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

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

Northwest Bancshares declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.17 per share on Thursday, August 16th. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.71%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 1st. View Northwest Bancshares' Dividend History.

Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:NWBI) issued its earnings results on Thursday, July, 26th. The savings and loans company reported $0.25 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.25. The savings and loans company had revenue of $108.34 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $108.20 million. Northwest Bancshares had a net margin of 21.20% and a return on equity of 8.06%. View Northwest Bancshares' Earnings History.

Northwest Bancshares is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October, 22nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Northwest Bancshares.

2 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Northwest Bancshares' stock. Their predictions range from $17.00 to $17.00. On average, they expect Northwest Bancshares' share price to reach $17.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.3%. View Analyst Price Targets 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.

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

Media headlines about NWBI stock have trended positive recently, Accern reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Northwest Bancshares earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.32 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the savings and loans company an impact score of 42.66 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Northwest Bancshares.

Northwest Bancshares' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (13.76%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.41%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.58%), First Trust Advisors LP (1.53%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.47%) and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (1.37%). 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, 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 Acadian Asset Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Dean Capital Management, Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. and American Century Companies Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Northwest Bancshares company stock in the last year include Andrew Young, David E Westerburg, Gerald J Ritzert, Jonathan P Scalise, Philip M Tredway, Shawn O Walker, William J Wagner and William W Harvey. View Insider Buying and Selling for Northwest Bancshares.

NWBI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC, BlackRock Inc., Citadel Advisors LLC, Unigestion Holding SA, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., First Trust Advisors LP, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. and Laurion Capital Management LP. 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 $18.34.

Northwest Bancshares has a market capitalization of $1.84 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.