With 0.7 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.5 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $37.09 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $35.84. The 52-week range on WAFD shows that it touched its highest point at $37.49 and its lowest point at $23.36 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $37.00. With its current market cap of 2.93 billion, WAFD has annualized dividend of $1.03 while the current yield stands at 2.86%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.82.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of WAFD was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.76%, but this was up by 2.79% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 36.06% while six-month performance rose 32.56%. The stock gained 36.01% in the past year, while it has gained 9.44% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WAFD yields 2.49 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.15. For the next quarter, that number is 0.71. This implies an EPS growth rate of -29.10% for this year and 19.34% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 7.00% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 9.21%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 81.22 million WAFD shares are outstanding with a float of 79.93 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-08-30, short shares totaled 1.46 million, which was 179.99999999999997 higher than short shares on 1722384000. In addition to Mr. Brent J. Beardall CPA as the firm’s President, CEO & Vice Chairman, Ms. Kelli J. Holz CPA serves as its Executive VP & CFO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.78038 of WAFD’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for WAFD since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
