Webster Financial Stock Price Target and Analyst Ratings (NYSE:WBS)

Analyst Price Target for WBS

i We calculate consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0-1.5 = Sell, 1.5-2.5 = Hold, 2.5-3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). Our consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. Our consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

^$47.60

▼ -5.52% Downside Potential

This price target is based on 9 analysts offering 12 month price targets for Webster Financial in the last 3 months. The average price target is $47.60, with a high forecast of $59.00 and a low forecast of $32.00. The average price target represents a -5.52% upside from the last price of $50.38.

Buy

The current consensus among 9 contributing investment analysts is to buy stock in Webster Financial. This rating has held steady since March 2020, when it changed from a Hold consensus rating.

Past Monthly Recommendations

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0 strong buy ratings
2 buy ratings
3 hold ratings
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8/5/2019

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11/3/2019

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3 buy ratings
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2/1/2020

1 strong buy ratings
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5/1/2020

1 strong buy ratings
4 buy ratings
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7/30/2020

1 strong buy ratings
5 buy ratings
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10/28/2020

1 strong buy ratings
4 buy ratings
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12/27/2020

1 strong buy ratings
6 buy ratings
2 hold ratings
0 sell ratings

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1/26/2021

Latest Recommendations

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Date	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Impact on Share Price	Details
1/22/2021	Wedbush	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$53.00 ➝ $54.00	High	i
1/22/2021	Compass Point	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$59.00	Medium	i
1/8/2021	UBS Group	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$27.00 ➝ $56.00	High	i
1/7/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$42.00 ➝ $46.00	Medium	i
1/7/2021	Jefferies Financial Group	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$45.00 ➝ $52.00	N/A	i
1/4/2021	Wells Fargo & Company	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight	$35.00 ➝ $40.00	N/A	i
12/15/2020	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Price Target		$38.00 ➝ $50.00	Medium	i
12/7/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$34.00 ➝ $42.00	Low	i
12/7/2020	Raymond James	Boost Price Target	Strong-Buy	$40.00 ➝ $50.00	Low	i
11/3/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$31.00 ➝ $34.00	Medium	i
10/23/2020	Raymond James	Boost Price Target	Strong-Buy	$36.00 ➝ $40.00	High	i
9/28/2020	Piper Sandler	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$34.00 ➝ $32.00	Medium	i
8/4/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$34.00 ➝ $31.00	Low	i
7/7/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$27.00 ➝ $29.00	High	i
6/24/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$37.00	High	i
6/8/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$32.00 ➝ $34.00	High	i
5/15/2020	UBS Group	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$22.50 ➝ $23.50	Low	i
4/22/2020	Compass Point	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$24.00	Low	i Rating by Laurie Havener at Compass Point
4/7/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$37.00 ➝ $30.00	Medium	i
4/6/2020	UBS Group	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$50.00 ➝ $22.50	High	i
4/6/2020	Raymond James	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Strong-Buy	$34.00	High	i
3/30/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$47.00 ➝ $27.00	High	i
3/17/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$41.00 ➝ $37.00	High	i
3/5/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$52.00 ➝ $45.00	High	i
1/24/2020	Stephens	Upgrade	Underweight ➝ Equal Weight	$44.00 ➝ $46.50	Low	i
1/24/2020	Compass Point	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$53.00	Low	i
11/25/2019	Wedbush	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$51.00 ➝ $53.00	High	i
10/28/2019	Stephens	Initiated Coverage	Underweight	$42.00	Low	i
10/22/2019	Compass Point	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral		High	i
10/22/2019	Sandler O'Neill	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold		High	i
10/3/2019	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$52.00 ➝ $50.00	Medium	i
10/2/2019	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Price Target	Market Perform	$55.00 ➝ $50.00	Low	i
7/19/2019	Boenning Scattergood	Reiterated Rating	Neutral		Low	i Rating by E. Zwick at Boenning Scattergood
7/1/2019	Morgan Stanley	Upgrade	Underweight ➝ Equal Weight	$51.00	Low	i
5/7/2019	Compass Point	Initiated Coverage	Buy ➝ Buy		Medium	i
4/22/2019	Boenning Scattergood	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Low	i Rating by Erik Zwick at Boenning Scattergood
4/10/2019	Barclays	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$68.00 ➝ $62.00	Low	i
1/24/2019	Boenning Scattergood	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Medium	i Rating by Erik Zwick at Boenning Scattergood
12/10/2018	Sandler O'Neill	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$63.00	Low	i Rating by Mark Fitzgibbon at Sandler O'Neill
10/19/2018	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$69.00 ➝ $70.00	Low	i
10/19/2018	Boenning Scattergood	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Medium	i Rating by Erik Zwick at Boenning Scattergood
10/3/2018	Barclays	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$70.00 ➝ $69.00	High	i
9/18/2018	Morgan Stanley	Reiterated Rating	Sell	$62.00 ➝ $60.00	Low	i
7/24/2018	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$61.00 ➝ $62.00	Medium	i
7/20/2018	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$67.00 ➝ $70.00	Low	i
7/19/2018	Boenning Scattergood	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Medium	i Rating by E. Zwick at Boenning Scattergood
7/16/2018	Wedbush	Reiterated Rating	Outperform		Low	i Rating by D. Chiaverini at Wedbush
7/11/2018	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$65.00 ➝ $67.00	Low	i
6/29/2018	Boenning Scattergood	Reiterated Rating	Neutral		Low	i Rating by E. Zwick at Boenning Scattergood
6/26/2018	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Price Target	Market Perform ➝ Market Perform	$63.00 ➝ $65.00	Low	i
5/4/2018	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$61.00 ➝ $64.00	Medium	i
4/24/2018	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$56.00 ➝ $59.00	Low	i
4/22/2018	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$65.00	Low	i
3/21/2018	UBS Group	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$45.00	High	i
1/26/2018	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$54.00 ➝ $56.00	Low	i
1/24/2018	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$66.00 ➝ $67.00	Low	i
1/24/2018	Boenning Scattergood	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Low	i
1/23/2018	Sandler O'Neill	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$60.00	Low	i
1/23/2018	Piper Jaffray Companies	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$56.00	Low	i
1/18/2018	Boenning Scattergood	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Low	i
1/9/2018	Wells Fargo & Company	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform	$55.00 ➝ $60.00	Low	i
1/5/2018	Piper Jaffray Companies	Upgrade	Underweight ➝ Neutral	$55.00	Medium	i
1/2/2018	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$55.00 ➝ $59.00	Low	i Rating by Matthew Keating at Barclays PLC
12/22/2017	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$71.00	Low	i
11/8/2017	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Price Target	Hold	$51.00 ➝ $53.00	N/A	i
10/20/2017	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$63.00	N/A	i
10/20/2017	Barclays	Set Price Target	Hold	$52.00 ➝ $55.00	N/A	i
10/20/2017	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Price Target	Market Perform	$50.00 ➝ $55.00	N/A	i
10/20/2017	Boenning Scattergood	Reiterated Rating	Hold		N/A	i
7/14/2017	Piper Jaffray Companies	Reiterated Rating	Sell	$46.00	Low	i
7/14/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$53.00	Low	i Rating by Steven Desanctis at Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
6/27/2017	Wedbush	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$60.00	Medium	i Rating by D. Chiaverini at Wedbush
5/6/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Set Price Target	Hold	$53.00	Low	i Rating by Steven Desanctis at Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
4/25/2017	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$50.00 ➝ $52.00	Medium	i
4/21/2017	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$58.00	Low	i Rating by Melissa Roberts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
4/10/2017	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$55.00	Low	i
1/31/2017	Wells Fargo & Company	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform		N/A	i
1/20/2017	(FBRC)	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$54.00	N/A	i Rating by Bob Ramsey at (FBRC)
11/16/2016	Piper Jaffray Companies	Downgrade	Neutral ➝ Underweight	$37.50	N/A	i
11/14/2016	Wells Fargo & Company	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform		N/A	i
11/8/2016	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$43.00	N/A	i
10/24/2016	(FBRC)	Boost Price Target	Mkt Perform	$36.00 ➝ $38.00	N/A	i Rating by Bob Ramsey at (FBRC)
10/11/2016	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Price Target	Buy	$42.00 ➝ $43.00	N/A	i
9/15/2016	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Price Target	Buy	$39.00 ➝ $42.00	N/A	i Rating by Dave Rochester at Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
8/5/2016	Barclays	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight	$38.00	N/A	i
7/21/2016	(FBRC)	Set Price Target	Hold	$36.00	N/A	i Rating by ">Bob Ramsey at (FBRC)
7/7/2016	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$39.00 ➝ $38.00	N/A	i Rating by Steven Alexopoulos at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
7/7/2016	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$36.00	N/A	i
6/17/2016	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$39.00	N/A	i Rating by Dave Rochester at Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
6/17/2016	(FBRC)	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$36.00	N/A	i
6/17/2016	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$39.00	N/A	i
4/20/2016	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Price Target	Sector Perform	$35.00 ➝ $36.00	N/A	i
3/21/2016	Barclays	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$42.00 ➝ $40.00	N/A	i
3/20/2016	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Reiterated Rating	Buy		N/A	i Rating by Dave Rochester at Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
2/24/2016	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$40.00 ➝ $39.00	N/A	i Rating by Dave Rochester at Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft

(Data available from 1/27/2016 forward)

Webster Financial Corporation operates as the holding company for Webster Bank, National Association that provides a range of banking, investment, and financial services to individuals, families, and businesses in the United States. It operates through three segments: Commercial Banking, HSA Bank, and Community Banking. The Commercial Banking segment provides lending, deposit, and cash management services to middle market companies; and commercial and industrial lending and leasing, commercial real estate lending, equipment financing, and asset-based lending, as well as treasury and payment services. This segment also offers asset management, financial planning and trust services, and deposit and loan products for high net worth clients, not-for-profit organizations, and business clients. The HSA Bank segment offers health savings accounts, health reimbursement accounts, flexible spending accounts, and other financial solutions to employers for the benefit of their employees and individuals. The Community Banking segment offers deposit and fee-based services, residential mortgages, home equity lines or loans, unsecured consumer loans, and credit cards to consumers, as well as investment and securities-related services, including brokerage and investment advice through a strategic partnership with LPL Financial Holdings Inc. This segment also provides credit, deposit, and cash flow management products to businesses and professional service firms. The company also offers online and mobile banking services, as well as through its Website. As of April 7, 2020, it operated 157 banking centers and 309 ATMs. Webster Financial Corporation was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Waterbury, Connecticut.

Today's Range

Now: $50.38

$49.95

$51.47

50 Day Range

MA: $45.22

$40.24

$52.24

52 Week Range

Now: $50.38

$18.16

$52.88

Volume

552,652 shs

Average Volume

676,108 shs

Market Capitalization

$4.54 billion

P/E Ratio

17.25

Dividend Yield

3.14%

Beta

1.65

Frequently Asked Questions

What sell-side analysts currently cover shares of Webster Financial?

The following Wall Street sell-side analysts have issued reports on Webster Financial in the last twelve months: Compass Point, Jefferies Financial Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley, Piper Sandler, Raymond James, Royal Bank of Canada, UBS Group AG, Wedbush, and Wells Fargo & Company.

What is the current price target for Webster Financial?

10 Wall Street analysts have set twelve-month price targets for Webster Financial in the last year. Their average twelve-month price target is $47.60, suggesting a possible downside of 6.5%. Compass Point has the highest price target set, predicting WBS will reach $59.00 in the next twelve months. Piper Sandler has the lowest price target set, forecasting a price of $32.00 for Webster Financial in the next year.

What is the current consensus analyst rating for Webster Financial?

Webster Financial currently has 2 hold ratings, 6 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating from Wall Street analysts. The stock has a consensus analyst rating of "Buy." A "buy" rating indicates that analysts believe WBS will outperform the market and that investors should add to their positions of Webster Financial.

What other companies compete with Webster Financial?

Other companies that are similar to Webster Financial include Truist Financial, The PNC Financial Services Group, First Republic Bank, SVB Financial Group, Fifth Third Bancorp, M&T Bank, KeyCorp, Regions Financial, Huntington Bancshares, East West Bancorp, Signature Bank, Commerce Bancshares, First Horizon, Zions Bancorporation, National Association and Western Alliance Bancorporation.

How do I contact Webster Financial's investor relations team?

Webster Financial's physical mailing address is 145 BANK STREET, WATERBURY CT, 06702. The financial services provider's listed phone number is 203-578-2202 and its investor relations email address is [email protected] The official website for Webster Financial is public.websteronline.com.

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