Westpac Banking Corporation Stock (ASX: WBC) on 21 Dec 2025: Dividend Paid, Buyback Running, AGM Pressure — and Why Analysts Still Look Cautious
Westpac Banking Corporation (ASX: WBC) heads into the final full week before Christmas with its share price sitting near A$38.76 (last market close: 19 December 2025) after a strong 2025 run that’s seen the stock trade as high as A$41.00 and as low as A$28.44 during the year. Intelligent Investor But the mood around Westpac stock right now is less “party season” and more “valuation season”: shareholders have just banked a fully franked dividend, the on-market buyback is actively chewing through shares again, and the AGM delivered a reminder that big institutions can be profitable and politically complicated at the