Walker & Dunlop (WD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Walker & Dunlop in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" WD shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in WD, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Walker & Dunlop's shares. Their WD share price targets range from $95.00 to $105.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $100.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.6% from the stock's current price.
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Walker & Dunlop's stock was trading at $111.01 at the start of the year. Since then, WD stock has decreased by 17.8% and is now trading at $91.23.
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Walker & Dunlop saw a decline in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,400,000 shares, a decline of 23.5% from the February 29th total of 1,830,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 225,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.2 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 2nd 2024.
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Walker & Dunlop will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, May 2nd at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE:WD) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 15th. The financial services provider reported $1.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.04 by $0.38. The financial services provider had revenue of $274.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $276.76 million. Walker & Dunlop had a net margin of 10.18% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.15%. The firm's revenue was down 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.41 earnings per share.

Walker & Dunlop announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 1st will be given a dividend of $0.65 per share on Friday, March 15th. This represents a $2.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.85%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 29th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.63.
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Walker & Dunlop (NYSE:WD) pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.86%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 6 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 81.76%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, WD will have a dividend payout ratio of 47.10% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Walker & Dunlop (NYSE:WD) stock in their portfolio include Janus Henderson US Sustainable Equity ETF (SSPX), Harbor Corporate Culture Small Cap ETF (HAPS), WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRS), Invesco S&P SmallCap Financials ETF (PSCF) and SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap ETF (SLY).Invesco FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid ETF (PRFZ).

46 employees have rated Walker & Dunlop Chief Executive Officer William M. Walker on Glassdoor.com. William M. Walker has an approval rating of 99% among the company's employees. This puts William M. Walker in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Walker & Dunlop's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Kathmere Capital Management LLC (0.43%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.22%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), ARGA Investment Management LP (0.02%), Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.02%) and AlphaMark Advisors LLC (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Dana L Schmaltz, Gregory Florkowski, Howard W Smith III, Paula A Pryor, Richard M Lucas, Stephen P Theobald and William M Walker.
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Shares of WD 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.
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