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Walker & Dunlop, Inc. WD
$33.97 -1.62% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.17B
Weak trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.12, down 65.0% year over year.
- Over the past year the stock returned -59.8%, behind the S&P 500 by 74.9 percentage points.
- The stock is 61% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth4Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 49%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 10%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 8%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 23%
Quality25Very weak
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 25%
- Gross marginBottom 46%
- Operating marginBottom 26%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 2%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 1%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 21%
- Interest coverTop 24%
Value38Weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 33%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 2%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 25%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 35%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 31%
Momentum2Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 4%
- 6-month returnBottom 4%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 3%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 4%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 9%
Revisions98Exceptional
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 2%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 42%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 30%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 4%
Stability7Very weak
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 12%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 6%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 23%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 21%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 11.7% | 6.1% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -29.9% | -65.0% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 54.4% | 63.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 10.6% | 12.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -17.0% | -101.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 6.1% | 11.7% | ↓ | Bottom 49% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -65.0% | -29.9% | ↓ | Bottom 10% |
| Gross margin | 63.5% | 54.4% | ↑ | Bottom 46% |
| Operating margin | 12.2% | 10.6% | ↑ | Bottom 26% |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 9.3% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -101.1% | -17.0% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.3% | — | Top 25% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -0.7% | — | Bottom 8% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- -2.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 26.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -75.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 5.98×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 10.01%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 3.41%
- Shareholder yield
- 13.41%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -5.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 1 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $69.00
- Target vs current price
- +103.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 16
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 63%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +4.4% | -13.9% | -17.7% | -22.0% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +666.7% | +3.1% | +1.3% | -2.8% | -2.0% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -77.2% | -19.4% | -14.5% | -23.5% | -14.2% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +0.8% | -11.1% | -16.5% | -20.1% | -24.1% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -10.9% | +5.9% | +12.1% | +10.5% | +6.0% |
| May 1, 2025 | -86.9% | -3.3% | -6.7% | -9.9% | -0.3% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | +13.6% | -5.3% | -5.5% | -6.6% | -22.0% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +17.8% | -1.7% | -3.5% | -4.5% | -15.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $1.19 | $1.14 | +4.4% | $306.7M |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.46 | $0.06 | +666.7% | $301.3M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $0.28 | $1.23 | -77.2% | $340.0M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $1.22 | $1.21 | +0.8% | $337.7M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $1.15 | $1.29 | -10.9% | $296.3M |
| May 1, 2025 | $0.08 | $0.61 | -86.9% | $237.4M |
| Feb 13, 2025 | $1.34 | $1.18 | +13.6% | $341.5M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $1.19 | $1.01 | +17.8% | $292.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 30.3× | 21.4× | 76th | Bottom 33% |
| P/E (forward) | 7.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.4× | — | — | Top 25% |
| EV / Sales | 2.54× | — | — | Top 35% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -109.50% | — | — | Bottom 2% |
| Earnings yield | 3.30% | — | — | Bottom 33% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 10.1× – 39.6× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -59.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -65.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +58.3%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -10.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -18.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -33.0%
- RSI (14)
- 25.2
- Relative volume
- 1.03×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 45.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 89th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.96
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.38
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -60.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -70.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 2021 | Oct 2, 2026 | -78.1% | 1218 days | Not yet recovered |
| May 4, 2021 | May 12, 2021 | -15.2% | 6 days | 87 days (Sep 15, 2021) |
| Dec 23, 2020 | Jan 27, 2021 | -12.6% | 22 days | 6 days (Feb 4, 2021) |
| Mar 15, 2021 | Mar 24, 2021 | -11.3% | 7 days | 25 days (Apr 29, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.17B
- P/E (TTM)
- 30.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.12
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.26B
- Dividend yield
- 7.98%
- 52-week range
- $33.59 – $90.00
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.26B | $1.26B | $1.05B | $1.13B | $1.23B |
| Gross profit | $647.7M | $617.2M | $471.7M | $503.6M | $756.9M |
| Operating income | $352.1M | $265.0M | $138.2M | $131.5M | $213.1M |
| Net income | $265.8M | $213.8M | $107.4M | $108.2M | $57.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $8.15 | $6.36 | $3.18 | $3.19 | $1.64 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $292.3M | $341.5M | $237.4M | $319.2M | $337.7M | $340.0M | $278.9M | $306.7M |
| Net income | $28.8M | $44.8M | $2.8M | $34.0M | $33.5M | -$13.2M | $17.0M | $3.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.85 | $1.28 | $0.08 | $0.99 | $0.98 | -$0.41 | $0.46 | $0.09 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $870.5M | $1.58B | -$518,000 | $129.4M | -$664.3M |
| Capital expenditure | -$9.2M | -$22.0M | -$16.2M | -$13.0M | -$15.8M |
| Free cash flow | $861.2M | $1.56B | -$16.7M | $116.4M | -$680.1M |
| Dividends paid | -$64.5M | -$80.1M | -$84.8M | -$88.6M | -$91.8M |
| Net share buybacks | -$13.6M | -$41.9M | -$17.1M | -$12.4M | -$10.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $160.9M
- Total assets
- $4.89B
- Total liabilities
- $3.17B
- Total debt
- $2.21B
- Net debt
- $2.04B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.71B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2026 | $0.68 | Sep 3, 2026 |
| May 21, 2026 | $0.68 | Jun 4, 2026 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | $0.68 | Mar 27, 2026 |
| Nov 21, 2025 | $0.67 | Dec 5, 2025 |
| Aug 21, 2025 | $0.67 | Sep 5, 2025 |
| May 15, 2025 | $0.67 | May 29, 2025 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | $0.67 | Mar 14, 2025 |
| Nov 22, 2024 | $0.65 | Dec 6, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,758,129
- Days to cover
- 4.09
- Change vs previous report
- +12.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.