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

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

Waddell & Reed Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 23rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, January 13th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Monday, February 3rd. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.25%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 10th. View Waddell & Reed Financial's Dividend History.

Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. (NYSE:WDR) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 29th. The asset manager reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.39 by $0.07. The asset manager earned $270.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $266.84 million. Waddell & Reed Financial had a return on equity of 16.62% and a net margin of 13.57%. Waddell & Reed Financial's revenue for the quarter was down 8.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.58 earnings per share. View Waddell & Reed Financial's Earnings History.

Waddell & Reed Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Waddell & Reed Financial.

Waddell & Reed Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 4th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

6 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Waddell & Reed Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $17.00. On average, they expect Waddell & Reed Financial's share price to reach $15.40 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.7%. 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 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Sell." View Analyst Ratings for Waddell & Reed Financial.

Media coverage about WDR stock has trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative 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 positive 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 assigned media headlines about the asset manager a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate 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 investors include New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.31%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Arizona State Retirement System (0.07%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%), Leavell Investment Management Inc. (0.05%) and Alpha Windward LLC (0.04%). Company insiders that own Waddell & Reed Financial stock include Alan W Kosloff, Dennis E Logue, James M Raines and Jerry W Walton. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Waddell & Reed Financial.

WDR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Arizona State Retirement System, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and Leavell Investment Management Inc.. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including New York State Teachers Retirement System, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, BW Gestao de Investimentos Ltda., Zeke Capital Advisors LLC, 6 Meridian and Alpha Windward LLC. 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 $15.99.

Waddell & Reed Financial has a market capitalization of $1.12 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]