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WaFd, Inc.

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WaFd, Inc.

WAFD·NASDAQ·Finance·CIK 0000936528

WaFd, Inc. is a financial holding company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, operating through its bank subsidiary, WaFd Bank. The Bank formally changed its name from Washington Federal Bank to WaFd Bank on September 25, 2025. WaFd, Inc. was formed in November 1994 and has been listed and trading on NASDAQ since November 9, 1982. The Company has recorded profitable operations every year since going public. On February 29, 2024, WaFd, Inc. completed its merger with Luther Burbank Corporation, effective March 1, 2024. This merger involved Luther Burbank merging into WaFd, Inc., and Luther Burbank Savings, Luther Burbank's bank subsidiary, merging into WaFd Bank. The merger added approximately $7.7 billion of Luther Burbank Corporation assets at fair value to WaFd, Inc.'s balance sheet. WaFd, Inc. also assumed $50,175,000 in floating rate junior subordinated debentures, due June 2036 and June 2037, and $93,514,000 in 6.5% senior unsecured term notes, which were paid off on September 30, 2024. This expansion increased WaFd Bank's presence to nine western states with the addition of ten California branches from Luther Burbank. The Company's fiscal year ends on September 30th.

WaFd, Inc. (NASDAQ:WAFD) is a publicly traded company in the Finance sector. Wiseek has independently scored 17 items for WAFD at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-10-22, rated 8/10. Across its 17 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 14 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for WAFD spans PREM14A, DEFA14A, 8-K, 10-Q.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • WaFd Calls Special Meeting to Approve 107.3M-Share Issuance for EverBank Merger
  • WaFd Posts $0.76 Q4 EPS as EverBank Merger Looms
  • WaFd-EverBank Merger Call Reveals 29% EPS Accretion, $135M Cost Synergies, and Full Leadership Team
  • WaFd-EverBank Reverse Merger: 59.2%/40.8% Ownership Split, $75B Combined Bank
  • WaFd-EverBank Merger Details: $75B Combined Bank, 15% ROTCE Target, Both CEOs Stay

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
$29.65M
Net Income
$226.07M
Diluted EPS
$2.63
Op. Cash Flow
$236.95M
Free Cash Flow
$208.25M
Cash & Equivalents
$657.31M
Debt / Equity
0.00×
Net Margin
7.62×
Shares Outstanding
78.19M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2025-11-18 · accession 0000936528-25-000117

Short Interest & Short Volume

5.20 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 6,048,713 shares in WAFD as of the October 15, 2026 settlement, a 9.9% increase from the prior period — about 5.2 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 30, 2026, 51.6% of WAFD volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)6,048,713 shares as of October 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 9.9%
Days to cover5.20 at avg daily volume of 1,163,501
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)51.6% of 130,479 shares on October 30, 2026
5-day average short volume43.4%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$29.35
52-week range · as of 2026-10-22 $28.1 – $39.49
Market cap
$2.17B
Volume
657.8K (0.6× avg)
3-mo avg 1.1M
Live data · 2026-11-01 18:00 UTC · Market closed

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WAFD
Oct 21, 2026, 8:46 PM EDT
Filing Type: PREM14A
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $28.13
Real-time Price: $29.35 info
Change: +$1.22 (+4%) info
Market Cap: $2.172B info
WAFD
Oct 15, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $30.00
Real-time Price: $29.35 info
Change: -$0.650 (-2%) info
Market Cap: $2.172B info
WAFD
Sep 08, 2026, 4:53 PM EDT
Filing Type: DEFA14A
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $34.26
Real-time Price: $29.35 info
Change: -$4.91 (-14%) info
Market Cap: $2.172B info
WAFD
Sep 08, 2026, 6:09 AM EDT
Filing Type: DEFA14A
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $37.30
Real-time Price: $29.35 info
Change: -$7.95 (-21%) info
Market Cap: $2.172B info
WAFD
Sep 08, 2026, 6:08 AM EDT
Filing Type: DEFA14A
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $37.30
Real-time Price: $29.35 info
Change: -$7.95 (-21%) info
Market Cap: $2.172B info
WAFD
Sep 08, 2026, 6:07 AM EDT
Filing Type: DEFA14A
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $37.30
Real-time Price: $29.35 info
Change: -$7.95 (-21%) info
Market Cap: $2.172B info
WAFD
Sep 08, 2026, 6:05 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $37.30
Real-time Price: $29.35 info
Change: -$7.95 (-21%) info
Market Cap: $2.172B info
WAFD
Sep 07, 2026, 4:30 PM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $36.30
Real-time Price: $29.35 info
Change: -$6.95 (-19%) info
Market Cap: $2.172B info
WAFD
Jul 17, 2026, 1:03 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $38.10
Real-time Price: $29.35 info
Change: -$8.75 (-23%) info
Market Cap: $2.172B info
WAFD
Jul 16, 2026, 5:13 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $39.28
Real-time Price: $29.35 info
Change: -$9.93 (-25%) info
Market Cap: $2.172B info
WAFD
May 05, 2026, 12:16 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $35.57
Real-time Price: $29.35 info
Change: -$6.22 (-17%) info
Market Cap: $2.172B info
WAFD
Apr 17, 2026, 12:04 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $35.06
Real-time Price: $29.35 info
Change: -$5.71 (-16%) info
Market Cap: $2.172B info
WAFD
Apr 16, 2026, 5:16 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $32.50
Real-time Price: $29.35 info
Change: -$3.15 (-10%) info
Market Cap: $2.172B info
WAFD
Mar 02, 2026, 5:07 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $31.69
Real-time Price: $29.35 info
Change: -$2.34 (-7%) info
Market Cap: $2.172B info
WAFD
Feb 04, 2026, 1:42 PM EST
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $34.08
Real-time Price: $29.35 info
Change: -$4.73 (-14%) info
Market Cap: $2.172B info
WAFD
Jan 22, 2026, 12:34 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $33.35
Real-time Price: $29.35 info
Change: -$4.00 (-12%) info
Market Cap: $2.172B info
WAFD
Jan 16, 2026, 11:49 AM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $32.15
Real-time Price: $29.35 info
Change: -$2.80 (-9%) info
Market Cap: $2.172B info
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