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 announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 26th. Investors of record on Friday, May 11th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Wednesday, May 23rd. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.46%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 10th. This is a positive change 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 quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 26th. The bank reported $0.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.70 by $0.01. The bank earned $119.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $117.13 million. Great Western Bancorp had a net margin of 27.33% and a return on equity of 8.86%. The company's revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $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 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Great Western Bancorp's shares. Their predictions 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 13.9% 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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News coverage about GWB stock has trended positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Great Western Bancorp earned a news impact score of 0.43 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the bank an impact score of 45.66 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Great Western Bancorp's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.28%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.16%) and Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB (0.02%). 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 and Fisher Asset Management 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB. 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 $40.61.

Great Western Bancorp has a market capitalization of $2.39 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.