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Piper Jaffray Remains Neutral after Washington Federal (WAFD) Reports Weak 1Q Revenue

January 20, 2016 7:43 AM EST
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Price: $29.03 +0.55%

Rating Summary:
    2 Buy, 4 Hold, 1 Sell

Rating Trend: Up Up

Today's Overall Ratings:
    Up: 13 | Down: 11 | New: 11
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Piper Jaffray maintained a Neutral rating on Washington Federal (NASDAQ: WAFD), and cut the price target to $23.00 (from $24.00), following the company's 1Q16 earnings report. Operating EPS of $0.42 was above consensus' $0.41 estimate. Piper Jaffray remains Neutral based on a flatter curve of late and upside to targets, but WAFD continues to make strides in improving its fundamental profile to become more commercial bank-like.

Analyst Matthew Clark commented, "We are trimming our fiscal 2016E / 2017E operating EPS to $1.70 / $1.76 (from $1.75 / $1.80) and target to $23 (from $24) after WAFD posted operating EPS that was below our expectations due to lower revenues. We remain Neutral based on a flatter curve of late & upside to our target but WAFD continues to make strides in improving its fundamental profile to become more commercial bank-like. We also expect the shares to remain correlated with the yield curve & partly supported by a willingness to pay out 100% of its earnings in the form of dividends and share repurchase."

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Shares of Washington Federal closed at $21.36 yesterday.



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