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About: WaFd Inc is engaged in providing lending, depository, insurance, and other banking services to consumers, mid-sized to large businesses, and owners and developers of commercial real estate. Through the WaFd Bank, it is involved in accepting deposits from the general public and investing these funds in loans of various types, including first-lien mortgages on single-family dwellings, construction loans, land acquisition and development loans among others. The Bank also invests in certain United States government and agency obligations along with other investments and also performs insurance brokerage activities. Geographically, it operates in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, California and Texas.
Employees: 2,208
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
48% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 37 | Existing positions closed: 25
31% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 92 | Existing positions reduced: 70
24% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $1.79B [Q2] → $2.22B (+$424M) [Q3]
5% more funds holding
Funds holding: 229 [Q2] → 241 (+12) [Q3]
1.26% more ownership
Funds ownership: 77.03% [Q2] → 78.29% (+1.26%) [Q3]
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 1 [Q2] → 1 (+0) [Q3]
68% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $464K | Put options by funds: $1.43M
Research analyst outlook
3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
3 analyst ratings
Piper Sandler Matthew Clark 89% 1-year accuracy 16 / 18 met price target | 7%upside $35 | Neutral Maintained | 21 Oct 2024 |
DA Davidson Jeff Rulis 69% 1-year accuracy 9 / 13 met price target | 26%upside $41 | Buy Maintained | 21 Oct 2024 |
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Kelly Motta 55% 1-year accuracy 11 / 20 met price target | 23%upside $40 | Market Perform Downgraded | 21 Oct 2024 |
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