Walker & Dunlop Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:WD)

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

Walker & Dunlop declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 23rd will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Monday, September 9th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.98%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 22nd. View Walker & Dunlop's Dividend History.

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

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE:WD) released its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 7th. The financial services provider reported $1.33 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.30 by $0.03. The financial services provider had revenue of $200.33 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $188.90 million. Walker & Dunlop had a net margin of 21.58% and a return on equity of 18.34%. Walker & Dunlop's revenue for the quarter was up 12.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.26 earnings per share. View Walker & Dunlop's Earnings History.

Walker & Dunlop is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Walker & Dunlop.

5 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Walker & Dunlop's stock. Their forecasts range from $63.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Walker & Dunlop's stock price to reach $65.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.8% from the stock's current price. 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 1 hold rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Walker & Dunlop.

Headlines about WD stock have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Walker & Dunlop earned a daily sentiment score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Walker & Dunlop.

Walker & Dunlop saw a decline in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 377,000 shares, a decline of 8.9% from the August 30th total of 414,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 123,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.1 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's shares are short sold. View Walker & Dunlop's Current Options Chain.

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Walker & Dunlop's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.10%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Meeder Asset Management Inc. (0.04%) and Denali Advisors LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Walker & Dunlop stock include Alan J Bowers, Dana L Schmaltz, E John Rice Jr, 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 Bowling Portfolio Management LLC and Denali Advisors 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Meeder Asset Management Inc.. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $60.67.

Walker & Dunlop has a market capitalization of $1.86 billion and generates $725.25 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $161.44 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.04 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]