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

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

Northwest Bancshares announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.17 per share on Thursday, November 15th. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.99%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, October 31st. View Northwest Bancshares' Dividend History.

Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:NWBI) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October, 22nd. The savings and loans company reported $0.27 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.26 by $0.01. The savings and loans company earned $108.37 million during 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 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives 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 0.2%. 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 somewhat positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

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

Northwest Bancshares' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.29%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.61%), Vanguard Group Inc (9.61%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.40%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.53%) and First Trust Advisors LP (1.67%). 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 JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Credit Suisse AG, Renaissance Technologies LLC, American Century Companies Inc., Morgan Stanley, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and Bessemer Group Inc.. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Vanguard Group Inc, Vanguard Group Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Man Group plc and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. 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 $17.04.

Northwest Bancshares has a market capitalization of $1.78 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.