Webster Financial Corporation is a banks - regional business based in the US. Webster Financial Corporation shares (WBS) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Webster Financial Corporation employs 4,131 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $2.5 billion.
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| Latest market close | $48.60 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $35.35 - $52.46 |
| 50-day moving average | $43.95 |
| 200-day moving average | $45.57 |
| Wall St. target price | $54.73 |
| PE ratio | 9.7592 |
| Dividend yield | $1.6 (3.35%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $4.90 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $48.6 from 2024-07-25
| 1 week (2024-07-19) | 1.63% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-06-27) | 17.22% |
| 3 months (2024-04-26) | 7.93% |
| 6 months (2024-01-26) | -5.10% |
| 1 year (2023-07-27) | 4.85% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-07-26) | 7.57% |
| 3 years (2021-07-27) | 2.91% |
| 5 years (2019-07-26) | 3.88% |
Valuing Webster Financial Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Webster Financial Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Webster Financial Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 10x. In other words, Webster Financial Corporation shares trade at around 10x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Webster Financial Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.93. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Webster Financial Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
| Revenue TTM | $2.5 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 51.33% |
| Gross profit TTM | $2.2 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 1.14% |
| Return on equity TTM | 10.13% |
| Profit margin | 34.49% |
| Book value | $49.07 |
| Market Capitalization | $8.2 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 27.3% of net profits
Recently Webster Financial Corporation has paid out, on average, around 27.3% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 3.35% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Webster Financial Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 3.35% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Webster Financial Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $1.6 per share.
While Webster Financial Corporation's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Webster Financial Corporation may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Webster Financial Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 7 August 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 28 July 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
Webster Financial Corporation's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 14 April 1998. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Webster Financial Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Webster Financial Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Webster Financial Corporation's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Webster Financial Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $35.3495 up to $52.4646. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Webster Financial Corporation's is 1.295. This would suggest that Webster Financial Corporation's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Webster Financial Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Webster Bank, National Association that provides a range of financial products and services to individuals, families, and businesses in the United States. It operates through three segments: Commercial Banking, HSA Bank, and Consumer Banking. The Commercial Banking segment offers commercial real estate and equipment financing, business banking, asset-based lending, and commercial services; public sector finance; mortgage warehouse financing; sponsor and specialty financing services; credit, deposit, and cash flow management services; and wealth management solutions to business owners and operators, including trust, asset management, financial planning, insurance, retirement, and investment products, as well as treasury management services comprising derivative, treasury, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and trade products and services. This segment also provides commercial services, such as accounts receivable factoring and trade financing, payroll funding, and business process outsourcing. The HSA Bank segment offers health savings accounts, health reimbursement arrangements, flexible spending accounts, and commuter benefit services that are distributed directly to employers and individual consumers, as well as through national and regional insurance carriers, benefit consultants, and financial advisors. The Consumer Banking segment provides consumer deposit and fee-based services, residential mortgages, home equity lines, secured and unsecured loans, and credit cards to consumers; and small business banking products, such as credit, deposit, and cash flow management products to businesses and professional service firms. The company offers online and mobile banking services.
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