Waddell & Reed Financial: 6% Yield And Meets Graham's Criteria For Defensive Investors [Seeking Alpha]
WADDELL & REED FNANCIAL (WDR)
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Waddell & Reed Financial: 6% Yield And Meets Graham's Criteria For Defensive Investors I wrote about Waddell & Reed ( WDR Waddell & Reed Financial Deserves A Second Look The Intelligent Investor So, what has changed in the past two years? In short, not much. WDR stock is currently trading at about $16.65/share. The dividend was cut from $1.84 annually in 2016 to a $1.00 annual payout currently (providing a 6.2% yield). Index funds have continued to gain in popularity and WDR's AUM further shrank to $71.7 billion at the end 2018 ($72.9 billion at 4/30/2019). New fiduciary responsibility rules appear to be forthcoming. On the surface, this appears to be a classic case of a melting ice cube. The stock has dropped $1.45/share over the last 27 months, offset by $2.25 in dividends for a total return of 4.4% over the 27-month period, which is pretty anemic compared to the 20.4% gain in the S&P 500 over the same period. Is there any reason to be optimistic about this holding or is it simply "
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