Northwest Bancshares - NWBI Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Northwest Bancshares in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating and 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research 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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2 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Northwest Bancshares' shares. Their NWBI share price forecasts range from $11.00 to $12.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $11.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 23.7%.
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Northwest Bancshares' stock was trading at $14.16 at the start of the year. Since then, NWBI shares have increased by 6.5% and is now trading at $15.08.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 24th 2022.
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Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:NWBI) announced its earnings results on Monday, July, 25th. The savings and loans company reported $0.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.23 by $0.03. The savings and loans company earned $130.71 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $123.21 million. Northwest Bancshares had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.23% and a net margin of 24.27%.

Northwest Bancshares declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Monday, August 15th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 3rd.
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Northwest Bancshares (NASDAQ:NWBI) pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.38%. NWBI has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 13 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 80.81%. 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 74.07% 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 State Street Corp (6.11%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.32%), Northern Trust Corp (1.35%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.62%), ProShare Advisors LLC (0.54%) and Citadel Advisors LLC (0.32%). Insiders that own company stock include David M Tullio, David Wayne Heeter, Deborah J Esq Chadsey, John P Meegan, Julia W Mctavish, Louis J Torchio, Louis J Torchio, Mark A Paup, Mark T Reitzes, Mark T Reitzes, Michael G Smelko, 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 $15.08.

Northwest Bancshares (NASDAQ:NWBI) has a market capitalization of $1.91 billion and generates $561.40 million in revenue each year. The savings and loans company earns $154.32 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.99 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,413 workers across the globe.

Northwest Bancshares was founded in 1896.

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.