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Elected by the shareholders, the Washington Federal's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Washington Federal inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Washington. The board's role is to monitor Washington Federal's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Washington Federal's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Washington Federal's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.

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Is Regional Banks space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Washington Federal. If investors know Washington will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Washington Federal listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.

The market value of Washington Federal is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Washington that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Washington Federal's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Washington Federal's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Washington Federal's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Washington Federal's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.

Please note, there is a significant difference between Washington Federal's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Washington Federal is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Washington Federal's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.