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Webster Financial Corp (WBS)

Financial Services | Banks - Regional | Stamford, United States | NYSE
77.57 USD -0.40 (-0.513%) ⇩ (Aug. 19, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★★★☆
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:15 a.m. EDT

Webster Financial is trading near its yearly highs with strong technical momentum, outperforming its 200-day average by over 10 percent. The fundamentals support this, with a low forward P/E of 11 times and a robust 26 percent dividend payout ratio that ensures income stability. However, the analyst community is skeptical, with the mean target price sitting below the current share price, creating a ceiling on immediate upside. While the statistical forecast model sees a slight positive edge, the heavy put option activity suggests investors are hedging against a potential correction. This makes WBS a solid defensive hold for income, but less of a high-conviction momentum play until valuation gaps close.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.038376
MSTL0.044913
AutoETS0.045266
AutoARIMA0.047233

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 66%
H-stat 6.86
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.404
Excess Kurtosis -0.44
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-09
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-09
Revenue per Share 17.205
Market Cap 12,568,934,400
Trailing P/E 12.63
Forward P/E 11.00
Beta 1.01
Profit Margins 36.83%
Website https://www.websterbank.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:15 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy put volume concentrated near the money and at deep ITM strikes for longer tenors, suggesting a hedge against downside volatility. Call activity remains centered at the money, indicating support at current levels rather than aggressive bets on a breakout.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.55% 1.80% 2.77% 2.99%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-10 0.400000 NaN
2026-05-11 0.400000 0.554401
2026-02-09 0.400000 0.546373
2025-11-10 0.400000 0.698080
2025-08-11 0.400000 0.724769
2025-05-12 0.400000 0.756144
2025-02-10 0.400000 0.676361
2024-11-01 0.400000 0.788644
2024-07-29 0.400000 0.828329
2024-05-03 0.400000 0.890472
2024-02-02 0.400000 0.839983
2023-11-02 0.400000 1.009591
2023-08-01 0.400000 0.871650
2023-05-05 0.400000 1.178550
2023-02-03 0.400000 0.726085
2022-11-03 0.400000 0.764234
2022-08-01 0.400000 0.865988
2022-05-11 0.400000 0.875465
2022-01-27 0.400000 0.684229
2021-11-08 0.400000 0.685518
2021-08-02 0.400000 0.841574
2021-05-04 0.400000 0.731529
2021-02-08 0.400000 0.791609
2020-11-09 0.400000 1.052078
2020-08-04 0.400000 1.494210
2020-05-05 0.400000 1.592357
2020-02-10 0.400000 0.856898
2019-11-08 0.400000 0.822538
2019-08-02 0.400000 0.827301
2019-05-03 0.400000 0.746408
2019-02-11 0.330000 0.606283
2018-11-05 0.330000 0.557904
2018-08-03 0.330000 0.501749
2018-05-04 0.330000 0.535888
2018-02-12 0.260000 0.485075
2017-11-06 0.260000 0.477239
2017-08-03 0.260000 0.514546
2017-05-04 0.260000 0.494955
2017-02-10 0.250000 0.475105
2016-11-04 0.250000 0.627668
2016-08-04 0.250000 0.695797
2016-05-05 0.250000 0.723589
2016-02-05 0.230000 0.695284
2015-11-06 0.230000 0.582426
2015-08-06 0.230000 0.595546
2015-04-30 0.230000 0.641920
2015-02-06 0.200000 0.602047
2014-11-06 0.200000 0.634518
2014-08-07 0.200000 0.705467
2014-05-01 0.200000 0.670916
2014-02-07 0.150000 0.510899
2013-11-07 0.150000 0.545653
2013-08-08 0.150000 0.555144
2013-05-02 0.150000 0.662837
2013-02-08 0.100000 0.445831
2012-11-01 0.100000 0.446229
2012-08-02 0.100000 0.502260
2012-05-03 0.100000 0.455996
2012-02-02 0.050000 0.225938
2011-11-03 0.050000 0.253807
2011-08-04 0.050000 0.263158
2011-05-05 0.050000 0.244141
2011-02-03 0.010000 0.043478
2010-11-04 0.010000 0.057045
2010-07-29 0.010000 0.052687
2010-04-29 0.010000 0.047037
2010-02-04 0.010000 0.069252
2009-10-29 0.010000 0.082372
2009-07-30 0.010000 0.086957
2009-04-30 0.010000 0.191205
2009-02-03 0.010000 0.291545
2008-10-30 0.300000 1.689189
2008-07-31 0.300000 1.510574
2008-05-01 0.300000 1.098097
2008-02-11 0.300000 0.939261
2007-11-01 0.300000 0.881834
2007-08-02 0.300000 0.688547
2007-04-30 0.300000 0.674916
2007-02-08 0.270000 0.535714
2006-11-02 0.270000 0.569020
2006-08-03 0.270000 0.571429
2006-04-27 0.270000 0.573858
2006-02-02 0.250000 0.539025
2005-10-27 0.250000 0.554939
2005-08-04 0.250000 0.531350
2005-04-28 0.250000 0.555432
2005-02-10 0.230000 0.512135
2004-10-28 0.230000 0.484211
2004-07-29 0.230000 0.486052
2004-04-29 0.230000 0.540414
2004-02-05 0.210000 0.416584
2003-10-30 0.210000 0.467082
2003-07-31 0.210000 0.560598
2003-05-01 0.210000 0.560897
2003-02-06 0.190000 0.527631
2002-10-31 0.190000 0.586239
2002-08-01 0.190000 0.527192
2002-05-02 0.190000 0.475119
2002-02-01 0.170000 0.515933
2001-11-01 0.170000 0.561983
2001-08-02 0.170000 0.473934
2001-05-03 0.170000 0.528919
2001-02-01 0.160000 0.566372
2000-11-02 0.160000 0.640000
2000-08-10 0.160000 0.666667
2000-04-28 0.160000 0.748538
2000-01-28 0.140000 0.608696
1999-10-28 0.120000 0.422907
1999-07-29 0.120000 0.459330
1999-05-04 0.120000 0.398340
1999-02-04 0.110000 0.363636
1998-10-29 0.110000 0.452433
1998-07-30 0.110000 0.355550
1998-04-30 0.110000 0.324723
1998-02-05 0.100000 0.317773
1997-10-29 0.100000 0.322581
1997-07-02 0.100000 0.454545
1997-04-30 0.100000 0.539607
1997-01-23 0.090000 0.480795
1996-10-30 0.090000 0.529412
1996-07-31 0.090000 0.620690
1996-05-01 0.080000 0.575250
1996-01-31 0.080000 0.551724
1995-10-26 0.080000 0.621359
1995-08-02 0.080000 0.664894
1995-05-01 0.080000 0.640000
1995-02-02 0.080000 0.766430
1994-10-31 0.065000 0.626506
1994-08-01 0.065000 0.577778
1994-05-02 0.065000 0.622754
1994-01-31 0.065000 0.597701
1993-11-01 0.065000 0.520000
1993-08-02 0.065000 0.722222
1993-05-03 0.059105 0.702867
1993-02-01 0.059105 0.634294
1992-10-29 0.059105 0.753794
1992-07-30 0.059105 0.945673
1992-04-30 0.059105 0.972187
1992-01-31 0.059105 1.000239
1991-10-28 0.059105 1.444789
1991-08-01 0.059105 1.444789
1991-05-01 0.059105 1.600382
1991-02-01 0.059105 2.213294
1990-10-22 0.059105 2.311622
1990-07-30 0.059105 1.824997
1990-05-14 0.059105 1.625388
1990-02-12 0.059105 1.333638
1989-11-13 0.059105 1.143120
1989-08-14 0.054605 0.889853
1989-05-15 0.054605 0.980645
1989-02-24 0.059105 1.019843
1988-11-14 0.045504 0.889840
1988-08-15 0.045504 0.817201
1988-05-16 0.045504 0.953408
1988-02-12 0.020727 0.409882
1987-11-16 0.020727 0.561224
1987-08-17 0.020727 0.400870
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.6
dividendYield 2.06
exDividendDate 2026-08-10
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.6
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.020520713
lastDividendValue 0.4
lastDividendDate 2026-08-10
dividendDate 2026-08-20

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.2467053
Address1 200 Elm Street
All Time High 79.74
All Time Low 1.931909
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 1,200
Audit Risk 2
Average Analyst Rating 2.8 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 16,206,415
Average Daily Volume3 Month 6,129,428
Average Volume 6,129,428
Average Volume10Days 16,206,415
Beta 1.005
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 1,400
Board Risk 3
Book Value 57.326
City Stamford
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 77.57
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,785,456,000
Day High 78.135
Day Low 77.5
Display Name Webster Financial
Dividend Date 1,787,184,000
Dividend Rate 1.6
Dividend Yield 2.06
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,769,176,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,769,176,800
Earnings Growth 0.028
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.008
Earnings Timestamp 1,784,664,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,792,699,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,792,699,200
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 5.415
Enterprise Value 14,996,382,720
Eps Current Year 6.46098
Eps Forward 7.05294
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 6.14
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,786,320,000
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 76.7542
Fifty Day Average Change 0.8157959
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.010628681
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 24.670528
Fifty Two Week High 79.74
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.1699982
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.02721342
Fifty Two Week Low 52.6885
Fifty Two Week Low Change 24.8815
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.4722378
Fifty Two Week Range 52.6885 - 79.74
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 534,781,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 3.12
Float Shares 160,552,462
Forward Eps 7.05294
Forward P E 10.998251
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 4,498
Fullday Price 77.57
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.0
Gross Profits 2,769,366,016
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00811
Held Percent Institutions 0.97333
Implied Shares Outstanding 162,033,448
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 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,786,320,000
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 Corp
Market us_market
Market Cap 12,568,934,400
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_108443
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 991,502,976
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 12,568,934,561
Number Of Analyst Opinions 11
Open 78.03
Operating Cashflow 1,366,865,024
Operating Margins 0.50575
Overall Risk 2
Payout Ratio 0.2606
Peg Ratio 1.73
Phone 203 578 2202
Previous Close 77.97
Price Eps Current Year 12.0059185
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.3531382
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 4.5385604
Profit Margins 0.36834
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 2.75
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.400002
Regular Market Change Percent -0.51302
Regular Market Day High 78.135
Regular Market Day Low 77.5
Regular Market Day Range 77.5 - 78.135
Regular Market Open 78.03
Regular Market Previous Close 77.97
Regular Market Price 77.57
Regular Market Time 1,787,169,602
Regular Market Volume 91,306,424
Return On Assets 0.012150001
Return On Equity 0.10682
Revenue Growth 0.058
Revenue Per Share 17.205
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 162,033,448
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0
Shares Short 1,942
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,782,777,600
Shares Short Prior Month 5,610
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 81.0
Target Low Price 72.0
Target Mean Price 76.18182
Target Median Price 77.0
Total Cash 2,555,127,040
Total Cash Per Share 15.769
Total Debt 4,698,595,840
Total Revenue 2,769,366,016
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.6
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.020520713
Trailing Eps 6.14
Trailing P E 12.633551
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 70.24745
Two Hundred Day Average Change 7.322548
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.10423934
Type Disp Equity
Volume 91,306,424
Website https://www.websterbank.com
Zip 6,902