Woori Bank (WF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Woori Financial Group Inc., a financial holding company, operates as a commercial bank that provides a range of financial products and services to individuals, corporations, and small- and medium-sized enterprises in Korea. It operates through Banking, Credit Card, Capital, Investment Banking, and Others segments. The company offers savings, demand, installment, and time deposits; certificates of deposit; repurchase instruments; and working capital, facilities, general purpose household, mortgage, and home equity loans. It also provides debit and credit cards, cash services, card loans, and related services; lease financing; and securities operation, sale of financial instruments, project financing, and other related solutions. In addition, the company offers credit purchase, cash advance, credit card loans, foreign exchange services and dealing, import and export-related services, offshore lending, syndicated loans and foreign currency securities investment, investment trust products, bancassurance, and private equity funds. Further, it is involved in the real estate trust, system software development and maintenance, financing, credit information, securities investment and trading, derivatives trading, trust, asset securitization, investment and international banking, money transfer, and other services. Additionally, the company offers automated telephone, internet, and mobile banking services; and trust management, trustee, and custodian services. Woori Financial Group Inc. was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $53.66 to $55.00
• 50-Day Range: $41.27 to $57.62
• 52-Week Range: $29.44 to $57.97
• Volume: 31,247 shs
• Average Volume: 85,234 shs
• Market Capitalization: $13.51 billion
• P/E Ratio: 6.87
• Dividend Yield: 2.51%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

Woori Bank Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Woori Bank scored higher than 59% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 597th out of 919 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: N/A
• Analyst Rating: N/A

Consensus Rating

There is not enough analysis data for Woori Bank.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 2.43%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Woori Bank are expected to grow by 2.43% in the coming year, from $8.24 to $8.44 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Woori Bank is 6.87, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 27.16.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Woori Bank is 6.87, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 18.55.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Woori Bank has a PEG Ratio of 0.98. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Woori Bank has a P/B Ratio of 0.56. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.05% of the outstanding shares of Woori Bank have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Woori Bank has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Woori Bank has recently increased by 40.67%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Woori Bank pays a meaningful dividend of 2.49%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Woori Bank does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Woori Bank is 17.25%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Woori Bank will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.23% next year. This indicates that Woori Bank will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.05% of the outstanding shares of Woori Bank have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Woori Bank has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Woori Bank has recently increased by 40.67%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Woori Bank has a news sentiment score of 0.79. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Woori Bank this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Woori Bank to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Woori Bank insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 3.41% of the stock of Woori Bank is held by institutions.

WF Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have WF shares performed this year?

Woori Bank's stock was trading at $31.25 at the beginning of the year. Since then, WF stock has increased by 74.7% and is now trading at $54.5850.

How were Woori Bank's earnings last quarter?

Woori Bank (NYSE:WF) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July, 25th. The bank reported $2.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $3,574.37 by $3,571.74. The bank earned $2 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2,790.97 billion. Woori Bank had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.31% and a net margin of 11.84%.

Who are Woori Bank's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Woori Bank include Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. (0.20%), Creative Planning (0.11%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (0.05%) and Ethic Inc. (0.04%).

How do I buy shares of Woori Bank?

Shares of WF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Woori Bank own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Woori Bank investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Arista Networks (ANET), Jabil (JBL), e.l.f. Beauty (ELF), Meta Platforms (META) and Adobe (ADBE).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/25/2025
• Today: 8/09/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: BANKS - FOREIGN
• Sub-Industry: Banking
• Current Symbol: NYSE:WF
• CIK: 1264136
• Web: www.wooribank.com
• Phone: (222) 125-2337
• Fax: 82-0505001-0451
• Employees: 13,279
• Year Founded: 1899

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $7.94
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 6.87
• Forward P/E Ratio: 6.62
• P/E Growth: 0.98
• Net Income: $2.09 billion
• Net Margins: 11.84%
• Pretax Margin: 14.38%
• Return on Equity: 8.31%
• Return on Assets: 0.56%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.86
• Current Ratio: 1.08
• Quick Ratio: 1.08

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $19.04 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.71
• Cash Flow: $12.29 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.44
• Book Value: $98.11 per share
• Price / Book: 0.56

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 247,530,000
• Free Float: 247,531,000
• Market Cap: $13.51 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.08