TOTAL EQUITY

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

TOTAL EQUITY.

Total Equity

NOTE 11—TOTAL EQUITY

A summary of changes in total equity for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019:

	For the three months ended March 31, 2020
		Stockholders' Equity
	Common Stock							Retained		Noncontrolling		Total
(in thousands)	Shares	Amount		APIC		AOCI		Earnings		Interests		Equity
Balance at December 31, 2019	30,035	$	300	$	237,877	$	737	$	796,775	$	6,596	$	1,042,285
Cumulative-effect adjustment for adoption of ASU 2016-13, net of tax	—		—		—		—		(23,678)		—		(23,678)
Walker & Dunlop net income	—		—		—		—		47,829		—		47,829
Net income (loss) from noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—		—		(224)		(224)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests											675		675
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	—		—		—		(1,918)		—		—		(1,918)
Stock-based compensation - equity classified	—		—		5,061		—		—		—		5,061
Issuance of common stock in connection with equity compensation plans	675		7		11,362		—		—		—		11,369
Repurchase and retirement of common stock	(380)		(4)		(18,293)		—		(8,440)		—		(26,737)
Cash dividends paid ($0.36 per common share)	—		—		—		—		(11,347)		—		(11,347)
Balance at March 31, 2020	30,330	$	303	$	236,007	$	(1,181)	$	801,139	$	7,047	$	1,043,315

	For the three months ended March 31, 2019
		Stockholders' Equity
	Common Stock							Retained		Noncontrolling		Total
(in thousands)	Shares	Amount		APIC		AOCI		Earnings		Interests		Equity
Balance at December 31, 2018	29,497	$	295	$	235,152	$	(75)	$	666,752	$	5,068	$	907,192
Cumulative-effect adjustment for adoption of ASU 2016-02, net of tax	—		—		—		—		(1,002)		—		(1,002)
Walker & Dunlop net income	—		—		—		—		44,218		—		44,218
Net income (loss) from noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—		—		(158)		(158)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	—		—		—		301		—		—		301
Stock-based compensation - equity classified	—		—		6,812		—		—		—		6,812
Issuance of common stock in connection with equity compensation plans	935		9		4,178		—		—		—		4,187
Repurchase and retirement of common stock	(459)		(4)		(22,400)		—		(1,755)		—		(24,159)
Cash dividends paid ($0.30 per common share)	—		—		—		—		(9,319)		—		(9,319)
Balance at March 31, 2019	29,973	$	300	$	223,742	$	226	$	698,894	$	4,910	$	928,072

During the first quarter of 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a new stock repurchase program that permits the repurchase of up to $50.0 million of the Company’s common stock over a 12-month period beginning on February 11, 2020. During the first quarter of 2020, the Company repurchased 0.2 million shares of its common stock under a share repurchase program at a weighted average price of $63.58 per share and immediately retired the shares, reducing stockholders’ equity by $10.2 million. These purchases were made prior to the escalation of the COVID-19 Crisis in mid-March 2020, and future purchases are unlikely until the impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis on the economy and the Company’s liquidity are better understood. As of March 31, 2020, the Company had $39.8 million of authorized share repurchase capacity remaining under the 2020 share repurchase program.

On February 4, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.36 per share. The dividend was paid March 9, 2020 to all holders of record of our restricted and unrestricted common stock as of February 21, 2020. Based upon the Company’s financial performance for the three months ended March 31, 2020, strong cash position, and projected future liquidity needs, on May 5, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.36 per share for the second quarter of 2020. The dividend will be paid June 5, 2020 to all holders of record of the Company’s restricted and unrestricted common stock as of May 20, 2020.

As disclosed in NOTE 7, the Company issued $5.0 million of Company stock in connection with acquisitions during the three months ended March 31, 2020, a non-cash transaction.

The Company’s note payable contains direct restrictions to the amount of dividends the Company may pay, and the warehouse credit facilities and agreements with the Agencies contain minimum equity, liquidity, and other capital requirements that indirectly restrict the amount of dividends the Company may pay. The Company does not believe that these restrictions currently limit the amount of dividends the Company intends to pay for the foreseeable future.