NASDAQ:NWBI - Northwest Bancshares Stock Price, Forecast & News

Northwest Bancshares trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "NWBI."

Northwest Bancshares announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 21st. Investors of record on Friday, November 1st will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Friday, November 15th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.41%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 31st. View Northwest Bancshares' Dividend History.

Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:NWBI) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October, 21st. The savings and loans company reported $0.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.26 by $0.05. The savings and loans company earned $117.11 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $116.30 million. Northwest Bancshares had a net margin of 21.99% and a return on equity of 8.57%. View Northwest Bancshares' Earnings History.

Northwest Bancshares is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Northwest Bancshares.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Northwest Bancshares in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Northwest Bancshares.

Media headlines about NWBI stock have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Northwest Bancshares earned a daily sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Northwest Bancshares.

Northwest Bancshares saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 8,000,000 shares, an increase of 6.2% from the November 28th total of 7,530,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 532,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 15.0 days. Currently, 8.0% of the company's shares are short sold. View Northwest Bancshares' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Northwest Bancshares include People's United Financial (PBCT), New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), TFS Financial (TFSL), Radian Group (RDN), MGIC Investment (MTG), Lendingtree (TREE), Washington Federal (WAFD), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL) and OceanFirst Financial (OCFC).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Northwest Bancshares investors own include New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), AT&T (T), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Verizon Communications (VZ), Firstmerit (FMER), Altria Group (MO), AbbVie (ABBV), Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE) and KeyCorp (KEY).

Northwest Bancshares' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.05%), 6 Meridian (0.05%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and Huntington National Bank (0.01%). Company insiders that own Northwest Bancshares stock include David E Westerburg, Gerald J Ritzert, John P Meegan, Jonathan P Scalise, Julia W Mctavish, Michael G Smelko, Philip M Tredway, Robert M Campana, Shawn O Walker, Sonia M Probst, Thomas J Townsend, Timothy M Hunter, William J Wagner and William W Harvey. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Northwest Bancshares.

NWBI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Northwest Bancshares company stock in the last year include John P Meegan, Julia W Mctavish, Michael G Smelko, Philip M Tredway, Robert M Campana, Shawn O Walker and Sonia M Probst. View Insider Buying and Selling for Northwest Bancshares.

NWBI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 6 Meridian and Huntington National Bank. Company insiders that have bought Northwest Bancshares stock in the last two years include John P Meegan and Timothy M Hunter. View Insider Buying and Selling for Northwest Bancshares.

Shares of NWBI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NWBI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.31.

Northwest Bancshares has a market capitalization of $1.74 billion and generates $467.48 million in revenue each year. The savings and loans company earns $105.49 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.02 on an earnings per share basis. Northwest Bancshares employs 2,258 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Northwest Bancshares.

The official website for Northwest Bancshares is http://www.northwest.com/.

Northwest Bancshares' mailing address is 100 LIBERTY STREET, WARREN PA, 16365. The savings and loans company can be reached via phone at 814-726-2140.