Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for WBS in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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NYSE: WBS
Webster Financial (WBS) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Aug 19 close
$77.57−0.40 (−0.5%)
Gekko Brief
Webster Financial closed at $77.57 on 19 August 2026, -0.5% on the day. The price sits above both the 50-day ($76.51) and 200-day ($69.63) moving averages, inside a 52-week range of $52.69 to $79.74. The GekkoIndex reads 57.9, in the Neutral zone, up 10.3 points over five sessions. Gekko Fair Value is $76.30, so the price is 1.7% above it.
The next earnings report is due on 16 October 2026, 17 days away (before open). Over the last 8 reports the company beat the earnings estimate 5 times, with an average move of 2.9% across the report. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days from this point averaged +3.2% over the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
6 firms rate the stock: 1 buy, 4 hold and 1 sell, with a consensus target of $76.18. A typical daily move is about 0.9%, and a typical 20-day move about 6.3%. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 items read supportive and 1 reads as a headwind (earnings risk).
Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.
Webster Financial price vs fair value
Close $77.57200-day averageGekko Fair Value $76.30
Webster Financial quick facts
- Market cap
- $12.57B
- P/E ratio
- 12.6
- Forward P/E
- 12.3
- EPS, TTM
- $6.14
- Revenue, TTM
- $2.77B
- Profit margin
- 36.8%
- Dividend yield
- 2.05%
- Beta
- 1.00
- Volume
- 91.32M avg 10.67M
- 1-year return
- +33.2%
- Typical daily move
- ±0.9%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.3%
- 50-day average
- $76.51
- 200-day average
- $69.63
- Next earnings
- Oct 16 before open
- Shares outstanding
- 162.0M
Webster Financial swing-trade checklist
Webster Financial scores 2 supportive, 2 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
2 supportive2 mixed1 headwind
- Trendsupportive
Above 50 and 200-day
Close $77.57 is above the 50-day ($76.51) and 200-day ($69.63) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexmixed
57.9, Neutral
Reading 57.9 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuemixed
1.7% above
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (1.7% above).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 17 days
Reports on Oct 16, 2026, 17 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+3.2% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +3.2% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
See seasonality
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Webster Financial stock chart and price history
Webster Financial closed at $77.57 on Aug 19, 2026, +33.2% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $52.69 to $79.74.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- +2.0%
- 3 months
- +8.2%
- 6 months
- +7.0%
- 1 year
- +33.2%
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About Webster Financial
Webster Financial serves as the holding company behind Webster Bank, National Association, delivering banking, investment and financial products to consumers, families and business clients throughout the country. The firm has built recognition for pairing everyday retail banking with more specialized commercial finance and health-account services under one roof.
Its work is split across three areas. The commercial side handles loans, deposit accounts and cash-management tools, along with offerings such as commercial and industrial lending, leasing, real estate financing, equipment and asset-based credit, and treasury and payment services, plus wealth management such as trusts, financial planning, insurance and retirement products for both business owners and individuals. HSA Bank centers on health savings accounts, health reimbursement arrangements, flexible spending accounts and commuter benefit plans, reaching customers directly and through ties with insurance carriers, consultants and advisors. The retail banking arm focuses on individual customers, offering deposit products, home loans, home equity credit lines, other consumer loans and credit cards, supplemented by digital banking channels alongside its network of branches and ATMs.
The company traces its founding to 1935 and keeps its headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut. Its stock is listed on the NYSE under the ticker WBS.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Savings banks
- Website
- websterbank.com
Webster Financial GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Webster Financial’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 57.9, in the Neutral zone, up 10.3 points over five sessions.
57.9Neutral
Up 10.3 points over five sessions.
Reading for Aug 19, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 31 | +1.1% | +3.8% | ||
| Accumulation | 173 | +0.4% | +3.6% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 397 | +0.5% | +1.3% | ||
| Distribution | 43 | −0.5% | −1.1% | ||
| Selling | 2 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average WBS share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Webster Financial stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Webster Financial trades 1.7% above Gekko Fair Value of $76.30, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Webster Financial shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$76.30
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 5, 2026
1.7% above fair value · About fair value
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Webster Financial insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Webster Financial, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in WBS were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Webster Financial has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $666K
- As a share of market cap
- 0.01%
- Trailing four quarters
- $364.9M
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Mar 31
0of the funds Gekko tracks hold WBS.
0added0opened0trimmed1sold out
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Webster Financial earnings: next date and track record
Webster Financial reports on Oct 16, 2026, before the open (17 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Oct 16, 2026
Expected before the open, 17 days away
- EPS estimate
- $1.64
- Revenue estimate
- $760.5M
5 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±2.9%average move across the report
7 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2026 | $1.60 est $1.64 | $740.0M est $755.8M | +1.7% |
| Apr 28, 2026 | $1.57 est $1.53 | $735.9M est $735.3M | +0.1% |
| Jan 23, 2026 | $1.59 est $1.52 | $746.2M est $731.1M | −2.4% |
| Oct 17, 2025 | $1.54 est $1.52 | $732.6M est $727.8M | +1.3% |
| Jul 17, 2025 | $1.52 est $1.44 | $715.8M est $716.6M | +4.1% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | $1.30 est $1.38 | $704.8M est $706.5M | +0.7% |
| Jan 17, 2025 | $1.43 est $1.34 | $661.0M est $687.6M | +4.0% |
| Oct 17, 2024 | $1.34 est $1.35 | $647.6M est $677.7M | +8.8% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Webster Financial stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Webster Financial is $76.18, −1.8% from the last close, from 6 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$76.18consensus 12-month target, −1.8% from the last close
Now $77.57Avg $76.18
Low $70High $81
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 6 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4 | Wells Fargo | $70 | −9.8% |
| Aug 3 | Barclays | $78 | +0.6% |
| Jul 23 | Morgan Stanley | $75 | −3.3% |
| Jul 23 | KBW | $81 | +4.4% |
| Jul 23 | Citi | $77 | −0.7% |
+1.3%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+3.2%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±0.9%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Webster Financial seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, Webster Financial averaged +3.2% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +1.6% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +0.9% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +3.6% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +3.2% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +9.5% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, WBS’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6.3%.
Webster Financial market cap and key statistics
Webster Financial’s market cap is $12.57B, with a P/E ratio of 12.6 and revenue of $2.77B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $12.57B
- P/E ratio
- 12.6
- Forward P/E
- 12.3
- EPS, TTM
- $6.14
- Gekko Fair Value
- $76.30
Trading
- Volume
- 91.32M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 10.67M
- 52-week high
- $79.74
- 52-week low
- $52.69
- Shares outstanding
- 162.0M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $2.77B
- Profit margin
- 36.8%
- Return on equity
- 10.7%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +2.8%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 1.00
- Typical daily move
- ±0.9%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.3%
- Dividend yield
- 2.05%
Webster Financial stock news this week
6 headlines about Webster Financial from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.
- Bank of America Corp DE Trims Stock Holdings in Webster Financial Corporation $WBSDefense World, Sep 18
- Webster Financial Corporation $WBS Shares Sold by HighTower Advisors LLCDefense World, Sep 13
- Hsbc Holdings PLC Sells 586,346 Shares of Webster Financial Corporation $WBSDefense World, Sep 11
- Bank of New York Mellon Corp Makes New $101.04 Million Investment in Webster Financial Corporation $WBSDefense World, Aug 25
- Webster Financial Executive Reports Accelerated Equity Vesting and Tax Withholding TransactionsKalkine Media, Aug 17
- Webster Financial (NYSE: WBS) CAO has 1,158 shares withheldStock Titan, Aug 17
Webster Financial peers
Webster Financial’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| TFSLTFS Financial | Accumulation | 9.4% below |
| WSFSWSFS Financial | Accumulation | 8.3% below |
| PFSProvident Financial Services | Accumulation | 11.5% below |
| CLBKColumbia Financial | Accumulation | 12.6% below |
| NWBINorthwest Bancshares | Accumulation | 5.1% below |
| TFINTriumph Financial | Buying | 19.8% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Webster Financial stock FAQ
What is Webster Financial’s market cap?
Webster Financial’s market cap is $12.57B at the Aug 19, 2026 close of $77.57, with 162.0M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 12.6.
What is the Webster Financial stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Webster Financial is $76.18, −1.8% from the last close. Of the 6 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 1 rate it a buy, 4 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Webster Financial stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Webster Financial is about fair value: the Aug 19, 2026 close of $77.57 is 1.7% above Gekko Fair Value of $76.30. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Webster Financial report earnings next?
Webster Financial is expected to report on Oct 16, 2026, before the market opens (17 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.64 per share on revenue of $760.5M. Webster Financial beat the earnings estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports, moving 2.9% on average across the report.
What is Webster Financial’s 52-week high and low?
Webster Financial’s 52-week high is $79.74 and its 52-week low is $52.69; it closed at $77.57 on Aug 19, 2026, +33.2% over the past year.
Is Webster Financial stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (trend and seasonality), 2 as mixed (gekkoindex and fair value) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
How this page works
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