A share price of Webster Financial Corp [WBS] is currently trading at $54.91, up 2.04%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The WBS shares have gain 5.47% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 10.24%, 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 experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year 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 $54.91 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 9.27% based on the average WBS price forecast.
Analyzing the WBS fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Webster Financial Corp [NYSE:WBS] were 4.20B which represents 2.03% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.57% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.24%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.24%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.19%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.09 and Total Capital is 0.09. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.42.
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Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Webster Financial Corp [NYSE:WBS] is 0.07. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.20, the price to book ratio is 1.06 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 12.36.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved WILKINS CHARLES L, Head of HSA Bank, that happened on Jun 06 ’25 when 5000.0 shares were sold. Officer, WILKINS CHARLES L completed a deal on Jun 06 ’25 to buy 5000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chief Human Resources Officer Evans Javier L. sold 7800.0 shares on May 28 ’25.
