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

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

Northwest Bancshares declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 1st will be given a dividend of $0.17 per share on Thursday, November 15th. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.82%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, October 31st. View Northwest Bancshares' Dividend History.

Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:NWBI) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 22nd. The savings and loans company reported $0.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.26 by $0.01. The savings and loans company had revenue of $108.37 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $109.30 million. Northwest Bancshares had a return on equity of 8.27% and a net margin of 21.95%. View Northwest Bancshares' Earnings History.

Northwest Bancshares is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, January 28th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Northwest Bancshares.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Northwest Bancshares' shares. Their predictions range from $17.00 to $17.00. On average, they anticipate Northwest Bancshares' share price to reach $17.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.5%. View Analyst Price Targets 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 coverage about NWBI stock has trended very positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Northwest Bancshares earned a coverage optimism score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Some companies that are related to Northwest Bancshares include Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Akbank T.A.S. (AKBTY), BOK Financial (BOKF), Webster Financial (WBS), PacWest Bancorp (PACW), CIT Group (CIT), First Horizon National (FHN), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Sterling Bancorp (STL), Synovus Financial (SNV), MB Financial (MBFI), F.N.B. (FNB), TCF Financial (TCF), UMB Financial (UMBF) and Community Bank System (CBU).

Northwest Bancshares' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.04%), Verity & Verity LLC (0.02%), Fox Run Management L.L.C. (0.01%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Northwest Bancshares stock include Andrew Young, David E Westerburg, Gerald J Ritzert, John P Meegan, Jonathan P Scalise, Philip M Tredway, Ronald J Seiffert, Shawn O Walker, 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 Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Northwest Bancshares company stock in the last year include David E Westerburg, Gerald J Ritzert, Jonathan P Scalise, Philip M Tredway, Shawn O Walker, Thomas J Townsend, William J Wagner and William W Harvey. View Insider Buying and Selling for Northwest Bancshares.

NWBI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fox Run Management L.L.C., Verity & Verity LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have bought Northwest Bancshares stock in the last two years include John P Meegan, Ronald J Seiffert 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NWBI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.81.

Northwest Bancshares has a market capitalization of $1.84 billion and generates $469.34 million in revenue each year. The savings and loans company earns $94.46 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.84 on an earnings per share basis. Northwest Bancshares employs 2,254 workers across the globe.

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.