WaFd, Inc. - Common Stock (WAFD)

Today, the Board of Directors of WaFd, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAFD) (the “Company”), announced an increase to the regular quarterly cash dividend to 27 cents per share. The dividend will be paid March 7, 2025, to common shareholders of record as of February 21, 2025. This will be the Company’s 168th consecutive quarterly cash dividend.

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Today, WaFd, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAFD) (the “Company”), and Washington Federal Bank (“WaFd Bank”), its bank subsidiary announces that it will be the official banking partner for the purpose-driven digital commerce platform, the Network of Giving, launched initially in the Seattle market. This will fuel merchant-funded micro-donations to critical community service agencies to support our neighbors in need.

Today, the Board of Directors of WaFd, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAFD) (the “Company”), announced a regular cash dividend of 26 cents per share. The dividend will be paid December 6, 2024, to common shareholders of record as of November 22, 2024. This will be the Company’s 167th consecutive quarterly cash dividend.

WaFd, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAFD) (the "Company"), parent company of Washington Federal Bank ("WaFd Bank" or the "Bank"), today announced annual earnings of $200,041,000 for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024, including the effects of the acquisition of California-based Luther Burbank Corporation ("LBC"). After the effect of dividends on preferred stock, net income available for common shareholders was $2.50 per share for the year. These results reflect acquisition related costs of $26,319,000 incurred in fiscal 2024. Adjusted for these expenses and non-operating items, earnings per share for the year was $3.02. For a reconciliation, see the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section below.

Today, Kroll Bond Rating Agency (“KBRA”) issued a press release assigning ratings to WaFd, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAFD) (the “Company”), and Washington Federal Bank (“WaFd Bank”), its bank subsidiary. KBRA has assigned a senior unsecured debt rating of BBB+, a subordinated debt rating of BBB, a preferred shares rating of BBB-, and a short-term debt rating of K2 to WaFd, Inc. In addition, KBRA assigned deposit and senior unsecured debt ratings of A-, a subordinated debt rating of BBB+, and short-term deposit and debt ratings of K2 to WaFd Bank. The Outlook for all long-term ratings is stable.

Today, the Board of Directors of WaFd, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAFD) (the “Company”), announced a regular cash dividend of 26 cents per share. The dividend will be paid September 6, 2024, to common shareholders of record as of August 23, 2024. This will be the Company’s 166th consecutive quarterly cash dividend.

WaFd, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAFD) (the "Company"), parent company of Washington Federal Bank ("WaFd Bank" or the "Bank"), today announced quarterly earnings of $64,560,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, the first full quarter after successfully completing the acquisition of California-based Luther Burbank Corporation ("LBC"). This represents an increase of 306% from net earnings of $15,888,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2024 and an increase of 5% from net earnings of $61,775,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2023. After the effect of dividends on preferred stock, net income available for common shareholders was $0.75 per diluted share for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, compared to $0.17 per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, a $0.58 or 341% increase, and $0.89 per diluted share for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, a $0.14 or 16% decrease in fully diluted earnings per common share. For the quarter ended June 30, 2024, return on common shareholders' equity was 9.2% and return on assets was 0.87%. These results reflect acquisition-related costs of $2.3 million for the quarter. Adjusted for these expenses, return on common shareholders' equity for the quarter ended June 30, 2024 was 9.4% compared to 8.7% for the adjusted quarter ended March 31, 2024 and 11.1% for the quarter ended June 30, 2023. Adjusted, return on assets for the quarter ended June 30, 2024 was 0.9% compared to 0.9% for the adjusted previous quarter and 1.1% for the same quarter in the prior year. For a reconciliation, see the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section below.

Washington Federal Bank ("WaFd Bank" or the "Bank"), the wholly owned subsidiary of WaFd, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAFD) (the "Company"), today announced the consummation of the sale of approximately $2.8 billion of multifamily commercial real estate loans (“CRE”) to Bank of America, which in turn is selling the loans to funds managed by Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (“PIMCO”). To our knowledge, this represents the largest non-FDIC assisted CRE loan sale ever. The sale of the multi-family loans was executed at no loss to WaFd and provides immediate liquidity going forward.

Today, the Board of Directors of WaFd, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAFD) (the “Company”), announced a regular cash dividend of 26 cents per share. The dividend will be paid June 7, 2024, to common shareholders of record as of May 24, 2024. This will be the Company’s 165th consecutive quarterly cash dividend.

WaFd, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAFD) (the "Company"), parent company of Washington Federal Bank ("WaFd Bank" or the "Bank"), today announced quarterly earnings after successfully completing the merger of California-based Luther Burbank Corporation ("LBC").

Today, the Board of Directors of WaFd, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAFD) (the “Company”), announced an increase to the regular quarterly cash dividend to 26 cents per share. The dividend will be paid March 8, 2024, to common shareholders of record as of February 23, 2024. This will be the Company’s 164th consecutive quarterly cash dividend.

WaFd, Inc. (NASDAQ: WaFd), the parent company of Washington Federal Bank (“WaFd Bank”), and Luther Burbank Corporation (NASDAQ: LBC, “Luther Burbank”), the parent company of Luther Burbank Savings, jointly announced today that they received the required regulatory approvals from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions for Luther Burbank Savings to be merged with and into Washington Federal Bank, and from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for Luther Burbank to be merged with and into WaFd, Inc., on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of November 13, 2022, by and between Luther Burbank and WaFd (the “Merger Agreement”). This merger will expand WaFd Bank’s footprint to nine western states with the addition of ten California branches of Luther Burbank.

WaFd, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAFD) (the "Company"), parent company of Washington Federal Bank ("WaFd Bank" or the "Bank"), today announced quarterly earnings of $58,453,000 for the quarter ended December 31, 2023, an increase of 16% from net earnings of $50,208,000 for the quarter ended September 30, 2023 and a decrease of 26% from net earnings of $79,509,000 for the quarter ended December 31, 2022. After the effect of dividends on preferred stock, net income available for common shareholders was $0.85 per diluted share for the quarter ended December 31, 2023, compared to $0.72 per diluted share for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, a $0.13 or 18% increase, and $1.16 per diluted share for the quarter ended December 31, 2022, a $0.31 or 27% decrease in fully diluted earnings per common share. Return on common shareholders' equity for the quarter ended December 31, 2023 was 10.21% compared to 8.73% for the quarter ended September 30, 2023 and 15.15% for the quarter ended December 31, 2022. Return on assets for the quarter ended December 31, 2023 was 1.0% compared to 0.9% for the previous quarter and 1.5% for the same quarter in the prior year.

Today, the Board of Directors of WaFd, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAFD) (the “Company”), parent company of Washington Federal Bank (“WaFd Bank”), announced a regular quarterly cash dividend of 25 cents per share. The dividend will be paid December 8, 2023, to common shareholders of record as of November 24, 2023. This will be the Company’s 163rd consecutive quarterly cash dividend.

WaFd, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAFD) (the "Company"), parent company of WaFd Bank (the "Bank"), today announced record annual earnings of $257,426,000 for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023, an increase of $21,096,000 from earnings of $236,330,000 for the year ended September 30, 2022. After the effect of dividends on preferred stock, net income available for common shareholders was $3.72 per share for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023, a $0.33 or 9.7% increase from $3.39 for the prior fiscal year. Return on common shareholders' equity for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023, was 11.69% compared to 11.70% for the year ended September 30, 2022. Return on assets for the year ended September 30, 2023, was 1.18% compared to 1.17% for the prior year.

Today, the Board of Directors of Washington Federal, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAFD) (the “Company”), parent company of Washington Federal Bank (“WaFd Bank”), announced a regular quarterly cash dividend of 25 cents per share. The dividend will be paid September 8, 2023, to common shareholders of record as of August 25, 2023. This will be Washington Federal’s 162nd consecutive quarterly cash dividend.

Washington Federal, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAFD) (the “Company”), parent company of Washington Federal Bank, “WaFd Bank” today announced the results of its annual customer survey achieving the highest net promoter score to date of 57. The survey was answered by more than 18,000 bank clients, a 9 percent response rate, in late July. The Bank’s net promoter score over the past several years ranged from 44 to 51, which is still in the top tier of the banking industry. Net Promoter Score is calculated by asking clients “how likely are you to recommend” on a scale of 1-10, then counting those that score the bank a 9 or 10 against the count of detractors, those that gave the bank a score from 1-6.

Washington Federal, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAFD) (the "Company"), parent company of Washington Federal Bank (the "Bank"), today announced quarterly earnings of $61,775,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, a decrease of 2.4% from $63,295,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. After the effect of dividends on preferred stock, net income available for common shareholders was $0.89 per diluted share for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, compared to $0.91 per diluted share for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, a $0.02 or 2.1% decrease in fully diluted earnings per common share. Return on common shareholders' equity for the quarter ended June 30, 2023 was 11.1% compared to 12.5% for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. Return on assets for the quarter ended June 30, 2023 was 1.1% compared to 1.3% for the same quarter in the prior year.

Today, the Board of Directors of Washington Federal, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAFD) (the “Company”), parent company of Washington Federal Bank (“WaFd Bank”), announced a regular quarterly cash dividend of 25 cents per share. The dividend will be paid June 2, 2023, to common shareholders of record as of May 19, 2023. This will be Washington Federal’s 161st consecutive quarterly cash dividend.

Washington Federal, Inc. (NASDAQ: WAFD) (“Washington Federal”), the parent company of Washington Federal Bank (“WaFd Bank”), and Luther Burbank Corporation (NASDAQ: LBC) (“Luther Burbank”), the parent company of Luther Burbank Savings, jointly announced today that, at special meetings of their respective shareholders held on May 4, 2023, Washington Federal shareholders approved the issuance of shares of Washington Federal’s common stock to the shareholders of Luther Burbank pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of November 13, 2022 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and between Washington Federal and Luther Burbank, and Luther Burbank’s shareholders approved the Merger Agreement, the merger of Luther Burbank with and into Washington Federal, with Washington Federal as the surviving corporation (the “Merger”), and the compensation payable to the named executive officers of Luther Burbank in connection with the Merger. The final results on the proposals voted on at the special meetings of each company’s shareholders held on May 4, 2023 will be set forth in the companies’ separate Form 8-Ks to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission after certification by each company’s inspector of election.

Washington Federal, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAFD) (the “Company”), parent company of Washington Federal Bank (“WaFd Bank”), today announced quarterly earnings of $65,934,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, an increase of 33.6% from $49,359,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. After the effect of dividends on preferred stock, net income available for common shareholders was $0.95 per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, compared to $0.70 per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, a $0.25 or 35.7% increase in fully diluted earnings per common share. Return on common shareholders' equity for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 was 12.0% compared to 9.8% for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. Return on assets for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 was 1.2% compared to 1.0% for the same quarter in the prior year.

Washington Federal, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAFD) (the “Company”), parent company of Washington Federal Bank, (“WaFd Bank”) today announced veteran banker and former President and Chief Executive Officer at Great Western Bank, Mark Borrecco, will join the WaFd team as the new Regional President for California. Borrecco brings more than 27 years of banking experience to this new role as WaFd anticipates the acquisition of Luther Burbank Savings in California sometime later this year. Prior to his role at Great Western Bank, Mark served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Rabobank in Roseville, California from 2015 through 2019 and guided them through the sale to Mechanics Bank. Before that Mr. Borrecco held various leadership roles at other financial institutions. He holds an Economics degree from California State University Fresno.

Archway announced the launch of its platform for banks to modernize and personalize digital customer interactions, backed by a funding round of $15 million led by Madrona and WaFd Bank. The more than 10,000 community and regional banks in the U.S. are critical elements to healthy regional economies, but they are hampered by the lack of technology to compete with their national and global counterparts. Archway’s platform enables banks to easily integrate their core banking products into the latest web, mobile, voice, and AI technologies. Centralizing the data from disparate systems allows banks to have a holistic view of their customers to serve their banking needs better.

Today, the Board of Directors of Washington Federal, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAFD) (the “Company”), parent company of Washington Federal Bank (“WaFd Bank”), announced a regular quarterly cash dividend of 25 cents per share. The dividend will be paid March 10, 2023, to common shareholders of record as of February 24, 2023. This will be Washington Federal’s 160th consecutive quarterly cash dividend.