On Thursday, Webster Financial Corp (NYSE: WBS) remained unchanged from the previous day of trading 1.85% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $44.33. Price fluctuations for WBS have ranged from $39.33 to $63.99 over the past 52 weeks.
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Annual sales at Financial sector company grew by 30.91% over the past five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 7.87% at the time writing. With a float of $169.70 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $171.39 million.
Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 4407 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 87.0%, operating margin of 34.21%, and the pretax margin is 30.71%.
Webster Financial Corp (WBS) Insider and Institutional Ownership
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Banks – Regional industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Webster Financial Corp is 0.96%, while institutional ownership is 88.91%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 20 ’25, was worth 459,446. In this transaction Chairman and CEO of this company sold 8,000 shares at a rate of $57.43, taking the stock ownership to the 210,051 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 20 ’25, when Company’s Affiliate proposed sale 8,000 for $58.67, making the entire transaction worth $469,360.
Webster Financial Corp (WBS) Latest Financial update
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.44 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 7.87% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 8.76% during the next five years compared to 1.49% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Webster Financial Corp (NYSE: WBS) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Webster Financial Corp (WBS). In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.85. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 5.72.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 4.37, a number that is poised to hit 1.38 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 6.47 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Webster Financial Corp (WBS)
Webster Financial Corp (NYSE: WBS) saw its 5-day average volume 1.34 million, a positive change from its year-to-date volume of 1.25 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 64.47%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.47.
During the past 100 days, Webster Financial Corp’s (WBS) raw stochastic average was set at 23.29%, which indicates a significant decrease from 46.11% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 95.98% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 45.03% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $51.72, while its 200-day Moving Average is $51.64. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $45.69 in the near term. At $46.24, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $46.84. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $44.54, it is likely to go to the next support level at $43.94. The third support level lies at $43.39 if the price breaches the second support level.
Webster Financial Corp (NYSE: WBS) Key Stats
There are currently 168,301K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 7.74 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 4,179 M according to its annual income of 768,710 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 1,048 M and its income totaled 177,770 K.
