Webster Financial

WBS

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MADRID & STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Banco Santander, S.A. (“Santander”) and Webster Financial Corporation (“Webster”) today announced that they have received the required approval from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for Santander's previously announced acquisition of Webster, the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A., a diversified U.S. retail and commercial bank. This follows the approval by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on June 12, 2026, and the a.

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A., announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.40 per share on its common stock. The dividend on common shares will be payable August 20, 2026, to shareholders of record on August 10, 2026. On its Series F Preferred Stock, Webster declared a quarterly cash dividend of $328.125 per share ($0.328125 per each depositary share, 1,000 of which repre.

WBS' Q2 earnings miss estimates as higher expenses and margin pressure offset revenue growth and balance-sheet expansion.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Webster Financial (WBS) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2026, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Webster Financial (WBS) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.6 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.61 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.52 per share a year ago.

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Webster Financial Corporation (“Webster”) (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A., today announced net income applicable to common stockholders of $249.4 million, or $1.56 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, compared to $251.7 million, or $1.52 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. Second quarter 2026 results include Transaction expenses. Excluding this item, adjusted earnings per diluted share would have be.

Get a deeper insight into the potential performance of Webster Financial (WBS) for the quarter ended June 2026 by going beyond Wall Street's top-and-bottom-line estimates and examining the estimates for some of its key metrics.

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS, “the company”), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A., today announced it will release its second quarter 2026 earnings after the close of U.S. markets on July 21, 2026. The company will not host an earnings call or provide an accompanying presentation due to its pending merger with Banco Santander, S.A. About Webster Financial Corporation: Webster Financial Corporation (“Webster”) (NYSE:WBS) is the holding company.