Regional banking company Webster Financial (NYSE: WBS) will be reporting earnings this Tuesday afternoon. Here’s what you need to know.
Webster Financial beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $735.9 million, up 4.4% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a slight miss of analysts’ tangible book value per share estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Webster Financial’s revenue to grow 4.1% year on year, slowing from the 7.7% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. Webster Financial has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Webster Financial’s peers in the regional banks segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. M&T Bank delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 5.5%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.5%, and Commerce Bancshares reported revenues up 11.9%, topping estimates by 1.8%. M&T Bank traded up 5% following the results while Commerce Bancshares was also up 1.7%.
Read our full analysis of M&T Bank’s results here and Commerce Bancshares’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the regional banks segment, with share prices up 6.3% on average over the last month. Webster Financial’s stock price was unchanged during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $75.25 (compared to the current share price of $76.01).
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