# Walker & Dunlop Inc (WD) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Thrifts & Mortgage Finance. Price $42.61, market value $1.5 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 38.0×** (5-yr avg 24.6×, 3-yr avg 32.0×). Walker & Dunlop Inc trades at 38.0× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 24.6×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×. Forward P/E is 7.5×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 2.6×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 2.6×.
- **Price / book: 0.8×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: -9.0%** (5-yr avg 11.6%). Free cash flow is negative: the business is consuming cash, which is normal for heavy investment phases but a warning otherwise.
- **Earnings yield: 2.6%**. The inverse of the P/E: 2.6% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 17.6%**. 17.6% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 3.2%**. 3.2% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on assets: 0.8%**. Each dollar of assets produces 0.8% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 20.6%** (3-yr -9.4%/yr, 5-yr 20.6%/yr). Revenue grew 20.6% over the last year, against 20.6% a year compounded over five years.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -48.6%** (3-yr -36.4%/yr, 5-yr -26.6%/yr). Earnings per share fell 48.6%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 3/9**. 3 of 9 checks pass: weak or deteriorating financials.
- **Cash and short-term investments: $299 million**. Leverage ratios are shown differently for banks and insurers, whose balance sheets are built on deposits and reserves; use return on equity and the regulatory capital in the filings instead.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 6.38%** ($2.70 per share, trailing). Walker & Dunlop Inc yields 6.38%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 163%**. The dividend exceeds earnings (163% payout), which is rarely sustainable outside REITs and one-off years.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 8**. 8 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 13.2%/yr** (1-yr 3.1%). The dividend has compounded at 13.2% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 5 years at that pace.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -46.8%** (YTD -27.1%, 3-mo -16.9%). The shares are down 46.8% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -52.7%** (9.2% above the low). Trading 53% below its 52-week high, deep in a drawdown.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 49**. An RSI of 49 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 1.08** (volatility 43%). Beta of 1.08 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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