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. Shareholders of record on Monday, January 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Monday, February 3rd. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.17%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 10th. View Waddell & Reed Financial's Dividend History.

Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. (NYSE:WDR) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 4th. The asset manager reported $0.51 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.10. The asset manager had revenue of $270.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $268.85 million. The company's quarterly revenue was down .8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.60 EPS. View Waddell & Reed Financial's Earnings History.

Waddell & Reed Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Waddell & Reed Financial.

6 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Waddell & Reed Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $17.00. On average, they anticipate Waddell & Reed Financial's share price to reach $15.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.0%. 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 positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing 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 coverage optimism score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines 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 stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Waddell & Reed Financial.

Some companies that are related to Waddell & Reed Financial include Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Ares Capital (ARCC), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Federated Investors (FII), NeXt Innovation (GSVC), Apollo Investment (AINV), Arlington Asset Investment (AI), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), Blackrock Capital Investment (BKCC), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), BlackRock (BLK), Capital Southwest (CSWC), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL) and Eaton Vance (EV).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Waddell & Reed Financial investors own include Pfizer (PFE), Ford Motor (F), AT&T (T), Gilead Sciences (GILD), AbbVie (ABBV), YRC Worldwide (YRCW), General Electric (GE), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Realogy (RLGY).

Waddell & Reed Financial's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (5.44%), State Street Corp (3.34%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.02%), Gabelli Funds LLC (1.75%), Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. (1.57%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.18%). 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 Foundry Partners LLC, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Heartland Advisors Inc., South Dakota Investment Council and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Waddell & Reed Financial company stock in the last year include Dennis E Logue 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 Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., UBS Group AG, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Vident Investment Advisory LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, California Public Employees Retirement System and Public Sector Pension Investment Board. 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 $16.21.