Waddell & Reed Financial Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:WDR)

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

Waddell & Reed Financial declared a -- dividend on Wednesday, September 18th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, November 1st. This represents a yield of 5.7%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 10th. View Waddell & Reed Financial's Dividend History.

Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. (NYSE:WDR) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 30th. The asset manager reported $0.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.37 by $0.05. The asset manager had revenue of $270.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $267.48 million. Waddell & Reed Financial had a net margin of 14.48% and a return on equity of 17.88%. The business's revenue was down 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.55 earnings per share. View Waddell & Reed Financial's Earnings History.

Waddell & Reed Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Waddell & Reed Financial.

Waddell & Reed Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

7 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Waddell & Reed Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $18.00. On average, they expect Waddell & Reed Financial's stock price to reach $16.3333 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.0%. View Analyst Price Targets for Waddell & Reed Financial.

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

News stories about WDR stock have trended negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Waddell & Reed Financial earned a news sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the asset manager a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Waddell & Reed Financial.

Waddell & Reed Financial saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 18,613,500 shares, an increase of 8.7% from the July 31st total of 17,127,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 784,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 23.7 days. Currently, 26.2% of the company's shares are short sold. View Waddell & Reed Financial's Current Options Chain.

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Waddell & Reed Financial's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (16.04%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.58%), Invesco Ltd. (5.10%), Van Berkom & Associates Inc. (3.55%), APG Asset Management N.V. (3.42%) and Fisher Asset Management LLC (2.33%). Company insiders that own Waddell & Reed Financial stock include Alan W Kosloff, Dennis E Logue, James M Raines, Jerry W Walton, John E Sundeen Jr, Thomas W Butch and Wendy J Hills. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Waddell & Reed Financial.

WDR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vanguard Group Inc., Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ, Heartland Advisors Inc., Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Gabelli Funds LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC and Gamco Investors INC. ET AL. Company insiders that have sold Waddell & Reed Financial company stock in the last year include Dennis E Logue, James M Raines and Jerry W Walton. View Insider Buying and Selling for Waddell & Reed Financial.

WDR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including APG Asset Management N.V., Morgan Stanley, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Alberta Investment Management Corp, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. 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 $17.19.

Waddell & Reed Financial has a market capitalization of $1.26 billion and generates $1.16 billion in revenue each year. The asset manager earns $183.59 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.28 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]