Washington Federal, Inc. (WAFD): Price and Financial Metrics

WAFD POWR Grades

• Growth is the dimension where WAFD ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 93.22% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for WAFD is in Stability, which has been heading down over the past 177 days.
• WAFD's current lowest rank is in the Quality metric (where it is better than 23.03% of US stocks).

WAFD Stock Summary

• WAFD's went public 32.86 years ago, making it older than 85.87% of listed US stocks we're tracking.
• The ratio of debt to operating expenses for WASHINGTON FEDERAL INC is higher than it is for about 85.39% of US stocks.
• Equity multiplier, or assets relative to shareholders' equity, comes in at 9.22 for WASHINGTON FEDERAL INC; that's greater than it is for 89.48% of US stocks.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to WAFD, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are SASR, BANC, CAC, BY, and MSBI.
• Visit WAFD's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.wafdbank.com.

WAFD Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Financial Services stock, WAFD's price/sales ratio is 183.33% higher, now standing at 3.4.
• WAFD's price/earnings ratio has moved down 0.7 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for WAFD.

WAFD Growth Metrics

The year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 22.96%.
• The 2 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 9.21%.
• Its year over year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -39.67%.

WAFD's revenue has moved up $84,533,000 over the prior 33 months.

The table below shows WAFD's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30	657.961	268.465	221.705
2022-06-30	622.819	236.164	200.682
2022-03-31	598.839	192.949	184.809
2021-12-31	586.103	247.116	181.255
2021-09-30	565.17	314.454	173.581
2021-06-30	533.114	304.633	159.209

WAFD's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• WAFD has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 45.78% of graded US stocks.
• WAFD's asset turnover comes in at 0.028 -- ranking 398th of 428 Banking stocks.
• CHCO, WSBF, and ECPG are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with WAFD.

The table below shows WAFD's key quality metrics over time.