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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.69%. The ex-dividend date 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 for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' 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 firm earned $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 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Great Western Bancorp's stock. Their forecasts range from $36.00 to $38.00. On average, they expect Great Western Bancorp's share price to reach $37.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.7% 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 been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Great Western Bancorp earned a media sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Great Western Bancorp.

Great Western Bancorp saw a increase in short interest in 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 trading volume of 275,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.3 days. Approximately 2.1% of the company's shares are short sold. View Great Western Bancorp's Current Options Chain.

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Great Western Bancorp's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (1.45%), Tributary Capital Management LLC (0.94%), Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID (0.29%), Strs Ohio (0.16%), First National Bank of Omaha (0.09%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%). 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 Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID, Strs Ohio, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Tributary Capital Management LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and New York State Teachers Retirement System. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, 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 $32.54.

Great Western Bancorp has a market capitalization of $1.83 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.