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 Tuesday, January 28th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 6th will be given a dividend of $0.19 per share on Friday, February 14th. This represents a $0.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.80%. 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 quarterly earnings results on Monday, January, 27th. The savings and loans company reported $0.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.27 by $0.03. The savings and loans company had revenue of $117.16 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $115.89 million. 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.

Media stories about NWBI stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing 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 media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Northwest Bancshares.

Northwest Bancshares saw a decline in short interest in the month of 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 daily volume of 540,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 13.5 days. Currently, 7.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Northwest Bancshares' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Northwest Bancshares include EverBank Financial (EVER), Oritani Financial (ORIT), At Home Group (HOME), Banc of California (BANC), BankFinancial (BFIN), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), First Defiance Financial (FDEF), First Financial Northwest (FFNW), Flushing Financial (FFIC) and Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS).

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

Northwest Bancshares' stock is owned by a number 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%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.16%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.11%). 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, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Institute for Wealth Management LLC. and KBC Group NV. 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 $15.82.