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Waterstone Financial stock

WSBFNASDAQ

Waterstone Financial, Inc., Financial ServicesISIN US94188P1012

$20.14▲ $0.06 (+0.3%)Closing price of 12 Nov 2026

57Score 57 out of 100, Neutral

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Price and trend

69 / 100

Price history

+30% in one year

The chart shows daily closes over 20 years, adjusted for stock splits and without dividends. Click into the chart to set a price alert at that price.

Long-term trend

Above the 200-day line: the price is 4.3% above it.

Trend change

Since August 2025 the 50-day line has been above the 200-day line; the trend has turned up.

Momentum

Normal: the price is neither overheated nor sold off (RSI 53).

Distance to the high

The price is 6.4% below its 52-week high. Largest decline in 20 years: 90% (December 2006 to December 2009).

Chart figures for advanced users
SMA 50$20.22
Average price of the last 50 trading days, shows the short-term trend.
SMA 200$19.31
Average price of the last 200 trading days, shows the long-term trend.
RSI (14)53
Relative strength over the last 14 days on a scale from 0 to 100. Above 70 the price counts as overheated, below 30 as sharply fallen.
MACDabove the signal line
Compares a fast and a slow price average. Above its signal line momentum is rising, below it momentum is fading.
Support$15.19
The lowest closing price of the last twelve months.
Resistance$21.52
The highest closing price of the last twelve months.
Market cap
$360.98M
Div. yield
3.29%
12 months
11.6
Fair value
$14.04

Snapshot

Computed from the data by fixed rules, no AI

  • Waterstone Financial, Inc. belongs to the Banks (Regional) industry (United States) and, with a market value of $362.06M, is number 404 of 422 companies in its industry on MEQIRI.
  • In fiscal 2025 it reported revenue of $142.23M (up 7.4% year on year) and earnings of $26.4M (up 41.3%).
  • MEQIRI Score 57 out of 100 (Neutral): rank 782 of 976 in Financial Services, median 68.
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  • The P/E is 11.6 (Banks (Regional) median 12.2, own median of recent years 14.4).
  • Our model puts fair value at $14.04, with the price 43% above it.

In plain words

The numbers on this page in plain words, written by an AI

Strengths

  • Share buybacksShare count down 27% since 2020.Capital allocation 68
  • Consistently profitableProfit in all 10 fiscal years from 2016 to 2025.Fundamentals 76

Weaknesses

  • Revenue shrinkingRevenue down 13.5% a year since 2020.Growth 5
  • Earnings per share fallingDown 14.9% a year since 2020.Growth 5
57/ 100
MEQIRI Score
Neutral

Its standout strengths are stability and fundamentals, while profitability and growth hold the score back.

Daily figure as of 12 Nov 2026

How the score is calculated

Score overview

Score since yesterday from 58 to 57.

The fundamentals are strong overall.

Profit consistency100% of years
Cash conversion (free cash flow to earnings)not used for financials
ROE (12 months)8.6%
Positive free cash flownot used for financials
How this category is measured

Score history

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Crash risk low

How well MEQIRI warns

One of the 30% with the lowest crash risk among smaller stocks.

From 2016 to 2025, 14 in 100 such stocks fell 30% or more within a year, against a group average of 23 in 100.

What lowers it

  • low growth grade (crashed less often in the backtest)
  • calm price action

Valuation

Valuation signal

Modestly overvalued
Price
$20.08
Fair value
$14.04
Gap to fair value
+43%

Closing price of 11 Nov 2026, used by the daily score.

In our model the price counts as cheap below $10.03 and expensive above $23.40 (uncertainty high, one part of the fair value is more than twice the other).

The two parts of the fair value come to $6.82 (excess return model) and $21.27 (industry comparison), and the gap between them shows how uncertain the estimate is.

Calculated with a cost of equity of 8.8%. At 9.8% the fair value would be $13.47, at 7.8% it would be $14.90.

Valuation metrics

0.99
8.6%
last 12 months, profit over average equity
Fair value (model)
$14.04
Earnings part $21.27 (earnings per share $1.74 × 12.2)

Half from the excess return model, half from earnings times the industry P/E (12.2).

Calculate with your own assumptions

Company performance

This shows several years of history with an automatic assessment.

Revenue

20 years

In the twelve months to 30 Jun 2026, revenue fell 8.8% on the twelve months before. Revenue has grown solidly since 2006, at about 6% per year.

Margins

20 years
  • Operating margin
  • Net margin

In fiscal 2025: operating 24%, net 19%. Banks and insurers have no gross margin, and their net margin is not comparable with other industries. The score leaves both out. Last 12 months: net 25%.

Debt & balance sheet

latest quarter
1.17
Equity
$351.13M
0.15
Cash & equivalents
$275.55M

For banks and insurers, deposits and liabilities are the business. Debt to equity and the current ratio say little here, and the score does not rate them.

Earnings

Next earnings
12 Nov 2026today
Last reported
23 Jul 2026EPS reported $0.49 (expected $0.66)below expectations

Insiders

Open-market purchases and sales by executives, board members and major holders

All insider purchases

No open-market purchases in the last 6 months. 2 insiders sold, $355,841 in total.

Sales say less than purchases: many insiders sell on a fixed plan, for taxes or to diversify.

  • Gordon Ryan JSale

    13 Aug 2026, EVP/Chief Credit Officer

    Shares
    8,157
    Price
    $21.14
    Value
    $172,406
  • Gerke Mark RaymondSale

    21 May 2026, EVP/Chief Financial Officer

    Shares
    10,000
    Price
    $18.34
    Value
    $183,435

Partial trades from one filing are shown in one row, with the average price.

Source: Form 4 filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Grants, option exercises, gifts and tax withholdings are hidden. Not a recommendation to buy.

What happened at Waterstone Financial

The key events of the last six months from our own data. A click takes you to the matching card.

Sector comparison

976 rated companies in Financial Services

Rank 782 of 976
782/ 976
This company
57
Sector median
68

Categories against the sector median

ProfitabilityMedian of 976 companies43 (median 57)14 below the median
GrowthMedian of 976 companies5 (median 67)62 below the median
FundamentalsMedian of 976 companies76 (median 80)4 below the median
ValuationMedian of 929 companies with a value56 (median 73)17 below the median
StabilityMedian of 976 companies89 (median 78)11 above the median
Capital allocationMedian of 976 companies68 (median 56)12 above the median
Technical analysisMedian of 976 companies69 (median 70)1 below the median
MomentumMedian of 976 companies74 (median 70)4 above the median

The median is the middle value: half of the companies in the sector lie above it, half below. Categories with too few comparable companies are left out.

Competitors in Banks (Regional)

The next larger and next smaller companies by market value

All 422 Banks (Regional) stocks

ETFs that hold Waterstone Financial

Held by 6 ETFs on Xetra. Shown per index: the ETF with the largest weight.

ETFWeightCostFund size
WisdomTree US High Dividend UCITS ETF AccWTD90.02%0.29%€182.46M
WisdomTree US Equity Income UCITS ETF EUR Hedged AccWTDY0.02%0.35%€204.34M
Avantis Global Small Cap Value UCITS ETFAVWS0.01%0.39%€1.47B
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Holdings as reported by the funds via FMP, excluding swap ETFs (their holdings are only collateral).

Data status and sources

Score
Daily value of 12 Nov 2026, recalculated nightly
Price
Closing price of 12 Nov 2026
Latest annual report
Fiscal year 2025, period end 31 Dec 2025
Source
Financial statements, ratios and prices from Financial Modeling Prep (FMP), based on the company's reports. MEQIRI calculates the score and fair value from them.

Mandatory disclosures for this rating

  • ; time horizon around 12 months
  • Rated Neutral, published since 7 Nov 2026 (in the score history since 8 Aug 2025)
  • Valuation signal Fairly valued since 7 Nov 2026
  • End-of-day prices, metrics cached for up to 24 hours
  • Score and fair value are estimates from a disclosed model. They are not facts and not a price target.
  • Produced by SSM Ventures UG (haftungsbeschränkt), responsible person Sven Brostmeyer, Managing Director, automatically according to the disclosed model.
  • Not investment advice. Losses up to and including a total loss are possible. Personal circumstances are not considered.

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