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After finishing at $56.68 in the prior trading day, Webster Financial Corp (NYSE: WBS) closed at $57.24, up 0.99%. In other words, the price has increased by $0.99 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.31 million shares were traded. WBS stock price reached its highest trading level at $57.98 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $56.16.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of WBS by taking a closer look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.43 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.42.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of. The stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, TD Cowen on September 25, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $78.
On September 10, 2025, Cantor Fitzgerald started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $70.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Oct 06 ’25 when Wang Albert Jen-Wen bought 427 shares for $61.90 per share.
CIESLIK ELZBIETA sold 2,000 shares of WBS for $123,160 on Sep 15 ’25. The EVP & CAO of Bank now owns 14,894 shares after completing the transaction at $61.58 per share. On Sep 12 ’25, another insider, CIESLIK ELZBIETA, who serves as the EVP & CAO of Bank of the company, sold 1,000 shares for $61.62 each. As a result, the insider received 61,615 and left with 16,894 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, WBS now has a Market Capitalization of 9434125312 and an Enterprise Value of 10567769088. As of this moment, Webster’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 10.66, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.76. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.04. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.19 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.06. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.094.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for WBS is 1.07, which has changed by -0.017337024 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.13367426 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, WBS has reached a high of $63.99, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $39.43. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -3.28%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 3.56%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 1.41M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1543050 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 164.82M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 164.81M. Insiders hold about 0.83% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 90.84% stake in the company. Shares short for WBS as of 1760486400 were 3728640 with a Short Ratio of 2.64, compared to 1757894400 on 3454949. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3728640 and a Short% of Float of 2.56.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, WBS’s forward annual dividend rate was 1.6, compared to 1.60 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.028228652. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.26. The current Payout Ratio is 36.60% for WBS, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-08-11 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-11-10. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1998-04-15 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
Currently, 18.0 analysts are dedicated to thoroughly evaluating and rating the performance of Webster Financial Corp (WBS) in the stock market.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $1.53, with high estimates of $1.7 and low estimates of $1.47.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $5.97 and $5.85 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $5.89. EPS for the following year is $6.54, with 18.0 analysts recommending between $6.87 and $6.35.
Revenue Estimates
11 analysts predict $732.25M in revenue for. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $741.8M to a low estimate of $726.2M. As of. The current estimate, Webster Financial Corp’s year-ago sales were $660.98MFor the next quarter, 11 analysts are estimating revenue of $732.47M. There is a high estimate of $760.85M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $722.11M.
A total of 11 analysts have provided revenue estimates for WBS’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.94B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $2.88B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $2.89B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $2.59BBased on 11 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $3.02B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $3.07B and the low estimate is $2.98B.
