WBS vs. EWBC, FITB, HWC, SSB, WTFC, ASB, CFG, FNB, RF, and SNV
Should you be buying Webster Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Webster Financial include East West Bancorp (EWBC), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Hancock Whitney (HWC), SouthState (SSB), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Associated Banc (ASB), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), F.N.B. (FNB), Regions Financial (RF), and Synovus Financial (SNV). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Webster Financial vs. Its Competitors
East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) and Webster Financial (NYSE:WBS) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.
East West Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Webster Financial has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, East West Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Webster Financial. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for East West Bancorp and 15 mentions for Webster Financial. Webster Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat East West Bancorp's score of 0.40 indicating that Webster Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Webster Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. East West Bancorp pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Webster Financial pays out 32.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. East West Bancorp has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years.
East West Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $120.53, indicating a potential upside of 13.17%. Webster Financial has a consensus target price of $68.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.33%. Given Webster Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Webster Financial is more favorable than East West Bancorp.
East West Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Webster Financial. Webster Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than East West Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
East West Bancorp has a net margin of 26.06% compared to Webster Financial's net margin of 20.06%. East West Bancorp's return on equity of 15.09% beat Webster Financial's return on equity.
89.5% of East West Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of Webster Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of East West Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Webster Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
East West Bancorp beats Webster Financial on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:WBS) was last updated on 10/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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