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WASHINGTON FEDERAL INC (NASD)
WFSL	19.21	0.10	(0.52%)	Vol. 1,584,035	16:00 ET

Washington Federal, Inc. is a non-diversified unitary savings and loan holding company. The business of Washington Federal consists primarily of attracting savings deposits from the general public and investing these funds in loans secured by first mortgage liens on single-family dwellings, including loans for the construction of such dwellings, and to a significantly lesser extent, on commercial property and multi-family dwellings. It also originates other types of loans for its portfolio and invests in certain United States Government and agency obligations.

General Information

WASH FEDL INC

425 Pike Street Suite 100 Seattle, WA 98101 Phone: 206 624-7930 Fax: 206 624-2334 Web: www.washingtonfederal.com Email: info@washingtonfederal.com

Industry	FIN-SVGS & LOAN
Sector:	Finance

Fiscal Year End	September
Last Reported Quarter	09/30/09
Next EPS Date	01/18/2010

Price and Volume Information

Zacks Rank
Yesterday's Close	19.11
52 Week High	19.68
52 Week Low	9.75
Beta	0.61
20 Day Moving Average	1,616,022.13
Target Price Consensus	20.63

% Price Change
4 Week	9.20
12 Week	33.08
YTD	27.74

% Price Change Relative to S&P 500
4 Week	5.03
12 Week	20.13
YTD	4.56

Share Information
Shares Outstanding (millions)	109.09
Market Capitalization (millions)	2,084.79
Short Ratio	4.20
Last Split Date	02/02/2005

Dividend Information
Dividend Yield	1.05%
Annual Dividend	$0.20
Payout Ratio	0.43
Change in Payout Ratio	-0.12
Last Dividend Payout / Amount	10/07/2009 / $0.05

EPS Information
Current Quarter EPS Consensus Estimate	0.12
Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate	0.69
Estimated Long-Term EPS Growth Rate	8.70
Next EPS Report Date	01/18/2010

Consensus Recommendations
Current (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell)	2.33
30 Days Ago	2.33
60 Days Ago	2.00
90 Days Ago	2.50

Fundamental Ratios

P/E
Current FY Estimate:	27.70
Trailing 12 Months:	40.66
PEG Ratio	3.20

EPS Growth
vs. Previous Year	124.44%
vs. Previous Quarter	266.67%

Sales Growth
vs. Previous Year	-4.86%
vs. Previous Quarter:	-1.59%

Price Ratios
Price/Book	1.19
Price/Cash Flow	35.86
Price / Sales	2.93

ROE
09/30/09	3.25
06/30/09	-0.06
03/31/09	1.92

ROA
09/30/09	0.39
06/30/09	-0.01
03/31/09	0.22

Current Ratio
09/30/09	1.20
06/30/09	1.21
03/31/09	1.26

Quick Ratio
09/30/09	1.20
06/30/09	1.21
03/31/09	1.26

Operating Margin
09/30/09	6.78
06/30/09	-0.11
03/31/09	3.60

Net Margin
09/30/09	10.91
06/30/09	0.02
03/31/09	5.45

Pre-Tax Margin
09/30/09	10.91
06/30/09	0.02
03/31/09	5.45

Book Value
09/30/09	16.00
06/30/09	15.83
03/31/09	15.94

Inventory Turnover
09/30/09	-
06/30/09	-
03/31/09	57.57

Debt-to-Equity
09/30/09	1.65
06/30/09	2.07
03/31/09	2.15

Debt to Capital
09/30/09	62.26
06/30/09	67.44
03/31/09	65.31


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