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

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, July 26th. Investors of record on Friday, August 10th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Wednesday, August 22nd. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.29%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 9th. View Great Western Bancorp's Dividend History.

Great Western Bancorp Inc (NYSE:GWB) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 26th. The bank reported $0.78 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.74 by $0.04. The bank had revenue of $123.61 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $121.23 million. Great Western Bancorp had a return on equity of 9.36% and a net margin of 28.45%. The firm's revenue was up 8.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.59 EPS. View Great Western Bancorp's Earnings History.

Great Western Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Great Western Bancorp.

8 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Great Western Bancorp's shares. 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets 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." View Analyst Ratings for Great Western Bancorp.

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News coverage about GWB stock has trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Great Western Bancorp earned a daily sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the bank an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Great Western Bancorp.

Great Western Bancorp's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.84%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (6.25%), FMR LLC (4.49%), FMR LLC (4.49%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.36%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (4.31%). Company insiders that own Great Western Bancorp stock include Bryan Leighton Kindopp, Douglas Richard Bass, 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 Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Maltese Capital Management LLC, Maltese Capital Management LLC and Citadel Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Great Western Bancorp company stock in the last year include Bryan Leighton Kindopp, Douglas Richard Bass, Kenneth James Karels, Peter Robert Chapman and Stephen John Ulenberg. View Insider Buying and Selling for Great Western Bancorp.

GWB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC, FMR LLC, FMR LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Rice Hall James & Associates LLC and Macquarie Group Ltd.. 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 $43.59.

Great Western Bancorp has a market capitalization of $2.55 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.