Northwest Bancshares - NWBI Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Northwest Bancshares in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating and 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" NWBI shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in NWBI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Northwest Bancshares' shares. Their NWBI share price forecasts range from $11.00 to $15.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $12.67 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.2%.
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Northwest Bancshares' stock was trading at $13.98 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, NWBI shares have increased by 3.2% and is now trading at $14.43.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 24th 2023.
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Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:NWBI) issued its earnings results on Monday, January, 23rd. The savings and loans company reported $0.30 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.31 by $0.01. The savings and loans company earned $155.71 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $142.80 million. Northwest Bancshares had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.16% and a net margin of 23.88%.

Northwest Bancshares announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Tuesday, February 14th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 1st.
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Northwest Bancshares (NASDAQ:NWBI) pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.48%. NWBI has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 76.92%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, NWBI will have a dividend payout ratio of 68.97% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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16 employees have rated Northwest Bancshares Chief Executive Officer Ronald J. Seiffert on Glassdoor.com. Ronald J. Seiffert has an approval rating of 50% among the company's employees. This puts Ronald J. Seiffert in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Northwest Bancshares' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include ProShare Advisors LLC (0.49%), TD Asset Management Inc (0.27%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.22%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.13%), Asset Management One Co. Ltd. (0.11%) and LPL Financial LLC (0.10%). Insiders that own company stock include David M Tullio, David Wayne Heeter, Deborah J Esq Chadsey, James M Colestro, John P Meegan, Julia W Mctavish, Louis J Torchio, Louis J Torchio, Mark A Paup, Mark T Reitzes, Mark T Reitzes, Ronald B Andzelik, Shawn O Walker, Sonia M Probst, Thomas K Iv Creal, Timothy B Fannin, Timothy M Hunter, Timothy M Hunter, William F Mcknight and William W Harvey.
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Shares of NWBI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of NWBI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $14.43.

Northwest Bancshares (NASDAQ:NWBI) has a market capitalization of $1.83 billion and generates $559.65 million in revenue each year. The savings and loans company earns $133.67 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.04 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,413 workers across the globe.

Northwest Bancshares' mailing address is 100 LIBERTY STREET, WARREN PA, 16365. The official website for the company is www.northwest.bank. The savings and loans company can be reached via phone at (814) 726-2140 or via fax at 814-728-7716.