Benzinga · Sep 9, 2026
DA Davidson Maintains Neutral on WaFd, Lowers Price Target to $37
DA Davidson analyst Jeff Rulis maintains WaFd (NASDAQ:WAFD) with a Neutral and lowers the price target from $40 to $37.
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NASDAQ · WAFD
WaFd, Inc.
Financial Services · Banks - Regional
$32.39
Down-$0.15 (-0.46%)
Updated Sep 19, 2026, 2:16 PM
SID Score
5.4/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
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Institutional and insider signal
- Market cap
- 2.61B
- P/E ratio
- 11.49
- Dividend yield
- 3.33%
- 52-week range
- $29.61 – $39.49
- Volume
- 3.04M
- Avg. volume
- 641.68K
Price performance
WAFD price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
WAFD closed at $32.39 after 20 trading sessions, down 10.97% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $32.39
- Period change
- -10.97%
- Period low
- $32.39
- Period high
- $36.38
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | $32.35 | $32.44 | $32.10 | $32.39 | 3.04M |
| Sep 17, 2026 | $33.11 | $33.11 | $32.46 | $32.54 | 1.3M |
| Sep 16, 2026 | $33.09 | $33.355 | $32.545 | $32.79 | 1.43M |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $33.59 | $33.745 | $32.91 | $33.01 | 1.58M |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $33.88 | $34.22 | $33.54 | $33.61 | 1.5M |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $34.44 | $34.45 | $33.72 | $33.88 | 1M |
| Sep 10, 2026 | $33.945 | $34.11 | $33.40 | $34.10 | 1.63M |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $34.05 | $34.58 | $33.66 | $33.85 | 1.32M |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $36.69 | $37.16 | $33.80 | $34.28 | 3.71M |
| Sep 4, 2026 | $35.89 | $36.415 | $35.80 | $36.30 | 491.35K |
| Sep 3, 2026 | $36.00 | $36.36 | $35.94 | $35.98 | 440.88K |
| Sep 2, 2026 | $35.59 | $36.32 | $35.505 | $35.94 | 473.51K |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $35.69 | $35.90 | $35.21 | $35.38 | 431.03K |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $36.04 | $36.09 | $35.60 | $35.76 | 452.99K |
| Aug 28, 2026 | $36.19 | $36.38 | $35.905 | $36.09 | 314.7K |
| Aug 27, 2026 | $36.07 | $36.265 | $35.70 | $36.18 | 286.37K |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $36.33 | $36.50 | $36.02 | $36.22 | 301.22K |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $36.37 | $36.37 | $36.0201 | $36.21 | 377.4K |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $36.49 | $36.67 | $36.22 | $36.29 | 436.78K |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $36.48 | $36.705 | $36.14 | $36.38 | 414.92K |
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WAFD research
Overview
Company profile and research snapshot.
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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Consensus and target data currently published for this company.
- Consensus
- —
- Average target
- $38.00
- Implied upside
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- Analysts
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | DA Davidson | Neutral | — |
| Jul 20, 2026 | DA Davidson | Neutral | — |
| Apr 20, 2026 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | — |
| Apr 20, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Neutral | — |
| Apr 9, 2026 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | — |
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SeekingAlpha · Aug 27, 2026
WaFd Justifies A Downgrade After Its Pop Higher
WaFd, Inc.'s strategic shift from time deposits to transaction accounts improved net interest margin and profitability. Read more on WAFD stock here.
Benzinga · Jul 20, 2026
DA Davidson Maintains Neutral on WaFd, Raises Price Target to $40
DA Davidson analyst Jeff Rulis maintains WaFd (NASDAQ:WAFD) with a Neutral and raises the price target from $38 to $40.
Benzinga · Jul 16, 2026
WaFd Q3 EPS $0.84 Beats $0.81 Estimate, Sales $205.516M Beat $183.376M Estimate
WaFd (NASDAQ:WAFD) reported quarterly earnings of $0.84 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.81 by 2.44 percent. This is a 15.07 percent increase over earnings of $0.73 per share from the same
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