Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Webster Financial Corp shares valued at $266,250 were sold by WILKINS CHARLES L on Jun 06 ’25. At $53.25 per share, WILKINS CHARLES L sold 5,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 31,534 shares worth approximately $1.72 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, WILKINS CHARLES L purchased 5,000 shares, netting a total of over 266,250 in proceeds.
Before that, Evans Javier L. had sold 7,800 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $410,124, the Chief Human Resources Officer traded Webster Financial Corp shares for $52.58 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 7,800 shares, worth approximately $1.08 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Jefferies on May 21, 2025, Webster Financial Corp [WBS] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $65. Analysts at Truist started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid May. As of January 06, 2025, Wells Fargo has increased its “an Equal weight” rating to a “an Overweight” for WBS.
Analyzing WBS Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Webster Financial Corp [NYSE: WBS] rose 3.01% to $54.68. The stock’s lowest price that day was $53.0, but it reached a high of $54.77 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 6.05%. Over the course of the year, Webster Financial Corp shares have jumped approximately 29.76%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $61.65 on 02/07/25 and a 52-week low of $39.43 on 04/04/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Webster Financial Corp (WBS)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 53.53, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 52.38. In the upper region, resistance lies at 55.30. The next price resistance is at 55.92. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 61.67 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Webster Financial Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Webster Financial Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-06-13 jumping by 0.84 million shares to 4.78 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-15 was 3.94 million shares. A jump of 17.62% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.85 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.85.
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In terms of Webster Financial Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 60 in the next 12 months, up nearly 13.04% from the previous closing price of $53.08. Analysts anticipate Webster Financial Corp stock to reach 60 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 60. In spite of this, 6 analysts ranked Webster Financial Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On August 05, 2024, Morgan Stanley assigned a price target of “an Equal-weight” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $57.
