Webster Financial
WBS
WBS was delisted on the 19th of August, 2026.
267 hedge funds and large institutions have $4.9B invested in Webster Financial in 2017 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 29 funds opening new positions, 101 increasing their positions, 86 reducing their positions, and 18 closing their positions.
818% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $13.2M | Put options by funds: $1.44M
61% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 29 | Existing positions closed: 18
17% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 101 | Existing positions reduced: 86
8% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $4.55B → $4.9B (+$342M)
4% more funds holding
Funds holding: 257 → 267 (+10)
6.14% less ownership
Funds ownership: 94.11% → 87.96% (-6.1%)
100% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 1 → 0 (-1)
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
FCM
Frontier Capital Management
Boston,
Massachusetts
|
+$67M |
| 2 |
Janus Henderson Group
London,
|
+$40M |
| 3 |
Artisan Partners
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
|
+$27.6M |
| 4 |
FWIA
Fort Washington Investment Advisors
Cincinnati,
Ohio
|
+$25.5M |
| 5 |
Brown Advisory
Baltimore,
Maryland
|
+$21.5M |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
State Street
Boston,
Massachusetts
|
-$50.7M |
| 2 |
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Austin,
Texas
|
-$36.2M |
| 3 |
SAM
Sentinel Asset Management
Montpelier,
Vermont
|
-$27.5M |
| 4 |
AllianceBernstein
Nashville,
Tennessee
|
-$12.5M |
| 5 |
Millennium Management
New York
|
-$11.8M |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
RQS
276
Ramsey Quantitative Systems
Louisville,
Kentucky
| – | -$331K | -6,303 | Closed |
|
|
QT
277
Quantbot Technologies
New York
| – | -$289K | -5,518 | Closed |
|
278
Nomura Holdings
Tokyo,
Japan
| – | -$92K | -1,681 | Closed |
|
|
PHK
279
Point72 Hong Kong
Hong Kong
| – | -$82K | -1,561 | Closed |
|
|
AW
280
Alpha Windward
Westwood,
Massachusetts
| – | -$24K | -453 | Closed |
|
|
TDC
281
Thompson Davis & Co
Richmond,
Virginia
| – | -$17K | -332 | Closed |
|
|
AIL
282
AGF Investments LLC
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
| – | -$11K | -202 | Closed |
|
|
MFW
283
Mosaic Family Wealth
St. Louis,
Missouri
| – | -$6K | -115 | Closed |
|
|
LWA
284
Lenox Wealth Advisors
New York
| – | -$4K | -75 | Closed |
|
|
WAP
285
Wealthcare Advisory Partners
West Chester,
Pennsylvania
| – | +$438 | +8 | New |
|
WBS Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2017 in Review
267 of the 4,410 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Webster Financial (WBS) for Q4 2017, worth a combined $4.9B — up 7.5% from $4.55B a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 29 funds opened new WBS positions and 18 closed out — a net gain of 11 holders — while 101 added to existing stakes and 86 trimmed.
The largest buyer was Frontier Capital Management, adding an estimated $67M. The largest seller was State Street, cutting an estimated $50.7M.
- 267 institutional investors held Webster Financial (WBS) as of Q4 2017, up from 257 in Q3 2017.
- Funds reported $4.9B of Webster Financial stock for Q4 2017, up 7.5% quarter-over-quarter.
- 29 funds opened new Webster Financial positions in Q4 2017 and 18 closed out, a net change of +11 holders.
- The largest Webster Financial buyer in Q4 2017 was Frontier Capital Management, an estimated $67M added.
- The largest Webster Financial seller in Q4 2017 was State Street, an estimated $50.7M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2017.