Washington Federal Stock News

Washington Federal Inc. (WAFD) shares closed today at 1.5% below its 52 week high of $36.66, giving the company a market cap of $2B. The stock is currently up 8.9% year-to-date, up 31.3% over the past 12 months, and up 21.2% over the past five years. This week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.3%, and the S&P 500 fell 2.6%. Trading Activity Trading volume this week was 6.9% lower than the 20-day average.Beta, a measure of the stocks volatility relative to the overall market stands at 0.9. Technical Indicators The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the stock was above 70, indicating it may be overbought.MACD, a trend-following momentum indicator, indicates a downward trend.The stock closed above its Bollinger band, indicating it may be overbought. Market Comparative Performance The company's share price is the same as the S&P 500 Index , beats it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5-year basis The company's share price is the same as the Dow Jones Industrial Average , beats it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5-year basis The company share price is the same as the performance of its peers in the Financials industry sector , lags it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5 year basis Per Group Comparative Performance The company's stock price performance year-to-date beats the peer average by 500.9% The company's stock price performance over the past 12 months beats the peer average by 31.6% The company's price-to-earnings ratio, which relates a company's share price to its earnings per share, is 66.3% higher than the average peer. This story was produced by the Kwhen Automated News Generator. For more articles like this, please visit us at finance.kwhen.com. Write to [email protected]. © 2020 Kwhen Inc.

Washington Federal Inc. (WAFD) shares closed today at 0.7% below its 52 week high of $36.61, giving the company a market cap of $2B. The stock is currently up 7.9% year-to-date, up 30.0% over the past 12 months, and up 21.7% over the past five years. This week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%, and the S&P 500 fell 1.9%. Trading Activity Trading volume this week was 27.4% higher than the 20-day average.Beta, a measure of the stocks volatility relative to the overall market stands at 0.0. Technical Indicators The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the stock was above 70, indicating it may be overbought.MACD, a trend-following momentum indicator, indicates a downward trend.The stock closed above its Bollinger band, indicating it may be overbought. Market Comparative Performance The company's share price is the same as the S&P 500 Index , beats it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5-year basis The company's share price is the same as the Dow Jones Industrial Average , beats it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5-year basis The company share price is the same as the performance of its peers in the Financials industry sector , lags it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5 year basis Per Group Comparative Performance The company's stock price performance year-to-date beats the peer average by 132.7% The company's stock price performance over the past 12 months beats the peer average by 14.7% The company's price-to-earnings ratio, which relates a company's share price to its earnings per share, is 64.2% higher than the average peer. This story was produced by the Kwhen Automated News Generator. For more articles like this, please visit us at finance.kwhen.com. Write to [email protected]. © 2020 Kwhen Inc.

Washington Federal Inc. (WAFD) shares closed today at 1.6% below its 52 week high of $36.61, giving the company a market cap of $2B. The stock is currently up 7.9% year-to-date, up 28.9% over the past 12 months, and up 20.2% over the past five years. This week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%, and the S&P 500 fell 1.9%. Trading Activity Trading volume this week was 2.7% higher than the 20-day average.Beta, a measure of the stocks volatility relative to the overall market stands at 0.9. Technical Indicators The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the stock was above 70, indicating it may be overbought.MACD, a trend-following momentum indicator, indicates a downward trend.The stock closed above its Bollinger band, indicating it may be overbought. Market Comparative Performance The company's share price is the same as the S&P 500 Index , beats it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5-year basis The company's share price is the same as the Dow Jones Industrial Average , beats it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5-year basis The company share price is the same as the performance of its peers in the Financials industry sector , lags it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5 year basis Per Group Comparative Performance The company's stock price performance year-to-date beats the peer average by 132.7% The company's stock price performance over the past 12 months beats the peer average by 11.8% The company's price-to-earnings ratio, which relates a company's share price to its earnings per share, is 64.2% higher than the average peer. This story was produced by the Kwhen Automated News Generator. For more articles like this, please visit us at finance.kwhen.com. Write to [email protected]. © 2020 Kwhen Inc.

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Enzo Garcia, 6, left, holds the hand of his brother Dante Garcia, 9, center, while Marco Reyes, medical assistant at Esperanza Health Centers, administers the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine last month. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times file From more COVID and more crime to possibly no more Bears in Chicago, the city generated much notable news for the year. At the end of 2020, many of us looked in our rearview mirrors at a landscape littered with crumpled face masks, canceled vacations, all manner of other coronavirus-related misery and said, Good riddance. Bring on 2021! Little did we know. Still, it wasnt all bad. Many of us ate at a restaurant for the first time (in a long time) last year. Despite frequent reports of sometimes violent passenger tantrums, we boarded airplanes for a desperately needed vacation. We had to get used to the idea that when we said Illinois Speaker of the House, the name Michael Madigan would not come next. If we wanted to escape but not stray too far from home we perhaps went to watch the Bears at Soldier Field (for now, at least).

Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of Washington Federal (NASDAQ:WAFD) from a strong-buy rating to a hold rating in a report published on Tuesday morning, Zacks.com reports. Zacks Investment Research currently has $34.00 price objective on the banks stock. According to Zacks, Washington Federal has an impressive earnings surprise history. The companys earnings have surpassed the []

Dividends are one of the best benefits to being a shareholder, but finding a great dividend stock is no easy task. Does Washington Federal (WAFD) have what it takes?

WAFD, NTR, and MBCN made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) income stocks list on December 13, 2021.

Assenagon Asset Management S.A. acquired a new stake in Washington Federal, Inc. (NASDAQ:WAFD) in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund acquired 308,924 shares of the banks stock, valued at approximately $10,599,000. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. owned approximately 0.45% of Washington Federal as of its []

WAFD, TTE, and SBSI made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) income stocks list on December 3, 2021.

Brent Beardall, Washington Federal Bank president and CEO, joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss regional banks in relation to Fed chair's comments on Capitol Hill earlier this week. Beardall talks about the

Wells Fargo & Company MN increased its position in Washington Federal, Inc. (NASDAQ:WAFD) by 20.5% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 467,839 shares of the banks stock after purchasing an additional 79,723 shares during the quarter. Wells Fargo []

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