{"id":13080,"date":"2026-04-17T17:44:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/connectwithfund.com\/?p=13080"},"modified":"2026-04-17T17:52:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:52:48","slug":"wafd-inc-wafd-q2-2026-earnings-call-transcript","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/connectwithfund.com\/?p=13080","title":{"rendered":"WaFd, Inc. (WAFD) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<header class=\"flex flex-col items-start justify-between\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"relative mb-18 flex items-start justify-between\" data-test-id=\"author-brief\">\n<div class=\"relative z-0 mr-18 flex\">\n<div class=\"flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center relative size-36 rounded-full\" data-test-id=\"user-pic-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button data-state-text=\"Following\" aria-label=\"Follow SA Transcripts\" class=\"ihjjQ py-8 px-18 ml-auto print:hidden relative inline-flex items-center justify-center select-none hover:no-underline transition-colors motion-reduce:transition-none border-black bg-black text-white hover:bg-black-70 disabled:border-transparent disabled:bg-black-20 dark:border-black-10 dark:bg-black-10 dark:text-black dark:hover:border-black-30 dark:hover:bg-black-30 dark:disabled:bg-black-30 min-h-36 border text-medium-b px-16 py-1 whitespace-nowrap break-words rounded-8 cursor-pointer\" data-test-id=\"follow-button\" type=\"button\"><span class=\"\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wMAFB relative flex justify-center\" data-state-placeholder=\"Following\"><span class=\"absolute\">Follow<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"Qozfr w-full border-l-6 border-l-orange-60 bg-black-5 py-18 pl-18 pr-24 text-x-large-2-r dark:bg-black-95 print:break-inside-avoid mb-24 lg:mb-30\" data-test-id=\"transcript-player\">\n<h3 class=\"text-4x-large-b lg:text-2x-large-b mb-8\" data-test-id=\"transcript-title\">Q2: 2026-04-16 Earnings Summary<\/h3>\n<p>EPS of $0.83 <span class=\"text-teal\">beats by $0.08 <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0|\u00a0<!-- -->Revenue of <!-- -->$197.38M<!-- --> (9.78% Y\/Y)<!-- --> <span class=\"text-teal\">beats by $6.91M<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"paywall-full-content R6FbO flex sa-text-content sa-media-content sa-table-content sa-content-helpers print:block mb-32\">\n<div class=\"w-0 grow print:w-auto\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"T2G6W\" data-test-id=\"content-container\">\n<div class=\"transcript-headline\">\n<p data-eci=\"true\">WaFd, Inc. (<span class=\"ticker-hover-wrapper\">WAFD<\/span>) Q2 2026 Earnings Call April 17, 2026 10:00 AM EDT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"transcript-company-participants\">\n<p class=\"transcript-company-participants-title\"><strong>Company Participants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Brad Goode &#8211; Chief of Communications, Marketing &amp; Community Relations and Senior VP<\/span><br \/><span>Brent Beardall &#8211; President, CEO &amp; Vice Chairman<\/span><br \/><span>Kelli Holz &#8211; Executive VP &amp; CFO<\/span><br \/><span>Ryan Mauer &#8211; Executive VP &amp; Chief Credit Officer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"transcript-other-participants\">\n<p class=\"transcript-other-participants-title\"><strong>Conference Call Participants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Jeff Rulis &#8211; D.A. Davidson &amp; Co., Research Division<\/span><br \/><span>Matthew Clark &#8211; Piper Sandler &amp; Co., Research Division<\/span><br \/><span>Kelly Motta &#8211; Keefe, Bruyette, &amp; Woods, Inc., Research Division<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"transcript-presentation\">\n<p class=\"transcript-presentation-title\"><strong>Presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"transcript-presentation-section\" seq=\"0\">\n<p class=\"transcript-presentation-section-title\"><span><strong>Operator<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to WaFd Inc. Second Quarter 2026 Results Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]. Please be advised today&#8217;s conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Brad Goode, Chief Marketing Officer and Investor Relations Manager. Please go ahead.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"transcript-presentation-section\" seq=\"1\">\n<p class=\"transcript-presentation-section-title\"><span><strong>Brad Goode<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span><i>Chief of Communications, Marketing &amp; Community Relations and Senior VP<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Kevin. Good morning, everybody. Happy Friday. Let&#8217;s dive into our 2026 second quarter earnings report. You can find our earnings press release along with our detailed fact sheet and investor scorecard on our website, that&#8217;s wafdbank.com.<\/p>\n<p>During today&#8217;s call, we will make forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties and are intended to be covered by the safe harbor provisions of federal securities law. Information on risk factors that could cause actual results to differ are available from the earnings press release that was released yesterday and the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025. Forward-looking statements are effective only as of the date they are made, and WaFd assumes no obligation to update information, concerning its expectations.<\/p>\n<p>We will also reference non-GAAP financial measures, and I encourage you to review the non-GAAP reconciliations provided in our earnings material. With us this morning are our President and CEO, Brent<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<aside><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"border-t border-share-separator-thin py-18 sm:py-24 print:hidden paywall-full-content\" data-test-id=\"post-footer\"><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/article\/4891621-wafd-inc-wafd-q2-2026-earnings-call-transcript?source=feed_all_articles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow Q2: 2026-04-16 Earnings Summary EPS of $0.83 beats by $0.08 \u00a0|\u00a0Revenue of $197.38M (9.78% Y\/Y) beats by $6.91M WaFd, Inc. (WAFD) Q2 2026 Earnings Call April 17, 2026 10:00 AM EDT Company Participants Brad Goode &#8211; Chief of Communications, Marketing &amp; Community Relations and Senior VPBrent Beardall &#8211; President, CEO &amp; Vice ChairmanKelli Holz &#8211; Executive VP &amp; CFORyan Mauer &#8211; Executive VP &amp; Chief Credit Officer Conference Call Participants Jeff Rulis &#8211; D.A. Davidson &amp; Co., Research DivisionMatthew Clark &#8211; Piper Sandler &amp; Co., Research DivisionKelly Motta &#8211; Keefe, Bruyette, &amp; Woods, Inc., Research Division Presentation Operator Good<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WaFd, Inc. (WAFD) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript | ConnectWithFund<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"FollowQ2: 2026-04-16 Earnings SummaryEPS of $0.83 beats by $0.08 \u00a0|\u00a0Revenue of $197.38M (9.78% Y\/Y) beats by $6.91M WaFd, Inc. 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