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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.30%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 10th. This is an increase from Great Western Bancorp's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. View Great Western Bancorp's Dividend History.

Great Western Bancorp Inc (NYSE:GWB) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 26th. The bank reported $0.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.70 by $0.01. The bank had revenue of $119.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $117.13 million. Great Western Bancorp had a return on equity of 8.86% and a net margin of 27.33%. Great Western Bancorp's revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.60 earnings per share. View Great Western Bancorp's Earnings History.

8 analysts 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 stock price to reach $46.25 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Great Western Bancorp.

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Press coverage about GWB stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Great Western Bancorp earned a coverage optimism score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the bank an impact score of 46.91 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Great Western Bancorp's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (12.95%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.92%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.90%), Northern Trust Corp (2.29%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (1.96%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (1.74%). 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 Westwood Holdings Group Inc., Eaton Vance Management, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Jacobs Asset Management LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Employees Retirement System of Texas and BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA. 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 Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Maltese Capital Management LLC, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, BlackRock Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Foresters Investment Management Company Inc., Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. and Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID. 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 $43.57.

Great Western Bancorp has a market capitalization of $2.59 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.