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Webster Financial Corp Stock: price and insider trades · United States
No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 09 May 2022.
Webster Financial Corp: what insiders have been doing
Webster Financial Corp, founded in 1935, is a Finance & Banking company based in Stamford, United States. Its directors and officers file their transactions with SEC (Form 4). Over the twelve months to 18 October 2026, 118 filings were filed, from 28 insiders.
The flow runs one way only: 4 sales worth €1.0M, from 3 insiders, and no purchase. One trade stands out by size: a sale of €485k from Ciulla John R, disclosed on 18 February 2026.
For context, the typical company on the same exchange (median of 5,812 companies) published 19 filings over the same period, against 118 filings here. Since 2016, the database holds 3 purchases and 65 sales by insiders of the company. In its latest annual report filed with the SEC (10-K, fiscal year ended 31 December 2025), the company reported net income of 1.00 bn USD, with a dividend of 1.60 USD per share.
Filings reach the SEC (Form 4) feed a median of 2 days after the trade. For comparison, the SEC allows two business days to file a Form 4. Sales are harder to read than purchases, since they often meet personal needs such as tax or diversification.
For comparison within the same sector, see the insider buying recorded at First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. and Avidia Bancorp, Inc. These figures are compiled from regulatory filings published by SEC (Form 4). They describe what insiders did and are not a recommendation.
Insider Decl.
399
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€146,763
3 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
€14M
65 ops. · all time
Who traded when
BuySaleDaniel Bley5 sales
James Mi Griffin5 sales
John R. Ciulla4 sales
Charles L. Wilkins2 sales
Javier L. Evans2 sales
William L. Atwell2 sales
+9 other insiders
Since the insiders bought
- -27.6%Entry US$49.09 · Close at T+365 US$35.55
Entry is the close on the day after publication, the first price a reader could act on. Prices in the listing currency. Past moves are not a forecast.
Analyst consensus: bullish or bearish?
Analysts rate Webster Financial Corp Hold (neutral), based on 11 analysts. Average price target: US$76.18.
Fundamental score
Ranked 1,135 of 24,161 companies
79.1
score / 100
Value79
Quality80
FCF yld8.0%
Earn yld8.0%
EV/EBITDA·
ROE11%
Gross mgn·
Net mgn35%
Debt/EBITDA·
Pillars2/3
Transparent value + quality ranking, distinct from the insider signal.
Financial data
as of FY 2025FY ended December 2025 · cache
US$77.57
Analyst consensus
11 analystsHold
US$72.00Target US$76.18(-2%)US$81.00
Income statement
RevenueUS$2.9B
Net incomeUS$1B36.8% margin
Valuation
PER (trailing)12.6x
PER (forward)10.8x
P/Book1.4x
Beta1.01
Balance sheet & cash
Market capUS$12.6B
Total debtUS$3.7B
Free Cash FlowUS$1B
Profitability & ownership
ROE10.7%
ROA1.2%
% insiders0.8%
% institutions97.3%
Last declaration on 21 August 2026
Declarations399 total
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25 of 399 declarations
About Webster Financial Corp
Webster Financial Corp. (NYSE: WBS) is a U.S.-listed bank holding company trading on the NYSE in the United States. It is the parent of Webster Bank, N.A., and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. From an equity analyst perspective, Webster is best understood as a regional financial institution with a strong commercial-banking orientation, meaningful consumer-banking capabilities, and a differentiated specialty franchise in healthcare-related financial services.
Webster’s business model has been built over time around a concentrated presence in the U.S. Northeast, especially the New York metropolitan area and adjacent markets. The company has evolved from a traditional regional bank into a more segmented platform organized around three core lines of business: Commercial Banking, Consumer Banking, and Healthcare Financial Services. That mix matters for investors because it combines relationship-driven lending and deposit gathering with a specialized business line that can offer more resilient fee and financing opportunities than a plain-vanilla regional bank.
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In practical terms, Webster offers commercial loans, treasury and cash-management services, deposit products, and a broad set of retail banking services for individuals and families. Its healthcare financial services franchise adds a niche angle tied to health-related institutions and professionals, which can help diversify revenue and deepen client relationships. The company has said it has more than $75 billion in assets, placing it among the larger U.S. regional banks and giving it enough scale to compete effectively while maintaining a regional footprint.
Competitively, Webster’s strengths are its geographic focus, relationship banking model, and the relative defensiveness of its healthcare platform. Its main challenges are similar to those faced by other U.S. regional banks: deposit pricing pressure, credit quality, net interest margin sensitivity, regulatory requirements, and the broader rate environment. In a sector where execution quality matters greatly, Webster’s mix of commercial, consumer, and specialty healthcare exposure is an important differentiator.
Geographically, the company is concentrated in the Northeastern United States, with a footprint spanning major metropolitan and suburban markets. That regional focus supports local market knowledge and cross-selling opportunities, but it also means the company remains tied to the economic conditions of its core footprint.
Recent developments are highly material. Webster reported first-quarter 2026 results showing higher net income versus the prior year period, underscoring continued operating performance. More strategically, the company announced in 2026 that it entered into a merger agreement with Banco Santander, S.A. valued at about $12.3 billion. For investors, that transaction is the defining near-term catalyst and could materially alter Webster’s standalone profile if completed. Overall, Webster Financial remains a notable U.S. regional banking name, but its investment case is now closely linked to the proposed transaction and the company’s execution in a challenging banking environment.
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