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Morgan Stanley Downgrades Webster Financial Corp. (WBS) to an Equal-weight from an Overweight

Webster Financial Corp.’s recently made public that its Director Pettie Mark unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.23 million on Oct 22 ’24. In the deal valued at $51.14 per share,4,500 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Pettie Mark now holds 32,780 shares worth roughly $1.71 million.

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Then, BLEY DANIEL sold 3,463 shares, generating $180,440 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $52.10, the Chief Risk Officer now owns 19,529 shares.

Before that, Wang Albert Jen-Wen sold 4,000 shares. Webster Financial Corp. shares valued at $209,724 were divested by the Chief Accounting Officer at a price of $52.43 per share. As a result of the transaction, Wang Albert Jen-Wen now holds 14,273 shares, worth roughly $0.74 million.

Morgan Stanley downgraded its Webster Financial Corp. [WBS] rating to an Equal-weight from a an Overweight in a research note published on August 05, 2024; the price target was increased to $57 from $54. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Barclays’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in early March with a ‘”an Overweight”‘ rating. JP Morgan also remained covering WBS and has increased its forecast on January 24, 2024 with a “an Overweight” recommendation from previously “Neutral” rating. BofA Securities started covering the stock on January 11, 2024. It rated WBS as “a Buy”.

Price Performance Review of WBS

On Monday, Webster Financial Corp. [NYSE:WBS] saw its stock jump 2.01% to $52.18. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 1.34%. Webster Financial Corp. shares have risen nearly 2.80% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 37.06% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $54.38 was reached on 10/17/24, a 52-week low of $36.51 was recorded on 06/17/24. SMA at 50 days reached $47.01, while 200 days put it at $46.46.

Levels Of Support And Resistance For WBS Stock

The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 51.56, which if violated will result in even more drops to 50.93. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 52.60. A further resistance level may holdings at 53.02. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 63.11, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at 1.56, which suggests price will go up in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bullish at 22.68%. Stochastics %K at 72.76% indicates the stock is a holding.

How much short interest is there in Webster Financial Corp.?

A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Webster Financial Corp. stocks on 2024-10-15, dropping by -0.12 million shares to a total of 3.1 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2024-09-13 was 3.22 million shares. There was a decline of -3.8%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.

The most recent change occurred on December 01, 2023 when Citigroup began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Buy”‘ rating along with a $51 price target.

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