Webster Financial Corp [WBS] stock is trading at $52.10, up 0.97%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The WBS shares have gain 2.58% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 9.22%, 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 21, 2025, when Jefferies initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $65. Previously, Truist started tracking the stock with Buy rating on May 13, 2025, and set its price target to $61. On January 06, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight and revised its price target to $75 on the stock. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight and raised its price target to $57 on August 05, 2024. Barclays started tracking with a Overweight rating for this stock on March 08, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $70. In a note dated January 24, 2024, JP Morgan upgraded an Overweight rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $60 to $65.
Webster Financial Corp [WBS] stock has fluctuated between $39.33 and $63.99 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $60 within the next 12 months. Webster Financial Corp [NYSE: WBS] shares were valued at $52.10 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 15.16% based on the average WBS price forecast.
Analyzing the WBS fundamentals
Webster Financial Corp [NYSE:WBS] reported sales of 4.20B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 2.03%. 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. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.44.
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 51.65 points at the first support level, and at 51.20 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 52.33, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 52.57.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Webster Financial Corp’s Current Ratio is 0.07. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.09, the price to book ratio is 1.00 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 11.73.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Evans Javier L., Chief Human Resources Officer, that happened on May 28 ’25 when 7800.0 shares were sold. Officer, Evans Javier L. completed a deal on May 28 ’25 to buy 7800.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director States Lauren sold 2200.0 shares on May 22 ’25.
