Benzinga · Oct 19, 2026
Piper Sandler Maintains Neutral on WaFd, Lowers Price Target to $31
Piper Sandler analyst Matthew Clark maintains WaFd (NASDAQ:WAFD) with a Neutral and lowers the price target from $32 to $31.
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NASDAQ · WAFD
WaFd, Inc.
Financial Services · Banks - Regional
$29.35
Down-$0.31 (-1.05%)
Updated Nov 2, 2026, 5:48 AM
SID Score
5.2/10
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- Market cap
- 2.61B
- P/E ratio
- 11.49
- Dividend yield
- 3.68%
- 52-week range
- $28.10 – $39.49
- Volume
- 657.83K
- Avg. volume
- 641.68K
Price performance · WAFD
WAFD price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 30, 2026
WAFD closed at $29.35 after 20 trading sessions, down 2.72% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $29.35
- Period change
- -2.72%
- Period low
- $28.35
- Period high
- $30.17
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | $29.76 | $29.76 | $29.185 | $29.35 | 657.83K |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $29.67 | $29.90 | $29.505 | $29.66 | 529.93K |
| Oct 28, 2026 | $29.45 | $29.45 | $29.04 | $29.32 | 630.81K |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $29.64 | $29.64 | $29.205 | $29.36 | 608.28K |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $29.47 | $29.81 | $29.38 | $29.46 | 728.15K |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $29.20 | $29.59 | $29.085 | $29.47 | 748.28K |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $28.20 | $29.58 | $28.20 | $29.44 | 1M |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $28.70 | $28.78 | $28.15 | $28.35 | 827.03K |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $28.41 | $29.07 | $28.10 | $28.62 | 1.12M |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $29.00 | $29.08 | $28.305 | $28.42 | 1.17M |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $29.45 | $29.82 | $29.03 | $29.15 | 1.51M |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $29.21 | $29.58 | $28.90 | $29.45 | 1.27M |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $28.81 | $29.21 | $28.80 | $28.91 | 973.73K |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $29.715 | $29.87 | $29.23 | $29.34 | 624.03K |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $29.43 | $29.67 | $29.34 | $29.51 | 636.96K |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $29.58 | $29.75 | $29.325 | $29.43 | 794.11K |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $29.29 | $29.84 | $29.23 | $29.74 | 1.02M |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $29.64 | $29.68 | $29.22 | $29.47 | 1.47M |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $30.17 | $30.47 | $29.825 | $29.92 | 939.92K |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $30.75 | $30.92 | $30.04 | $30.17 | 1.22M |
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Company profile
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.
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- Average target
- $38.00
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2026 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | — |
| Oct 19, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Neutral | — |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Neutral | — |
| Sep 9, 2026 | DA Davidson | Neutral | — |
| Jul 20, 2026 | DA Davidson | Neutral | — |
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Benzinga · Oct 19, 2026
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Maintains Market Perform on WaFd, Lowers Price Target to $34
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analyst Kelly Motta maintains WaFd (NASDAQ:WAFD) with a Market Perform and lowers the price target from $40 to $34.
Benzinga · Oct 16, 2026
Reported Earlier, WaFd Q4 EPS $0.76 Misses $0.84 Estimate, Sales $220.437M Beat $182.899M Estimate
WaFd (NASDAQ:WAFD) reported quarterly earnings of $0.76 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $0.84 by 9.52 percent. This is a 5.56 percent increase over earnings of $0.72 per share from the same
Benzinga · Oct 1, 2026
Piper Sandler Maintains Neutral on WaFd, Lowers Price Target to $32
Piper Sandler analyst Matthew Clark maintains WaFd (NASDAQ:WAFD) with a Neutral and lowers the price target from $36 to $32.
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