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 Tuesday, June 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 11th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Thursday, August 1st. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.67%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 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 for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.37 by $0.05. The asset manager earned $270.20 million during 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 for the quarter was down 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.55 EPS. 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.

7 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Waddell & Reed Financial's stock. Their predictions range from $14.00 to $18.00. On average, they expect Waddell & Reed Financial's share price to reach $16.3333 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.4%. 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.

Media headlines about WDR stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Waddell & Reed Financial earned a daily sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the asset manager a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Waddell & Reed Financial.

Waddell & Reed Financial saw a increase in short interest in 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 daily trading volume, of 784,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 23.7 days. Currently, 26.2% of the company's stock 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 shareholders 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 bought 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 $17.64.

Waddell & Reed Financial has a market capitalization of $1.29 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]