Webster Financial Corp’s recently made public that its Officer Wang Albert Jen-Wen acquired Company’s shares for reported $26430.0 on Oct 06 ’25. In the deal valued at $61.90 per share,427 shares were bought.
Then, CIESLIK ELZBIETA sold 2,000 shares, generating $123,160 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $61.58, the EVP & CAO of Bank now owns 14,894 shares.
Before that, CIESLIK ELZBIETA sold 1,000 shares. Webster Financial Corp shares valued at $61,615 were divested by the EVP & CAO of Bank at a price of $61.62 per share. As a result of the transaction, CIESLIK ELZBIETA now holds 16,894 shares, worth roughly $1.0 million.
TD Cowen initiated its Webster Financial Corp [WBS] rating to a Buy in a research note published on September 25, 2025; the price target was $78. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Cantor Fitzgerald’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in early September with a ‘”an Overweight”‘ rating. Seaport Research Partners also remained covering WBS and has decreased its forecast on July 25, 2025 with a “Neutral” recommendation from previously “Buy” rating. Jefferies started covering the stock on May 21, 2025. It rated WBS as “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of WBS
On Tuesday, Webster Financial Corp [NYSE:WBS] saw its stock jump 3.95% to $59.44. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -1.15%. Webster Financial Corp shares have risen nearly 29.02% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 7.64% 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 2025-09-30, dropping by -0.48 million shares to a total of 3.43 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-08-29 was 3.92 million shares. There was a decline of -14.05%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on May 13, 2025 when Truist began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Buy”‘ rating along with a $61 price target.
