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Summit Investment Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Walker & Dunlop, Inc. ( NYSE:WD – Free Report ) by 5.
9% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 3,362 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 187 shares during the quarter. Summit Investment Advisors Inc.
’s holdings in Walker & Dunlop were worth $327,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of WD. Sterling Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Walker & Dunlop by 456.
4% in the fourth quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC now owns 306 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 251 shares during the period. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Walker & Dunlop by 230.
8% in the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 751 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $72,000 after buying an additional 524 shares during the period. KBC Group NV increased its holdings in shares of Walker & Dunlop by 33.
6% during the 4th quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 1,607 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $156,000 after buying an additional 404 shares during the last quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP purchased a new stake in shares of Walker & Dunlop during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $178,000.
Finally, Crewe Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Walker & Dunlop by 42.9% in the fourth quarter. Crewe Advisors LLC now owns 2,000 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $194,000 after acquiring an additional 600 shares during the last quarter.
Institutional investors and hedge funds own 80.97% of the company’s stock. Insider Buying and Selling at Walker & Dunlop In related news, CEO William M.
Walker acquired 17,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 6th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $86.21 per share, with a total value of $1,508,675.
00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 411,271 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $35,455,672.91.
The trade was a 4.44 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink .
3.66% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth Get Our Latest Stock Analysis on Walker & Dunlop Walker & Dunlop Price Performance Shares of WD stock opened at $73.
60 on Monday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $82.73 and a two-hundred day moving average of $96.
29. The firm has a market cap of $2.50 billion, a PE ratio of 23.
07 and a beta of 1.42. Walker & Dunlop, Inc.
has a 1-year low of $69.59 and a 1-year high of $118.19.
Walker & Dunlop ( NYSE:WD – Get Free Report ) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The financial services provider reported $1.34 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.
52 by ($0.18). Walker & Dunlop had a net margin of 9.
55% and a return on equity of 9.64%. The company had revenue of $341.
45 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $316.82 million. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Walker & Dunlop, Inc.
will post 4.97 EPS for the current fiscal year. Walker & Dunlop Increases Dividend The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th.
Investors of record on Friday, February 28th were issued a dividend of $0.67 per share. This represents a $2.
68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.64%. This is a boost from Walker & Dunlop’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.
65. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 28th. Walker & Dunlop’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 84.
01%. About Walker & Dunlop ( Free Report ) Walker & Dunlop, Inc is a holding company, which engages in the provision of commercial real estate and finance services. It operates through the following segments: Capital Markets, Servicing and Asset Management, and Corporate.
The Capital Markets segment offers a comprehensive range of commercial real estate finance products to customers. See Also Want to see what other hedge funds are holding WD? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Walker & Dunlop, Inc.
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