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Northwest Bancshares (NWBI) Competitors

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$13.48 +0.02 (+0.15%)
As of 07/9/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

NWBI vs. FFBC, FRME, FULT, PPBI, STBA, UBSI, CBU, FCF, PFS, and PRK

Should you be buying Northwest Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northwest Bancshares include First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Fulton Financial (FULT), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), S&T Bancorp (STBA), United Bankshares (UBSI), Community Financial System (CBU), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Provident Financial Services (PFS), and Park National (PRK). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Northwest Bancshares vs. Its Competitors

Northwest Bancshares (NASDAQ:NWBI) and First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ:FFBC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

66.3% of Northwest Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Northwest Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

First Financial Bancorp. has higher revenue and earnings than Northwest Bancshares. First Financial Bancorp. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northwest Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Northwest Bancshares$756.21M2.28$100.28M$0.9014.98
First Financial Bancorp.$1.62B1.52$228.83M$2.4110.67

In the previous week, Northwest Bancshares and Northwest Bancshares both had 3 articles in the media. First Financial Bancorp.'s average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Northwest Bancshares' score of 0.21 indicating that First Financial Bancorp. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Northwest Bancshares
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
First Financial Bancorp.
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Northwest Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Northwest Bancshares pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 39.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial Bancorp. has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Northwest Bancshares has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Bancorp. has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Northwest Bancshares currently has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.28%. First Financial Bancorp. has a consensus target price of $28.75, suggesting a potential upside of 11.78%. Given First Financial Bancorp.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Financial Bancorp. is more favorable than Northwest Bancshares.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Northwest Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
First Financial Bancorp.
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

First Financial Bancorp. has a net margin of 18.65% compared to Northwest Bancshares' net margin of 14.75%. First Financial Bancorp.'s return on equity of 10.44% beat Northwest Bancshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Northwest Bancshares14.75% 9.24% 1.02%
First Financial Bancorp. 18.65%10.44%1.38%

Summary

First Financial Bancorp. beats Northwest Bancshares on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NWBI vs. The Competition

MetricNorthwest BancsharesFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.72B$632.53M$12.01B$8.95B
Dividend Yield5.94%3.31%5.54%4.02%
P/E Ratio14.9810.2320.0020.16
Price / Sales2.281.9025.38184.72
Price / Cash11.0815.1921.4557.97
Price / Book1.081.022.275.62
Net Income$100.28M$33.50M$990.08M$248.50M
7 Day Performance2.51%-0.32%-0.15%4.49%
1 Month Performance7.32%2.95%2.73%7.03%
1 Year Performance15.41%17.17%540.03%21.07%

Northwest Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
3.5243 of 5 stars
$13.48
+0.1%
$15.00
+11.3%
+17.1%$1.72B$756.21M14.982,027News Coverage
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.5031 of 5 stars
$24.26
-0.4%
$28.75
+18.5%
+16.3%$2.33B$1.62B10.072,090
FRME
First Merchants
4.7735 of 5 stars
$38.30
-0.9%
$46.40
+21.1%
+24.9%$2.25B$1.07B10.762,120Positive News
FULT
Fulton Financial
3.5227 of 5 stars
$18.04
-0.3%
$20.30
+12.5%
+15.9%$3.29B$1.86B10.613,400News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.7744 of 5 stars
$21.09
+0.1%
$27.25
+29.2%
+2.4%$2.04B$905.41M13.881,325Positive News
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.207 of 5 stars
$37.82
-0.5%
$41.67
+10.2%
+19.3%$1.46B$564.96M10.901,206
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.0055 of 5 stars
$36.43
flat
$40.63
+11.5%
+19.1%$5.18B$1.63B13.542,553Positive News
CBU
Community Financial System
4.609 of 5 stars
$56.89
-0.4%
$71.00
+24.8%
+26.7%$3.02B$940.71M15.762,918
FCF
First Commonwealth Financial
3.9705 of 5 stars
$16.24
-0.7%
$18.92
+16.5%
+21.3%$1.72B$699.69M12.121,545News Coverage
Positive News
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.1316 of 5 stars
$17.55
-0.9%
$23.60
+34.5%
+27.7%$2.31B$1.14B15.811,801
PRK
Park National
1.8792 of 5 stars
$167.26
-0.2%
$177.75
+6.3%
+22.6%$2.71B$528.91M17.971,790Trending News

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This page (NASDAQ:NWBI) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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