At the time of writing, Webster Financial Corp [WBS] stock is trading at $53.31, up 0.81%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The WBS shares have gain 9.44% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 22.72%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Webster Financial Corp [NYSE: WBS] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on May 13, 2025, when Truist initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $61. Previously, Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to Overweight on January 06, 2025, and elevated its price target to $75. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight and increased its price target to $57 on August 05, 2024. Barclays initiated its recommendation with a Overweight and recommended $70 as its price target on March 08, 2024. JP Morgan upgraded its rating to Overweight for this stock on January 24, 2024, and upped its price target to $65. In a note dated January 11, 2024, BofA Securities initiated an Buy rating and provided a target price of $60 on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of Webster Financial Corp fluctuated between $39.33 and $63.99. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $60 within the next 12 months. Webster Financial Corp [NYSE: WBS] shares were valued at $53.31 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 12.55% based on the average WBS price forecast.
Analyzing the WBS fundamentals
According to Webster Financial Corp [NYSE:WBS], the company’s sales were 4.20B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 2.03% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.62% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.39%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.35%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.27%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.09 and Total Capital is 0.01. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.44.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 52.62 points at the first support level, and at 51.93 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 53.80, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 54.30.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Webster Financial Corp [NYSE:WBS] has a current ratio of 0.07. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.14, the price to book ratio is 1.02 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 12.00.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved BLEY DANIEL, Chief Risk Officer, that happened on May 12 ’25 when 1200.0 shares were sold. Officer, BLEY DANIEL completed a deal on May 12 ’25 to buy 1200.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chief Risk Officer BLEY DANIEL sold 1200.0 shares on May 05 ’25.
