WSBF
Waterstone Financial, Inc.
WSBF's fundamentals are strong, but it looks expensive: trading at 12x earnings, right at its usual valuation. Analysts expect earnings to decline.
WSBF Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
WSBF's revenue and profitability are currently healthy. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like WSBF.
WSBF PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 6.7x | $11.46 | -43% |
| Forward | 10x | $20.14 | — |
| Fair | 12x | $20.71 | +2.8% |
| Current | 12x | $20.14 | — |
| Expensive | 21x | $35.11 | +74% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
WSBF's PE is in its fair range at 12x. On analysts' estimates for next year's earnings, today's price would be 10x.
WSBF Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Improving | |
| Decline | |
| Stable | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect WSBF's earnings and profitability to decline, with its revenue holding steady.
WSBF Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $2.01 | +18% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.71 | +50% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.65 | +62% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.48 | +47% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.33 | +82% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.14 | +81% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.02 | +96% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.01 | +120% |
| Q3 2024 | $0.73 | +43% |
WSBF's earnings per share have fallen from their peak: $1.71 over the past year, against $3.95 in early 2021.
WSBF Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $40.3M | +5.8% |
| Q1 2026 | $35.7M | +20% |
| Q4 2025 | $37.2M | +17% |
| Q3 2025 | $37M | +8.7% |
| Q2 2025 | $38M | +2.3% |
| Q1 2025 | $29.7M | -8.4% |
| Q4 2024 | $31.8M | +11% |
| Q3 2024 | $34.1M | -0.4% |
WSBF's revenue is recovering but still below its 2020 peak: $40M last quarter, up 5.8% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 26% | +1 points |
| Q1 2026 | 21% | +8.1 points |
| Q4 2025 | 27% | +7.6 points |
| Q3 2025 | 27% | +9.3 points |
| Q2 2025 | 25% | +6.2 points |
| Q1 2025 | 13% | -1.6 points |
| Q4 2024 | 19% | +22 points |
| Q3 2024 | 17% | +6.3 points |
WSBF's operating margin was 26% last quarter, up 1 points from the same quarter a year ago.
WSBF Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $9.4M | +$47.9M |
| Q1 2026 | -$1.6M | -106% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.6M | -89% |
| Q3 2025 | $32.4M | -56% |
| Q2 2025 | -$38.5M | +$1.2M |
| Q1 2025 | $26.5M | +$36.8M |
| Q4 2024 | $23.1M | +$24.5M |
| Q3 2024 | $73.9M | +65% |
WSBF's free cash flow was $43M over the past year, down 50% from the year before. Free cash flow isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like WSBF.
WSBF Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -1.4% | -246K shares |
| 1 year | -4.6% | -820K shares |
| 3 years | -16% | -3.2M shares |
| 5 years | -28% | -6.8M shares |
| Available history | -34% | -8.8M shares |
WSBF has 17M diluted shares, down 4.6% from a year ago, with $15M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $3.7M |
| Q1 2026 | $4.4M |
| Q4 2025 | $2.7M |
| Q3 2025 | $3.8M |
| Q2 2025 | $6.5M |
| Q1 2025 | $3.2M |
| Q4 2024 | $2.8M |
| Q3 2024 | $999,000 |
WSBF spent $15M buying back its own shares over the past year, up 8.6% from the year before.
WSBF Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 9.2x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 9.4x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 9.7x | High |
| Q3 2025 | 13.1x | High |
| Q2 2025 | 14.2x | High |
| Q1 2025 | 13.9x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 15.5x | High |
| Q3 2024 | 32.9x | High |
WSBF's net debt is about 9.2 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 14 years a year ago. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like WSBF.
WSBF Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 54.1 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 26.1 | Neutral |
WSBF's weekly RSI is 54 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 26 (neutral).
WSBF PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | WSBF | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 12x | 13x | 9.5% below |
| PE % | 44 | 63 | 19 pts below |
WSBF is trading at 12x earnings, in line with the Financial Services sector's median of 13x.
WSBF Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $19.9 | 1.2% above |
| 20 week MA | $20.4 | 1.1% below |
| 50 week MA | $18.9 | 6.4% above |
| 100 week MA | $16.4 | 23% above |
| 200 week MA | $15.0 | 34% above |
WSBF's trend is mixed: it's above four of its five weekly moving averages, and 34% above its 200-week average.
WSBF Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $19.2 | $18.6 | -3.1% |
| 2021 | $18.6 | $21.7 | +16% |
| 2022 | $21.7 | $16.9 | -22% |
| 2023 | $16.9 | $14.2 | -16% |
| 2024 | $14.2 | $13.4 | -5.5% |
| 2025 | $13.4 | $16.4 | +22% |
| 2026 YTD | $16.4 | $20.1 | +23% |
WSBF has finished lower in four of the last six years. It's up 23% so far in 2026.