5 Best Small-Cap Value Stocks to Buy According to Analysts

3. Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE:WD)

Market Cap: $1.47 billion

Dividend Yield: 6.32%

Forward P/E: 9.47

Analysts upside: 50.99%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 33

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE:WD) is among the best small-cap value stocks to buy according to analysts. On March 18, Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE:WD) announced that it had helped arrange a $350 million debt facility for a self-storage REIT platform. It said the financing was arranged with JPMorgan Chase Bank, and that the beneficiary self-storage platform is a joint venture of Centerbridge Partners and Reframe Holdings.

This joint venture intends to acquire and aggregate over $500 million of facilities in top metropolitan areas across the country. The debt financing is expected to give the joint venture capital flexibility to support its strategy.

Walker & Dunlop operates through three segments: capital markets, servicing and asset management, and corporate. Capital markets is the company’s largest business. In 2025, Walker & Dunlop sourced more than $22 billion from non-agency capital providers through its capital markets team. This amount included $15.9 billion for multifamily properties.

While discussing Q4 2025 results last month, Walker & Dunlop CEO Willy Walker said the company finished 2025 with strong momentum across its business. Walker added that Walker & Dunlop is well-positioned for growth in 2026 and beyond. The executive cited the company’s $144 billion servicing portfolio that generates recurring revenue, a solid capital markets pipeline, and improving economic conditions for commercial real estate.

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE:WD) is a leading real estate finance and advisory services firm based in Maryland. It originates and services a variety of financing products for owners and developers of commercial real estate, including multifamily properties. The company says its ideals and capital help create communities where people live, shop, work, and play.