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

WAFD POWR Grades

• Momentum is the dimension where WAFD ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 92.69% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for WAFD is in Stability, which has been heading up over the past 177 days.
• WAFD's current lowest rank is in the Quality metric (where it is better than 43.05% of US stocks).

WAFD Stock Summary

• Equity multiplier, or assets relative to shareholders' equity, comes in at 9.25 for WASHINGTON FEDERAL INC; that's greater than it is for 89.74% of US stocks.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, WAFD is more volatile than just 8.43% of stocks we're observing.
• Shareholder yield, a measure of how much is returned to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases, for WAFD comes in at 22.76% -- higher than that of 91.75% of stocks in our set.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to WASHINGTON FEDERAL INC, a group of peers worth examining would be BY, FVCB, LBAI, BANC, 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 190.91% higher, now standing at 3.2.
• WAFD's price/sales ratio has moved down 2.1 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for WAFD.

WAFD Growth Metrics

Its 2 year price growth rate is now at 24.66%.
• Its 5 year price growth rate is now at -23.29%.
• Its 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 232.08%.

WAFD's revenue has moved up $113,669,000 over the prior 15 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
2022-06-30	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
2021-03-31	509.15	319.798	150.295

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.