WBS vs. MTB, FCNCA, FITB, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, WAL, and PNFP
Should you be buying Webster Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Webster Financial include M&T Bank (MTB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), and Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Webster Financial vs.
Webster Financial (NYSE:WBS) and M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
85.6% of Webster Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of M&T Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Webster Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of M&T Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, M&T Bank had 21 more articles in the media than Webster Financial. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for M&T Bank and 24 mentions for Webster Financial. M&T Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Webster Financial's score of 0.64 indicating that M&T Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Webster Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Webster Financial pays out 36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. M&T Bank pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Webster Financial has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M&T Bank has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
M&T Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Webster Financial. Webster Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M&T Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Webster Financial has a net margin of 18.80% compared to M&T Bank's net margin of 17.82%. Webster Financial's return on equity of 11.03% beat M&T Bank's return on equity.
Webster Financial currently has a consensus target price of $61.58, indicating a potential upside of 3.38%. M&T Bank has a consensus target price of $221.68, indicating a potential upside of 12.59%. Given M&T Bank's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe M&T Bank is more favorable than Webster Financial.
Webster Financial received 286 more outperform votes than M&T Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.68% of users gave Webster Financial an outperform vote while only 45.93% of users gave M&T Bank an outperform vote.
Summary
Webster Financial beats M&T Bank on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WBS) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
