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

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

Northwest Bancshares declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 28th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.19 per share on Friday, February 14th. This represents a $0.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.27%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 5th. This is an increase from Northwest Bancshares's previous quarterly dividend of $0.18. View Northwest Bancshares' Dividend History.

Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:NWBI) announced its earnings results on Monday, January, 27th. The savings and loans company reported $0.24 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.27 by $0.03. The savings and loans company earned $117.16 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $115.89 million. Northwest Bancshares had a net margin of 21.37% and a return on equity of 8.35%. View Northwest Bancshares' Earnings History.

Northwest Bancshares is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 15th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Northwest Bancshares.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Northwest Bancshares in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Northwest Bancshares.

Headlines about NWBI stock have trended very negative on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of 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 -3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Northwest Bancshares.

Northwest Bancshares saw a decline in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 7,280,000 shares, a decline of 10.6% from the January 15th total of 8,140,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 540,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 13.5 days. Approximately 7.3% of the company's stock are sold short. View Northwest Bancshares' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Northwest Bancshares include TFS Financial (TFSL), People's United Financial (PBCT), New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), Radian Group (RDN), MGIC Investment (MTG), Lendingtree (TREE), Washington Federal (WAFD), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), Walker & Dunlop (WD), WSFS Financial (WSFS), 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), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Altria Group (MO), Firstmerit (FMER), AbbVie (ABBV), Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE) and General Electric (GE).

Northwest Bancshares' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include First Trust Advisors LP (3.19%), State Street Corp (3.07%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (1.88%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.55%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.50%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.16%). 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 Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Man Group plc, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Point72 Asset Management L.P. and Institute for Wealth Management LLC.. Company insiders that have sold Northwest Bancshares company stock in the last year include John P Meegan, Julia W Mctavish, Michael G Smelko, Robert M Campana, Shawn O Walker and Sonia M Probst. View Insider Buying and Selling for Northwest Bancshares.

NWBI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Marshall Wace LLP, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., State Street Corp, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Spark Investment Management LLC and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can. 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 $14.42.

Northwest Bancshares has a market capitalization of $1.54 billion and generates $516.79 million in revenue each year. The savings and loans company earns $110.43 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.05 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.