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

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

Waddell & Reed Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, February 1st. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.62%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 10th. View Waddell & Reed Financial's Dividend History.

Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. (NYSE:WDR) released its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 5th. The asset manager reported $0.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.11. The asset manager earned $272.20 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $273.78 million. Waddell & Reed Financial had a return on equity of 20.81% and a net margin of 15.82%. The company's revenue was down 7.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.36 earnings per share. View Waddell & Reed Financial's Earnings History.

Waddell & Reed Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Waddell & Reed Financial.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Waddell & Reed Financial's shares. Their predictions range from $14.00 to $23.00. On average, they expect Waddell & Reed Financial's share price to reach $18.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Waddell & Reed Financial.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Waddell & Reed Financial in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings and 1 hold 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 somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring 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 daily sentiment score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the asset manager a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

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Waddell & Reed Financial's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (15.13%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.37%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (2.29%), Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (2.06%), Gabelli Funds LLC (1.74%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.65%). Company insiders that own Waddell & Reed Financial stock include Alan W Kosloff, Benjamin R Clouse, 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 Prudential Financial Inc., KBC Group NV, Millennium Management LLC, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Foresters Investment Management Company Inc., Barclays PLC, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Alberta as represented by Alberta Investment Management Corp. Company insiders that have sold Waddell & Reed Financial company stock in the last year include Alan W Kosloff, James M Raines and Jerry W Walton. View Insider Buying and Selling for Waddell & Reed Financial.

WDR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including APG Asset Management N.V., Brown Advisory Inc., Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Ackerman Capital Advisors LLC, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, BlackRock Inc., Chicago Equity Partners LLC and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WDR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.80.

Waddell & Reed Financial has a market capitalization of $1.39 billion and generates $1.16 billion in revenue each year. The asset manager earns $183.58 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.28 on an earnings per share basis. Waddell & Reed Financial employs 1,430 workers across the globe.

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]