Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (WD)

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of commercial real estate and finance services. It operates through the following segments: Capital Markets, Servicing and Asset Management, and Corporate. The Capital Markets segment offers a comprehensive range of commercial real estate finance products to customers. The Servicing and Asset Management segment includes servicing and asset-managing and managing third-party capital investments. The Corporate segment consists primarily of the company’s treasury operations and other corporate-level activities. The company was founded by Oliver Walker and Laird Dunlop in 1937 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Address

7272 WISCONSIN AVENUE
BETHESDA, MD 20814

Founded

1937

Number of Employees

1,326

Buyback

Buyback Data 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Average
$ Amount Purchased
($ in 000s)
$37,619 $50,047 $12,871 $34,884 $70,569 $28,915 $45,767 $18,875 $42,336 $20,230 $11,376 $33,954
Average Price $14.56 $15.83 $22.99 $43.21 $46.72 $52.99 $62.07 $108.30 $121.65 $91.55 $96.10 $34.69
# Shares Purchased 2,584,325 3,161,063 559,760 807,333 1,510,510 545,710 737,389 174,291 348,026 220,981 118,374 978,887
Buyback Performance 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Average
Total Return to Date 641.9% 582.2% 369.7% 149.9% 131.2% 103.8% 74.0% -0.3% -11.2% 18.0% 12.4% 211.4%
S&P 500 Return to Date 181.9% 173.0% 168.6% 129.7% 104.9% 93.1% 74.8% 31.7% 37.3% 31.3% 7.4% 94.0%
Excess Total Return 460.1% 409.2% 201.1% 20.2% 26.3% 10.7% -0.8% -31.9% -48.5% -13.4% 5.0% 117.4%
Quartile Rank
Percentile Rank 95% 95% 90% 78% 80% 76% 65% 45% 35% 58% 66% 94%
Buyback returns calculated using weighted average buyback price over the last 10 years and comparing to current day stock price value. S&P 500 used as benchmark for excess return.