Northwest Bancshares Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:NWBI)

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

Northwest Bancshares declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 17th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 1st will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Thursday, August 15th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.35%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, July 31st. View Northwest Bancshares' Dividend History.

Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:NWBI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July, 22nd. The savings and loans company reported $0.25 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.28 by $0.03. The savings and loans company earned $115.97 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $117.86 million. Northwest Bancshares had a net margin of 21.50% and a return on equity of 8.31%. View Northwest Bancshares' Earnings History.

Northwest Bancshares is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 28th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Northwest Bancshares.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Northwest Bancshares in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Northwest Bancshares.

Press coverage about NWBI stock has trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Northwest Bancshares earned a coverage optimism score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press 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 decline in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 6,860,000 shares, a decline of 5.8% from the August 30th total of 7,280,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 457,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 15.0 days. Approximately 6.9% of the company's stock are sold short. View Northwest Bancshares' Current Options Chain.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Northwest Bancshares investors own include New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Firstmerit (FMER), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), General Electric (GE), AT&T (T), Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE), First Data (FDC), MFA FINL INC/SH (MFA ) and ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY).

Northwest Bancshares' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Northwest Bancshares Inc. (0.40%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%) and Carroll Financial Associates Inc. (0.03%). Company insiders that own Northwest Bancshares stock include David E Westerburg, Gerald J Ritzert, John P Meegan, Jonathan P Scalise, Julia W Mctavish, Philip M Tredway, Robert M Campana, Ronald J Seiffert, 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Northwest Bancshares Inc. and Carroll Financial Associates Inc.. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NWBI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.55.

Northwest Bancshares has a market capitalization of $1.76 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.