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 given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, February 1st. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 10th. View Waddell & Reed Financial's Dividend History.

Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. (NYSE:WDR) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 30th. The asset manager reported $0.58 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.56 by $0.02. The asset manager earned $295.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $293.63 million. Waddell & Reed Financial had a net margin of 14.11% and a return on equity of 20.10%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.44 EPS. View Waddell & Reed Financial's Earnings History.

Waddell & Reed Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 5th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Waddell & Reed Financial.

Waddell & Reed Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 5th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

6 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Waddell & Reed Financial's stock. Their predictions range from $17.00 to $23.00. On average, they expect Waddell & Reed Financial's stock price to reach $19.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.9% from the stock's current price. 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 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Sell." View Analyst Ratings for Waddell & Reed Financial.

News coverage about WDR stock has trended positive on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Waddell & Reed Financial earned a news impact score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the asset manager a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

Some companies that are related to Waddell & Reed Financial include Virtu Financial (VIRT), Stifel Financial (SF), Navient (NAVI), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC), Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF), Investment Technology Group (ITG), Associated Capital Group (AC), Greenhill & Co., Inc. (GHL), Gamco Investors (GBL), Freedom (FRHC), Cowen (COWN), Oppenheimer (OPY), Siebert Financial (SIEB), JMP Group (JMP) and China Finance Online (JRJC).

Waddell & Reed Financial's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.04%). 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 Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. 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.

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 $17.59.

Waddell & Reed Financial has a market capitalization of $1.31 billion and generates $1.16 billion in revenue each year. The asset manager earns $141.27 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.92 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]