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 Monday, October 21st. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.18 per share on Friday, November 15th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 31st. View Northwest Bancshares' Dividend History.

Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:NWBI) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 21st. The savings and loans company reported $0.31 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.26 by $0.05. The savings and loans company had revenue of $117.11 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $116.30 million. Northwest Bancshares had a net margin of 21.99% and a return on equity of 8.57%. View Northwest Bancshares' Earnings History.

Northwest Bancshares is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates 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.

News headlines about NWBI stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news 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 -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Northwest Bancshares earned a media sentiment score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Northwest Bancshares.

Northwest Bancshares saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 8,000,000 shares, an increase of 6.2% from the November 28th total of 7,530,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 532,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 15.0 days. Currently, 8.0% of the company's shares are short sold. View Northwest Bancshares' Current Options Chain.

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

Northwest Bancshares' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), 6 Meridian (0.05%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and Huntington National Bank (0.01%). 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 Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Northwest Bancshares company stock in the last year include John P Meegan, Julia W Mctavish, Michael G Smelko, Philip M Tredway, Robert M Campana, Shawn O Walker and Sonia M Probst. View Insider Buying and Selling for Northwest Bancshares.

NWBI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 6 Meridian and Huntington National Bank. Company insiders that have bought Northwest Bancshares stock in the last two years include John P Meegan 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NWBI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.39.

Northwest Bancshares has a market capitalization of $1.75 billion and generates $467.48 million in revenue each year. The savings and loans company earns $105.49 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.02 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.