31.

Walker & Dunlop (NYSE:WD) has a market capitalization of $2.95 billion and generates $1.26 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.