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

WAFD POWR Grades

• WAFD scores best on the Momentum dimension, with a Momentum rank ahead of 89.62% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for WAFD is in Momentum, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• WAFD ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 30th percentile.

WAFD Stock Summary

• WAFD's equity multiplier -- a measure of assets relative to shareholders'equity -- is greater than that of 89.13% of US stocks.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, WAFD is more volatile than only 8.43% of stocks we're observing.
• Washington Federal Inc's shareholder yield -- a measure of how much capital is returned to stockholders via dividends and buybacks -- is 57.55%, greater than the shareholder yield of 97.4% of stocks in our set.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Washington Federal Inc are BY, CFBK, ONB, FLIC, and FIBK.
• WAFD's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Washington Federal Inc's official web site, go to www.wafdbank.com.

WAFD Valuation Summary

• WAFD's price/earnings ratio is 14.3; this is 30% higher than that of the median Financial Services stock.
• WAFD's price/sales ratio has moved down 2.3 over the prior 243 months.
• WAFD's price/sales ratio has moved down 2.3 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for WAFD.

WAFD Growth Metrics

Its 3 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -18.21%.
• Its year over year revenue growth rate is now at -10.51%.
• The 4 year price growth rate now stands at 2.23%.

Over the past 15 months, WAFD's revenue has gone up $51,385,000.

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
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
2021-03-31	509.15	319.798	150.295
2020-12-31	498.292	187.184	146.096
2020-09-30	534.718	166.6	173.438

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.