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The price of Webster Financial Corp (NYSE: WBS) closed at $57.18 in the last session, up 2.57% from day before closing price of $55.75. In other words, the price has increased by $2.57 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.28 million shares were traded. WBS stock price reached its highest trading level at $57.3 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $56.265.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at WBS’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.52 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.12.
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:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. 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 9502666752 and an Enterprise Value of 11787364352. As of this moment, Webster’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 11.61, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.74. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.15. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.22 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.06. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.741.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for WBS is 1.13, which has changed by 0.16860819 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1443547 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 -4.21%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 3.50%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, WBS traded on average about 1.34M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1282680 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 167.08M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 164.83M. Insiders hold about 0.82% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 90.90% stake in the company. Shares short for WBS as of 1759190400 were 3433775 with a Short Ratio of 2.56, compared to 1756425600 on 3916083. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3433775 and a Short% of Float of 2.33.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for WBS is 1.60, which was 1.6 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.028699553. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.3. The current Payout Ratio is 36.60% for WBS, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-08-11 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-08-11. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1998-04-15 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
A comprehensive evaluation of Webster Financial Corp (WBS) is underway, with the input of 18.0 analysts contributing to its current rating.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $1.56, with high estimates of $1.66 and low estimates of $1.48.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $6.03 and $5.78 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $5.89. EPS for the following year is $6.53, with 18.0 analysts recommending between $6.88 and $6.26.
Revenue Estimates
According to 10 analysts,. The current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $728.64M. It ranges from a high estimate of $740.79M to a low estimate of $719.4M. As of. The current estimate, Webster Financial Corp’s year-ago sales were $647.62MFor the next quarter, 10 analysts are estimating revenue of $733.12M. There is a high estimate of $744M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $720.2M.
A total of 10 analysts have provided revenue estimates for WBS’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.93B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $2.86B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $2.88B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $2.59BBased on 10 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $3.02B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $3.1B and the low estimate is $2.98B.
