NYSE:WBS - Webster Financial Stock Price, Forecast & News

Webster Financial trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WBS."

Webster Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 28th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Tuesday, February 25th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.85%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, February 10th. View Webster Financial's Dividend History.

Webster Financial Co. (NYSE:WBS) released its earnings results on Thursday, January, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.01. The financial services provider earned $302.20 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $308.90 million. Webster Financial had a net margin of 26.57% and a return on equity of 12.99%. The firm's revenue was down 2.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.05 earnings per share. View Webster Financial's Earnings History.

Webster Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 16th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Webster Financial.

8 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Webster Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $46.50 to $62.00. On average, they anticipate Webster Financial's share price to reach $52.42 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 26.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Webster Financial.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Webster Financial in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Webster Financial.

Media coverage about WBS stock has trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Webster Financial earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Webster Financial.

Webster Financial saw a drop in short interest in February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 2,140,000 shares, a drop of 10.1% from the January 30th total of 2,380,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 464,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.6 days. Currently, 2.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Webster Financial's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Webster Financial include PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), SunTrust Banks (STI), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Republic Bank (FRC), KeyCorp (KEY), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Signature Bank (SBNY), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), East West Bancorp (EWBC) and TCF Financial (TCF).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Webster Financial investors own include Verizon Communications (VZ), AT&T (T), BP (BP), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Duke Energy (DUK), Consolidated Edison (ED), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET) and Magellan Midstream Partners (MMP).

Webster Financial's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.30%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.99%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.75%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (2.17%), Nitorum Capital L.P. (1.98%) and Capital Research Global Investors (1.94%). Company insiders that own Webster Financial stock include Charles L Wilkins, Daniel Bley, Dawn C Morris, James Copenhaver Smith, Joel S Becker, John Joseph Crawford, John R Ciulla, Laurence C Morse and Mark Pettie. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Webster Financial.

WBS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital Research Global Investors, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Capital International Investors, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bayview Asset Management LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group and State Street Corp. Company insiders that have sold Webster Financial company stock in the last year include Daniel Bley, John Joseph Crawford and Mark Pettie. View Insider Buying and Selling for Webster Financial.

WBS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pzena Investment Management LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., River Road Asset Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Alliancebernstein L.P., UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can. View Insider Buying and Selling for Webster Financial.

Shares of WBS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WBS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $41.55.

Webster Financial has a market capitalization of $3.82 billion and generates $1.44 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $382.72 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.07 on an earnings per share basis. Webster Financial employs 3,265 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Webster Financial.

The official website for Webster Financial is http://public.websteronline.com/.

Webster Financial's mailing address is 145 BANK STREET, WATERBURY CT, 06702. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 203-578-2202 or via email at [email protected]