NASDAQ:NWBI - Northwest Bancshares Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Northwest Bancshares announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.17 per share on Thursday, May 17th. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.85%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 2nd. View Northwest Bancshares' Dividend History.

Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:NWBI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April, 23rd. The savings and loans company reported $0.24 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.00. The savings and loans company earned $103.56 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $106.47 million. Northwest Bancshares had a net margin of 21.53% and a return on equity of 7.78%. View Northwest Bancshares' Earnings History.

Northwest Bancshares is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 23rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Northwest Bancshares.

2 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Northwest Bancshares' stock. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $17.00. On average, they expect Northwest Bancshares' share price to reach $17.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.7%. View Analyst Ratings 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."

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

Headlines about NWBI stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Northwest Bancshares earned a media sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the savings and loans company an impact score of 48.55 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

Northwest Bancshares' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%) and Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB (0.03%). Company insiders that own Northwest Bancshares stock include Andrew Young, David E Westerburg, Gerald J Ritzert, John P Meegan, Jonathan P Scalise, Michael G Smelko, Philip M Tredway, Richard K Laws, Ronald J Seiffert, Shawn O Walker, Steven G Fisher, Timothy M Hunter and William W Harvey. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Northwest Bancshares.

NWBI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB. 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 $17.66.

Northwest Bancshares has a market capitalization of $1.82 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.

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.