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Walker & Dunlop WD

US equityMarket cap rank #3128Mortgage Finance
$33.96 −$1.14 (-3.25%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 7:00 am ET · After hours $33.96 0.00%
Open$35.69
Prev close$35.10
Day range$33.21 – $35.69
Volume742.4K
Market cap$1.17B
P/E (TTM)30.3
Dividend yield7.95%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership87.2%-2.75 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding310+0 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)44 buys / 6 sellsNet buying
Short interest5.12% of floatDays to cover 4.1 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share24.3%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

16%22%28%34%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$2.45M (10 inflow days, 10 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$1.9MSuper−$535.0KBig−$139.2KMid−$340.9KSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 35.5% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock15.42%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC6.07%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC5.01%
  • State Street Global Advisors4.73%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors4.25%
  • T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.3.87%
  • AllianceBernstein3.82%
  • Janus Henderson Group plc3.38%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund74.83%
  • Hedge Fund6.47%
  • Individual/Insider4.03%
  • Public Company2.21%
  • Government Pension Fund1.81%
  • Private Company1.48%
  • Insurance Company0.31%
  • Family Office/Trust0.07%

Reported short interest has risen from 3.72% to 5.12% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
AQR Capital Management Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +423,814 1.9%
J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +421,459 1.4%
MetLife Investment Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +348,078 1.1%
Balyasny Asset Management L.P. Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +262,706 1.0%
Erste Asset Management GmbH Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +199,838 1.3%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +188,020 0.7%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +161,296 15.4%
Eaton Vance Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +137,248 1.1%
Invenomic Capital Management LP Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +106,881 0.3%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +106,843 3.9%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +102,913 1.5%
Dimensional Fund Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +89,446 4.2%
State Street Global Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +75,094 4.7%
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Public Company 2026/Q3 +71,961 0.5%
Algert Global LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +68,840 0.2%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
2 Sep 2026 William Walker Chairperson & CEO Other Derivative Acquisition +50 – 242
2 Sep 2026 Paula Pryor Executive Vice President Other Derivative Acquisition +51 – 207
2 Sep 2026 Stephen Theobald Chief Operating Officer Other Derivative Acquisition +151 – 1,707
2 Sep 2026 Gregory Florkowski Chief Financial Officer Other Derivative Acquisition +85 – 333
2 Sep 2026 Daniel Groman Interim General Counsel, Secretary & Chief Compliance Officer Other Derivative Acquisition +122 – 506
3 Jun 2026 William Walker Chairperson & CEO Other Derivative Acquisition +40 – 192
3 Jun 2026 Paula Pryor Executive Vice President Other Derivative Acquisition +41 – 156
3 Jun 2026 Stephen Theobald Chief Operating Officer Other Derivative Acquisition +120 – 1,556
3 Jun 2026 Gregory Florkowski Chief Financial Officer Other Derivative Acquisition +67 – 248
3 Jun 2026 Daniel Groman Interim General Counsel, Secretary & Chief Compliance Officer Other Derivative Acquisition +97 – 383
18 May 2026 Dana Schmaltz Independent Director Other Acquisition +3,096 – 87,421
18 May 2026 Dana Schmaltz Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +2,477 – 2,477
18 May 2026 Ellen Levy Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +3,096 – 3,096
18 May 2026 Jeffery Hayward Independent Director Other Acquisition +3,096 – 6,712
18 May 2026 Gary Pinkus Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +3,096 – 3,096
18 May 2026 Ernest Freedman Independent Director Other Acquisition +3,096 – 9,193
18 May 2026 Donna Wells Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +3,096 – 3,096
18 May 2026 John Rice Independent Director Other Acquisition +3,096 – 36,452
26 Mar 2026 William Walker Chairperson & CEO Other Derivative Acquisition +47 – 152
26 Mar 2026 Paula Pryor Executive Vice President Other Derivative Acquisition +48 – 114

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 1,758,129 5.1% 4.1
31 Aug 2026 1,566,650 4.6% 3.8
14 Aug 2026 1,494,072 4.4% 2.7
31 Jul 2026 1,181,059 3.4% 4.7
15 Jul 2026 1,272,337 3.7% 5.2
30 Jun 2026 1,278,095 3.7% 3.1

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