NYSE:WHGWestwood Holdings Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

Westwood Holdings Group's stock was trading at $20.24 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WHG stock has decreased by 27.9% and is now trading at $14.60. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

Westwood Holdings Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Westwood Holdings Group.

Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. (NYSE:WHG) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The asset manager reported $0.19 earnings per share for the quarter. The asset manager earned $16.67 million during the quarter. Westwood Holdings Group had a return on equity of 5.82% and a net margin of 8.61%. View Westwood Holdings Group's earnings history.

Westwood Holdings Group announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 6th will be given a dividend of $0.43 per share on Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 11.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 5th. View Westwood Holdings Group's dividend history.

Media stories about WHG stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. 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. Westwood Holdings Group earned a news sentiment score of -1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned 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 near future. View the latest news about Westwood Holdings Group.

Westwood Holdings Group saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 90,200 shares, a drop of 14.8% from the May 31st total of 105,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 72,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.3 days. Approximately 1.2% of the company's stock are sold short. View Westwood Holdings Group's Current Options Chain.

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Westwood Holdings Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WHG."

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One share of WHG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $14.60.

Westwood Holdings Group has a market capitalization of $124.10 million and generates $84.08 million in revenue each year.

The official website for Westwood Holdings Group is www.westwoodgroup.com.

Westwood Holdings Group's mailing address is 200 CRESCENT COURT SUITE 1200, DALLAS TX, 75201. The asset manager can be reached via phone at 214-756-6900 or via email at [email protected]