NYSE:GWB - Great Western Bancorp Stock Price, Price Target & More

Great Western Bancorp trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GWB."

Great Western Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 26th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Wednesday, May 23rd. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 10th. This is a boost from Great Western Bancorp's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. View Great Western Bancorp's Dividend History.

Great Western Bancorp Inc (NYSE:GWB) announced its earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The bank reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.70 by $0.01. The bank had revenue of $119.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $117.13 million. Great Western Bancorp had a net margin of 27.33% and a return on equity of 8.86%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.60 earnings per share. View Great Western Bancorp's Earnings History.

Great Western Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Great Western Bancorp.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Great Western Bancorp's stock. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $51.00. On average, they anticipate Great Western Bancorp's share price to reach $46.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Great Western Bancorp.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Great Western Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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Press coverage about GWB stock has trended somewhat positive on Sunday, Accern reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Great Western Bancorp earned a news impact score of 0.24 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the bank an impact score of 44.90 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Great Western Bancorp's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.28%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.21%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.16%), Pendal Group Ltd (0.07%), Foundry Partners LLC (0.05%) and Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.03%). Company insiders that own Great Western Bancorp stock include Bryan Leighton Kindopp, Kenneth James Karels, Peter Robert Chapman and Stephen John Ulenberg. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Great Western Bancorp.

GWB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan and Foundry Partners LLC. Company insiders that have sold Great Western Bancorp company stock in the last year include Bryan Leighton Kindopp, Kenneth James Karels, Peter Robert Chapman and Stephen John Ulenberg. View Insider Buying and Selling for Great Western Bancorp.

GWB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pendal Group Ltd, Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB and Bank of Montreal Can. View Insider Buying and Selling for Great Western Bancorp.

Shares of GWB 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 GWB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $41.64.

Great Western Bancorp has a market capitalization of $2.45 billion and generates $497.73 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $144.78 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.46 on an earnings per share basis. Great Western Bancorp employs 1,689 workers across the globe.

Great Western Bancorp's mailing address is 225 S. MAIN AVENUE, SIOUX FALLS SD, 57104. The bank can be reached via phone at 605-334-2548.