Washington Federal, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Washington Federal Bank, National Association that provides lending, depository, insurance, and other banking services in the United States.
Washington Federal stock last closed at $29.00, up 6.5% from the previous day, and has decreased 11.45% in one year. It has overperformed other stocks in the Banks - Regional industry by 0.03 percentage points. Washington Federal stock is currently +21.34% from its 52-week low of $23.90, and -25.97% from its 52-week high of $39.17.
As of Jun 6, 2023, there are 65.79M shares of WAFD outstanding. The market value of WAFD is $1.91B. In the last 24 hours, 487,778 WAFD shares were traded.
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Out of 4 sell side analysts who give recommendations on WAFD, the consensus analyst rating on Washington Federal is a Buy
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Kashy Harrison, a bottom 2% analyst from Piper Sandler maintains WAFD with a hold rating and lowers their WAFD price target from $33.00 to $29.00, on Apr 17, 2023.
Jeff Rulis, a bottom 10% analyst from DA Davidson maintains WAFD with a strong buy rating and lowers their WAFD price target from $37.00 to $35.00, on Apr 17, 2023.
Kelly Motta, a top 31% analyst from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods maintains WAFD with a buy rating and lowers their WAFD price target from $41.00 to $38.00, on Apr 17, 2023.
Matthew Clark, a top 23% analyst from Piper Sandler maintains WAFD with a hold rating and raises their WAFD price target from $36.00 to $37.00, on Jan 17, 2023.
You can dive deeper into what analysts are saying on the Washington Federal stock forecast page.
Last year, WAFD earnings were $267.51M. During the last five year, WAFD's earnings have gone up by 13.41% per year. This was slower than the Banks - Regional industry average of 19.62%.
Last year, WAFD revenue was $730.33M. During the past five year, WAFD's revenue has grown by 7.65% per year. This was faster than the Banks - Regional industry average of 6.15%.
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Over the past year, executives and large shareholders at WAFD have bought more shares than they have sold.
David K. Grant, Director of WAFD, was the latest WAFD insider to buy. They bought $68,600.00 worth of WAFD stock on May 15, 2023.
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Washington Federal pays a dividend of 3.38%, compared to the Banks - Regional industry's average dividend yield of 3.95%. If you owned $1,000 of WAFD stock, you would have been paid $33.79 in the past year.
Washington Federal dividend payments have consistently grown over the past decade but have not remained stable.
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