Webster Financial (WBS) Competitors

M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) and Webster Financial (NYSE:WBS) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in MTB or WBS?

84.7% of M&T Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of Webster Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of M&T Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Webster Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, MTB or WBS?

M&T Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Webster Financial. Webster Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M&T Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
M&T Bank	$9.30B	3.24	$2.59B	$14.93	12.58
Webster Financial	$2.62B	3.40	$768.71M	$4.44	11.92

Do analysts recommend MTB or WBS?

M&T Bank currently has a consensus target price of $209.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.48%. Webster Financial has a consensus target price of $62.58, indicating a potential upside of 18.26%. Given Webster Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Webster Financial is more favorable than M&T Bank.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
M&T Bank	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Webster Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91

Which has more volatility & risk, MTB or WBS?

M&T Bank has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Webster Financial has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MTB or WBS a better dividend stock?

M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Webster Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. M&T Bank pays out 36.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Webster Financial pays out 36.0% 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. Webster Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer MTB or WBS?

In the previous week, M&T Bank had 8 more articles in the media than Webster Financial. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for M&T Bank and 22 mentions for Webster Financial. Webster Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat M&T Bank's score of 0.96 indicating that Webster Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
M&T Bank	20 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Webster Financial	15 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MTB or WBS?

Webster Financial received 284 more outperform votes than M&T Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.87% of users gave Webster Financial an outperform vote while only 45.97% of users gave M&T Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
M&T Bank	Outperform Votes 257 45.97%	Underperform Votes 302 54.03%
Webster Financial	Outperform Votes 541 58.87%	Underperform Votes 378 41.13%

Is MTB or WBS more profitable?

M&T Bank has a net margin of 19.24% compared to Webster Financial's net margin of 18.39%. Webster Financial's return on equity of 10.82% beat M&T Bank's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
M&T Bank	19.24%	10.12%	1.25%
Webster Financial	18.39%	10.82%	1.21%

Summary

Webster Financial beats M&T Bank on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.