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

Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. (NYSE:WDR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 30th. The asset manager reported $0.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.37 by $0.05. The asset manager had revenue of $270.20 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $267.48 million. Waddell & Reed Financial had a net margin of 14.48% and a return on equity of 17.88%. Waddell & Reed Financial's revenue was down 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $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 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Waddell & Reed Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $18.00. On average, they anticipate Waddell & Reed Financial's share price to reach $16.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.9% from the stock's current price. 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 6 sell ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Sell." View Analyst Ratings for Waddell & Reed Financial.

Media stories about WDR stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Waddell & Reed Financial earned a daily sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage 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 near future. View News Stories for Waddell & Reed Financial.

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Waddell & Reed Financial's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (1.15%), Foundry Partners LLC (0.96%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.20%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.09%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%) and Zeke Capital Advisors LLC (0.03%). 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 Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC. 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 Foundry Partners LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Hexavest Inc., Zeke Capital Advisors LLC and 6 Meridian. 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 $15.88.

Waddell & Reed Financial has a market capitalization of $1.16 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]