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Webster Financial Corporation (WBS)

Financial Services | Banks - Regional | Stamford, United States | NYSE
73.37 USD +1.21 (1.677%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 73.60 +0.23 (0.317%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 6:27 p.m. EDT)
Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★★☆
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 2:45 p.m. EDT

Webster Financial Corporation (WBS) shows a solid dividend yield with consistent payouts, making it attractive for income-focused investors. The recent price movements have been volatile, with a recent uptick suggesting potential for short-term momentum. However, the long-term fundamentals are strong, with a reasonable payout ratio and positive earnings growth. The options activity indicates a cautious outlook, with both bullish and bearish positions present, suggesting a balanced approach for long-term investors. Overall, WBS could be a good buy for those looking for a mix of income and growth, but caution is advised given the mixed signals in the options market.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.043750
MSTL0.091461
AutoETS0.093840
AutoARIMA0.094715

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 80%
H-stat 0.06
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.064
Excess Kurtosis -1.32
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-02-08
Last Dividend Date 2026-02-08
Revenue per Share 16.232
Market Cap 11,829,893,120
Trailing P/E 12.44
Forward P/E 9.91
Beta 1.03
Profit Margins 37.48%
Website https://www.websterbank.com

As of April 11, 2026, 2:45 p.m. EDT: Options speculators are showing mixed signals. The calls show a concentration of open interest (OI) around the 72.5 strike for the April 17 expiration, indicating potential for a price increase. However, puts are showing significant OI around the 70.0 and 60.0 strikes, suggesting some bearish sentiment. The overall volatility (IV) is moderate, with a mix of short-term and long-term options showing varying levels of activity. This suggests a cautious approach with potential for both upward and downward movements.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.55% 2.75% 3.42% 3.45%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-02-09 0.400000 0.546373
2025-11-10 0.400000 0.701920
2025-08-11 0.400000 0.733855
2025-05-12 0.400000 0.771146
2025-02-10 0.400000 0.695365
2024-11-01 0.400000 0.816167
2024-07-29 0.400000 0.863908
2024-05-03 0.400000 0.936333
2024-02-02 0.400000 0.891201
2023-11-02 0.400000 1.080312
2023-08-01 0.400000 0.942643
2023-05-05 0.400000 1.285406
2023-02-03 0.400000 0.801865
2022-11-03 0.400000 0.850226
2022-08-01 0.400000 0.970803
2022-05-11 0.400000 0.989951
2022-01-27 0.400000 0.780359
2021-11-08 0.400000 0.787077
2021-08-02 0.400000 0.972881
2021-05-04 0.400000 0.852757
2021-02-08 0.400000 0.929811
2020-11-09 0.400000 1.245797
2020-08-04 0.400000 1.791504
2020-05-05 0.400000 1.937399
2020-02-10 0.400000 1.058685
2019-11-08 0.400000 1.024957
2019-08-02 0.400000 1.039430
2019-05-03 0.400000 0.945404
2019-02-11 0.330000 0.773754
2018-11-05 0.330000 0.716279
2018-08-03 0.330000 0.647755
2018-05-04 0.330000 0.695331
2018-02-12 0.260000 0.632834
2017-11-06 0.260000 0.625658
2017-08-03 0.260000 0.677773
2017-05-04 0.260000 0.655269
2017-02-10 0.250000 0.632184
2016-11-04 0.250000 0.839174
2016-08-04 0.250000 0.936095
2016-05-05 0.250000 0.980260
2016-02-05 0.230000 0.948654
2015-11-06 0.230000 0.800144
2015-08-06 0.230000 0.823078
2015-04-30 0.230000 0.892385
2015-02-06 0.200000 0.842258
2014-11-06 0.200000 0.893086
2014-08-07 0.200000 0.999252
2014-05-01 0.200000 0.956981
2014-02-07 0.150000 0.733604
2013-11-07 0.150000 0.787501
2013-08-08 0.150000 0.805505
2013-05-02 0.150000 0.967104
2013-02-08 0.100000 0.654853
2012-11-01 0.100000 0.658354
2012-08-02 0.100000 0.744404
2012-05-03 0.100000 0.679236
2012-02-02 0.050000 0.338059
2011-11-03 0.050000 0.380636
2011-08-04 0.050000 0.395672
2011-05-05 0.050000 0.367984
2011-02-03 0.010000 0.065691
2010-11-04 0.010000 0.086227
2010-07-29 0.010000 0.079686
2010-04-29 0.010000 0.071177
2010-02-04 0.010000 0.104845
2009-10-29 0.010000 0.124790
2009-07-30 0.010000 0.131847
2009-04-30 0.010000 0.290168
2009-02-03 0.010000 0.443279
2008-10-30 0.300000 2.574941
2008-07-31 0.300000 2.343664
2008-05-01 0.300000 1.729374
2008-02-11 0.300000 1.496460
2007-11-01 0.300000 1.417777
2007-08-02 0.300000 1.116259
2007-04-30 0.300000 1.101756
2007-02-08 0.270000 0.880391
2006-11-02 0.270000 0.940100
2006-08-03 0.270000 0.949435
2006-04-27 0.270000 0.958962
2006-02-02 0.250000 0.905953
2005-10-27 0.250000 0.937675
2005-08-04 0.250000 0.902788
2005-04-28 0.250000 0.948630
2005-02-10 0.230000 0.879511
2004-10-28 0.230000 0.835824
2004-07-29 0.230000 0.843026
2004-04-29 0.230000 0.941938
2004-02-05 0.210000 0.729986
2003-10-30 0.210000 0.821898
2003-07-31 0.210000 0.991074
2003-05-01 0.210000 0.997072
2003-02-06 0.190000 0.943214
2002-10-31 0.190000 1.053530
2002-08-01 0.190000 0.952963
2002-05-02 0.190000 0.863917
2002-02-01 0.170000 0.941909
2001-11-01 0.170000 1.031254
2001-08-02 0.170000 0.874579
2001-05-03 0.170000 0.984965
2001-02-01 0.160000 1.055672
2000-11-02 0.160000 1.199688
2000-08-10 0.160000 1.257890
2000-04-28 0.160000 1.421773
2000-01-28 0.140000 1.164850
1999-10-28 0.120000 0.814322
1999-07-29 0.120000 0.888279
1999-05-04 0.120000 0.773821
1999-02-04 0.110000 0.709167
1998-10-29 0.110000 0.885543
1998-07-30 0.110000 0.699237
1998-04-30 0.110000 0.640859
1998-02-05 0.100000 0.629198
1997-10-29 0.100000 0.640767
1997-07-03 0.100000 0.895742
1997-04-30 0.100000 1.080405
1997-01-23 0.090000 0.967839
1996-10-30 0.090000 1.072768
1996-07-31 0.090000 1.261953
1996-05-01 0.080000 1.176936
1996-01-31 0.080000 1.135288
1995-10-26 0.080000 1.285732
1995-08-02 0.080000 1.384179
1995-05-01 0.080000 1.341167
1995-02-02 0.080000 1.616482
1994-10-31 0.065000 1.331449
1994-08-01 0.065000 1.235361
1994-05-02 0.065000 1.339095
1994-01-31 0.058500 1.163950
1993-11-01 0.065000 1.131237
1993-08-02 0.058500 1.421513
1993-05-03 0.059091 1.546827
1993-02-01 0.059091 1.405933
1992-10-29 0.059091 1.681749
1992-07-30 0.059091 2.125851
1992-04-30 0.059091 2.206314
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.6
dividendYield 2.18
exDividendDate 2026-02-09
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.6
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.022172948
lastDividendValue 0.4
lastDividendDate 2026-02-09
dividendDate 2026-02-19

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.6472833
Address1 200 Elm Street
All Time High 74.0
All Time Low 1.931818
Ask 73.65
Ask Size 1,100
Audit Risk 1
Average Analyst Rating 2.9 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 2,792,450
Average Daily Volume3 Month 4,674,227
Average Volume 4,674,227
Average Volume10Days 2,792,450
Beta 1.029
Bid 72.94
Bid Size 700
Board Risk 4
Book Value 57.118
City Stamford
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,735,603,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 73.37
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 73.88
Day Low 72.46
Display Name Webster Financial
Dividend Date 1,771,459,200
Dividend Rate 1.6
Dividend Yield 2.18
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,769,176,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,769,176,800
Earnings Growth 0.527
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.439
Earnings Timestamp 1,777,406,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,777,406,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,777,406,400
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 5.362
Enterprise Value 14,347,116,544
Eps Current Year 6.61314
Eps Forward 7.40132
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 5.9
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,770,595,200
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 70.6168
Fifty Day Average Change 2.7532043
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.038987953
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 64.72833
Fifty Two Week High 74.0
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.62999725
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.008513477
Fifty Two Week Low 43.83
Fifty Two Week Low Change 29.54
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.6739676
Fifty Two Week Range 43.83 - 74.0
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 534,781,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 3.18
Float Shares 159,732,015
Forward Eps 7.40132
Forward P E 9.913097
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 4,498
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.0
Gross Profits 2,675,645,952
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00957
Held Percent Institutions 0.91477996
Implied Shares Outstanding 161,236,090
Industry Banks - Regional
Industry Disp Banks - Regional
Industry Key banks-regional
Ir Website http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=73114&p=irol-irhome
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,770,595,200
Last Dividend Value 0.4
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 892,598,400
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary Webster Financial Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Webster Bank, National Association that provides various financial products and services to businesses, individuals, and families in the United States. It operates through three segments: Commercial Banking, Healthcare Financial Services, and Consumer Banking. The company offers checking, savings, and money market accounts; time deposits; individual retirement account retirement savings; certificates of deposit; mortgages; home equity loans and lines of credit; business lines of credit; overdrafts; and term, commercial mortgages, student, PPA, SBA, and personal loans. It also provides commercial lending; financial planning, life and long-term insurance, personal retirement, and portfolio management solutions; employee retirement plans; credit cards; payroll services; automated clearing house payables and wires; bill pay, remote deposit capture, merchant, and lockbox services; treasury management and investment services; private banking services; wealth management services; and online and mobile banking services. Webster Financial Corporation was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
Long Name Webster Financial Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 11,829,893,120
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_108443
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 974,860,992
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 11,829,194,541
Number Of Analyst Opinions 12
Open 72.46
Operating Cashflow 1,058,136,000
Operating Margins 0.46374
Overall Risk 2
Payout Ratio 0.2712
Peg Ratio 1.73
Phone 203 578 2202
Post Market Change 0.2328949
Post Market Change Percent 0.31742522
Post Market Price 73.6029
Post Market Time 1,776,464,870
Previous Close 72.16
Price Eps Current Year 11.094579
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.2845339
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 4.4213223
Profit Margins 0.37479
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 2.92857
Region US
Regular Market Change 1.21
Regular Market Change Percent 1.67683
Regular Market Day High 73.88
Regular Market Day Low 72.46
Regular Market Day Range 72.46 - 73.88
Regular Market Open 72.46
Regular Market Previous Close 72.16
Regular Market Price 73.37
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,002
Regular Market Volume 1,624,904
Return On Assets 0.0123000005
Return On Equity 0.10767999
Revenue Growth 0.159
Revenue Per Share 16.232
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 161,226,585
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0
Shares Short 2,126
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 6,634,583
Short Name Webster Financial Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.0
Short Ratio 0.0
Source Interval 15
State CT
Symbol WBS
Target High Price 79.0
Target Low Price 69.0
Target Mean Price 73.75
Target Median Price 75.0
Total Cash 2,432,306,944
Total Cash Per Share 15.086
Total Debt 4,666,250,240
Total Revenue 2,675,645,952
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.6
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.022172948
Trailing Eps 5.9
Trailing P E 12.435594
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 62.94955
Two Hundred Day Average Change 10.420452
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.16553657
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,624,904
Website https://www.websterbank.com
Zip 6,902