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 Tuesday, January 28th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, February 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Wednesday, February 26th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 11th. View Great Western Bancorp's Dividend History.

Great Western Bancorp Inc (NYSE:GWB) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January, 28th. The bank reported $0.77 EPS for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.77. The bank had revenue of $120.91 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $123.05 million. Great Western Bancorp had a return on equity of 8.77% and a net margin of 27.38%. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.79 EPS. View Great Western Bancorp's Earnings History.

Great Western Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Great Western Bancorp.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Great Western Bancorp's shares. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $37.00. On average, they anticipate Great Western Bancorp's share price to reach $36.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.7% 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 trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Great Western Bancorp earned a media sentiment score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely 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 decline in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,120,000 shares, a decline of 5.9% from the January 15th total of 1,190,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 297,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.8 days. Currently, 2.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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 Mairs & Power INC (4.34%), State Street Corp (3.74%), FMR LLC (3.54%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.32%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.31%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (3.32%). Company insiders that own Great Western Bancorp stock include Andrew James Pederson, Douglas Richard Bass, Karlyn M Knieriem, Kenneth James Karels, Peter Robert Chapman 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 Principal Financial Group Inc., State Street Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Westwood Holdings Group Inc., Man Group plc and Snow Capital Management LP. 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 Bank of Montreal Can, FMR LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, LSV Asset Management and Public Sector Pension Investment Board. 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 $30.58.

Great Western Bancorp has a market capitalization of $1.72 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.