Webster Financial Corp’s recent filing unveils that its Head of Consumer Banking GRIFFIN JAMES MI unloaded Company’s shares for reported $79911.0 on May 14 ’25. In the deal valued at $53.20 per share,1,502 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, GRIFFIN JAMES MI now holds 15,428 shares worth roughly $0.81 million.
Then, BLEY DANIEL sold 1,200 shares, generating $63,696 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $53.08, the Chief Risk Officer now owns 19,117 shares.
Before that, BLEY DANIEL bought 1,200 shares. Webster Financial Corp shares valued at $63,696 were divested by the Officer at a price of $53.08 per share.
Truist initiated its Webster Financial Corp [WBS] rating to a Buy in a research note published on May 13, 2025; the price target was $61. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Wells Fargo’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in early January from “an Equal weight” to “an Overweight”. Morgan Stanley revised its rating on August 05, 2024. It rated WBS as “an Equal-weight” which previously was an “an Overweight”.
Price Performance Review of WBS
On Monday, Webster Financial Corp [NYSE:WBS] saw its stock fall -0.79% to $52.48. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -0.79%. Webster Financial Corp shares have fallen nearly -4.96% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 12.52% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Webster Financial Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Webster Financial Corp stocks on 2025-04-30, dropping by -0.22 million shares to a total of 3.3 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-03-31 was 3.53 million shares. There was a decline of -6.81%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on March 08, 2024 when Barclays began covering the stock and recommended ‘”an Overweight”‘ rating along with a $70 price target.
