Webster Financial Corp’s recently made public that its Director ATWELL WILLIAM L unloaded Company’s shares for reported $1.0 million on Jul 28 ’25. In the deal valued at $59.20 per share,16,823 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, ATWELL WILLIAM L now holds 30,915 shares worth roughly $1.75 million.
Then, ATWELL WILLIAM L bought 14,323 shares, generating $847,706 in total proceeds.
Before that, Wang Albert Jen-Wen sold 3,250 shares. Webster Financial Corp shares valued at $196,008 were divested by the Chief Accounting Officer at a price of $60.31 per share. As a result of the transaction, Wang Albert Jen-Wen now holds 15,755 shares, worth roughly $0.89 million.
Seaport Research Partners downgraded its Webster Financial Corp [WBS] rating to a Neutral from a a Buy in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Jefferies’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in late May with a ‘”a Buy”‘ rating. Truist began covering WBS with “Buy” recommendation on May 13, 2025. Wells Fargo revised its rating on January 06, 2025. It rated WBS as “an Overweight” which previously was an “an Equal weight”.
Price Performance Review of WBS
On Monday, Webster Financial Corp [NYSE:WBS] saw its stock jump 1.09% to $56.62. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -4.90%. Webster Financial Corp shares have risen nearly 14.11% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 2.54% 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 2025-07-15, dropping by -0.8 million shares to a total of 3.97 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-13 was 4.78 million shares. There was a decline of -20.2%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
