Northwest Bancshares (NWBI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Northwest Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding company for Northwest Bank, a full-service community bank serving consumers, businesses and organizations. The company’s banking activities include accepting deposits and providing residential and commercial real estate loans, consumer loans, commercial and industrial financing, and other credit products.

Northwest Bank also offers checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposit, online and mobile banking, treasury management, and other payment and cash-management services. Through affiliated or related businesses, the company provides wealth management, investment, trust and insurance-related services, subject to applicable availability and regulatory requirements.

Northwest Bank traces its history to 1896 and has expanded from its Pennsylvania roots to serve communities across Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York and Indiana. Northwest Bancshares is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, and emphasizes relationship-based community banking through its branch network and digital banking channels.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $14.86 to $15.20
• 50-Day Range: $14.92 to $16.01
• 52-Week Range: $11.25 to $16.16
• Volume: 1.16 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.08 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.19 billion
• P/E Ratio: 14.49
• Dividend Yield: 5.36%
• Price Target: $15.80
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Northwest Bancshares Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Northwest Bancshares scored higher than 62% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 571st out of 852 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Northwest Bancshares has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Northwest Bancshares is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Northwest Bancshares has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 3.57%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Northwest Bancshares are expected to grow by 3.57% in the coming year, from $1.40 to $1.45 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Northwest Bancshares is 14.49, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.75.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Northwest Bancshares is 14.49, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.31.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Northwest Bancshares has a P/B Ratio of 1.15. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.00% of the float of Northwest Bancshares has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Northwest Bancshares has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 9.37.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Northwest Bancshares has recently increased by 11.70%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Northwest Bancshares is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.23%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Northwest Bancshares does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Northwest Bancshares is 77.67%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Northwest Bancshares will have a dividend payout ratio of 55.17% next year. This indicates that Northwest Bancshares will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.82

News Sentiment

Northwest Bancshares has a news sentiment score of 0.82. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.72 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Northwest Bancshares this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for NWBI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -67% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Northwest Bancshares to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Northwest Bancshares insiders have sold 737.89% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $24,983.00 in company stock and sold $209,331.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.13% of the stock of Northwest Bancshares is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

66.32% of the stock of Northwest Bancshares is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/27/2026
• Record date for 8/18 Dividend: 8/06/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/18 Dividend: 8/06/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/18/2026
• Today: 9/29/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/26/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Regional Banks
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:NWBI
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:NWBI
• CIK: 1471265
• Web: www.northwest.bank
• Phone: (814) 726-2140
• Fax: 814-728-7716
• Employees: 2,233
• Year Founded: 1896

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Northwest Bancshares: $15.80
• High Price Target: $18.00
• Low Price Target: $13.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +5.9%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.03
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.49
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.66
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $126.01 million
• Net Margins: 16.26%
• Pretax Margin: 21.16%
• Return on Equity: 10.25%
• Return on Assets: 1.15%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.44
• Current Ratio: 0.95
• Quick Ratio: 0.94

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $878.94 million
• Price / Sales: 2.49
• Cash Flow: $1.16 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.89
• Book Value: $12.94 per share
• Price / Book: 1.15

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 146,460,000
• Free Float: 144,804,000
• Market Cap: $2.19 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.68