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 5.60%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 10th. View Waddell & Reed Financial's Dividend History.

Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. (NYSE:WDR) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 30th. The asset manager reported $0.58 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.56 by $0.02. The asset manager earned $295.10 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $293.63 million. Waddell & Reed Financial had a return on equity of 20.10% and a net margin of 14.11%. Waddell & Reed Financial's quarterly revenue was up 2.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $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 anticipate Waddell & Reed Financial's share price to reach $19.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.2% 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 headlines about WDR stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog 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 media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the asset manager 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 immediate 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 variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.09%), Weather Gauge Advisory LLC (0.07%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.04%), Alpha Windward LLC (0.03%) and Meeder Asset Management Inc. (0.00%). 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 Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and Alpha Windward LLC. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Weather Gauge Advisory LLC and Meeder Asset Management Inc.. 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 $17.85.

Waddell & Reed Financial has a market capitalization of $1.40 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]