NYSE:GWB - Great Western Bancorp Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Great Western Bancorp announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Investors of record on Friday, November 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, November 29th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 14th. View Great Western Bancorp's Dividend History.

Great Western Bancorp Inc (NYSE:GWB) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The bank reported $0.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.10. The bank earned $121.73 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $123.57 million. Great Western Bancorp had a return on equity of 9.01% and a net margin of 27.73%. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.72 EPS. View Great Western Bancorp's Earnings History.

Great Western Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Great Western Bancorp.

Great Western Bancorp will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, January 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

5 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Great Western Bancorp's shares. Their forecasts range from $36.00 to $38.00. On average, they expect Great Western Bancorp's stock price to reach $37.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Great Western Bancorp.

5 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 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Great Western Bancorp.

News headlines about GWB stock have been trending neutral on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Great Western Bancorp earned a news impact score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Great Western Bancorp.

Great Western Bancorp saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,190,000 shares, an increase of 20.3% from the December 15th total of 989,500 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 275,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.3 days. Approximately 2.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Great Western Bancorp's Current Options Chain.

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Great Western Bancorp's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (1.45%), Tributary Capital Management LLC (0.94%), First National Bank of Omaha (0.09%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%). Company insiders that own Great Western Bancorp stock include Andrew James Pederson, Douglas Richard Bass, Karlyn M Knieriem, Kenneth James Karels, Peter Robert Chapman, Stephen John Ulenberg and Thomas Edward Henning. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Great Western Bancorp.

GWB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Tributary Capital Management LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Great Western Bancorp company stock in the last year include Andrew James Pederson, Kenneth James Karels and Peter Robert Chapman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Great Western Bancorp.

GWB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First National Bank of Omaha and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GWB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $34.09.

Great Western Bancorp has a market capitalization of $1.92 billion and generates $603.65 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $167.37 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.94 on an earnings per share basis. Great Western Bancorp employs 1,666 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Great Western Bancorp.

The official website for Great Western Bancorp is http://www.greatwesternbank.com/.

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.