NYSE:WDR - Waddell & Reed Financial Stock Price, Forecast & News

Waddell & Reed Financial trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WDR."

Waddell & Reed Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 23rd. Investors of record on Monday, January 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Monday, February 3rd. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 10th. View Waddell & Reed Financial's Dividend History.

Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. (NYSE:WDR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 4th. The asset manager reported $0.51 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.10. The asset manager earned $270.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $268.85 million. Waddell & Reed Financial had a net margin of 10.74% and a return on equity of 15.74%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down .8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.60 EPS. View Waddell & Reed Financial's Earnings History.

Waddell & Reed Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Waddell & Reed Financial.

6 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Waddell & Reed Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $17.00. On average, they anticipate Waddell & Reed Financial's share price to reach $15.40 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for Waddell & Reed Financial.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Waddell & Reed Financial in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Sell." View Analyst Ratings for Waddell & Reed Financial.

Media headlines about WDR stock have been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Waddell & Reed Financial earned a news impact score of -3.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the asset manager a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Waddell & Reed Financial.

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Waddell & Reed Financial's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (5.44%), State Street Corp (3.34%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.02%), Gabelli Funds LLC (1.75%), Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. (1.57%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.18%). Company insiders that own Waddell & Reed Financial stock include Alan W Kosloff, Dennis E Logue, James M Raines and Jerry W Walton. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Waddell & Reed Financial.

WDR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Foundry Partners LLC, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Alberta Investment Management Corp, Man Group plc, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC and Heartland Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Waddell & Reed Financial company stock in the last year include Dennis E Logue and Jerry W Walton. View Insider Buying and Selling for Waddell & Reed Financial.

WDR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., UBS Group AG, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Vident Investment Advisory LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, California Public Employees Retirement System and Public Sector Pension Investment Board. View Insider Buying and Selling for Waddell & Reed Financial.

Shares of WDR 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 WDR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.46.

Waddell & Reed Financial has a market capitalization of $1.16 billion and generates $1.07 billion in revenue each year. The asset manager earns $114.99 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.88 on an earnings per share basis. Waddell & Reed Financial employs 1,332 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Waddell & Reed Financial.

The official website for Waddell & Reed Financial is http://www.waddell.com/.

Waddell & Reed Financial's mailing address is 6300 LAMAR AVE, OVERLAND PARK KS, 66201. The asset manager can be reached via phone at 913-236-2000 or via email at [email protected]