Webster Q2 2024 Earnings Report
Key Takeaways
Webster Financial Corporation reported a net income available to common stockholders of $177.5 million, or $1.03 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2024. The results include net securities repositioning losses of $0.231 per diluted share. Excluding this item, adjusted earnings per diluted share would have been $1.261 for the quarter ended June 30, 2024.
Revenue of $614.6 million.
Period end loan and lease balance of $51.6 billion, up 0.9 percent from prior quarter.
Period end deposit balance of $62.3 billion, up 2.5 percent from prior quarter.
Net interest margin of 3.32 percent, down 3 basis points from prior quarter.
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Forward Guidance
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Positive Outlook
- Webster’s ability to successfully execute its business plan and strategic initiatives, and manage any risks or uncertainties
- The timely development and acceptance of new products and services, and the perceived value of those products and services by customers
- Webster’s ability to implement new technologies and maintain secure and reliable information and technology systems
- Webster’s ability to increase market share and control expenses
- Webster’s ability to maintain adequate sources of funding and liquidity
Challenges Ahead
- Continued regulatory changes or other mitigation efforts taken by government agencies in response to volatility in the banking industry, including due to the bank failures in 2023
- Volatility in Webster’s stock price due to investor sentiment and turmoil in the banking industry
- Local, regional, national, and international economic conditions, and the impact they may have on Webster or its customers
- Inflation, monetary fluctuations, and changes in interest rates, including the impact of such changes on economic conditions, customer behavior, funding costs, and Webster’s loans and leases and securities portfolios
- The effects of any cybersecurity threats, attacks or events, or fraudulent activity, including those that involve Webster’s third-party vendors and service providers