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

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

Northwest Bancshares announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 17th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.18 per share on Thursday, August 15th. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 31st. View Northwest Bancshares' Dividend History.

Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:NWBI) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 21st. The savings and loans company reported $0.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping 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 the consensus estimate of $116.30 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 Tuesday, January 28th 2020. 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.

News articles about NWBI stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Northwest Bancshares.

Northwest Bancshares saw a decrease in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 6,860,000 shares, a decrease of 5.8% from the August 30th total of 7,280,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 457,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 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 People's United Financial (PBCT), New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), Radian Group (RDN), MGIC Investment (MTG), TFS Financial (TFSL), Lendingtree (TREE), Washington Federal (WAFD), WSFS Financial (WSFS), LegacyTexas Financial Group (LTXB), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB) 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), 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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.65%), Northwest Bancshares Inc. (0.40%), ST Germain D J Co. Inc. (0.19%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), 6 Meridian (0.04%) 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., ST Germain D J Co. Inc. and Coastal Investment Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Northwest Bancshares company stock in the last year include Julia W Mctavish, Philip M Tredway, Robert M Campana, Shawn O Walker and Sonia M Probst. View Insider Buying and Selling for Northwest Bancshares.

NWBI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, 6 Meridian, Northwest Bancshares Inc., Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC 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 $17.48.

Northwest Bancshares has a market capitalization of $1.86 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.