With 0.51 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.62 million shares. The 52-week range on WAFD shows that it touched its highest point at $38.62 and its lowest point at $23.75 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $29.25. With its current market cap of 2.33 billion, WAFD has annualized dividend of $1.05 while the current yield stands at 3.62%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.85.
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 1.54%, but this was up by 17.14% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -5.31% while six-month performance fell -13.11%. The stock gained 0.83% in the past year, while it has lost -9.93% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WAFD yields 2.64 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.02. For the next quarter, that number is 0.68. This implies an EPS growth rate of 3.10% for this year and 17.17% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 80.76 million WAFD shares are outstanding with a float of 78.87 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for WAFD since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $2.49328 being high and $2.4657 being low. For WAFD, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.485.
