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The price of Northwest Bancshares Inc (NASDAQ: NWBI) closed at $11.83 in the last session, up 0.17% from day before closing price of $11.81. In other words, the price has increased by $0.17 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.84 million shares were traded. NWBI stock price reached its highest trading level at $11.995 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $11.82.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at NWBI’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.33 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.13.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of. The stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Truist on October 10, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $15.
On October 03, 2025, Hovde Group started tracking the stock assigning a Market Perform rating and target price of $13.50.
On September 29, 2022, Janney started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $15.Janney initiated its Neutral rating on September 29, 2022, with a $15 target price.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 06 ’25 when Hunter Timothy M bought 10,000 shares for $11.66 per share. The transaction valued at 116,560 led to the insider holds 185,751 shares of the business.
Paup Mark A bought 3,500 shares of NWBI for $40,560 on Aug 01 ’25. The Director now owns 62,772 shares after completing the transaction at $11.59 per share. On Jun 06 ’25, another insider, Laws Richard K, who serves as the Chief Legal Counsel/Corp. Sec. of the company, sold 9,010 shares for $12.38 each. As a result, the insider received 111,544 and left with 63,486 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, NWBI now has a Market Capitalization of 1728362624 and an Enterprise Value of 2064658688. As of this moment, Northwest’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 13.44, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.00. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.31. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.04 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.93. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.657.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for NWBI is 0.69, which has changed by -0.19385666 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.15085125 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, NWBI has reached a high of $15.42, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $10.75. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -3.75%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -4.26%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, NWBI traded on average about 853.62K shares per day over the past 3-months and 977700 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 146.10M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 138.19M. Insiders hold about 5.49% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 65.33% stake in the company. Shares short for NWBI as of 1761868800 were 4578963 with a Short Ratio of 5.36, compared to 1759190400 on 5174872. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4578963 and a Short% of Float of 4.0799997999999995.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for NWBI is 0.80, which was 0.8 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0677392. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 6.24. The current Payout Ratio is 102.00% for NWBI, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-11-06 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-11-06. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2009-12-18 when the company split stock in a 225:100 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
. The current rating of Northwest Bancshares Inc (NWBI) reflects the combined expertise of 7.0 analysts actively engaged in assessing its market performance.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.31, with high estimates of $0.32 and low estimates of $0.29.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $1.27 and $1.23 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $1.25. EPS for the following year is $1.31, with 7.0 analysts recommending between $1.35 and $1.22.
Revenue Estimates
According to 4 analysts,. The current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $173.72M. It ranges from a high estimate of $175.3M to a low estimate of $172.6M. As of. The current estimate, Northwest Bancshares Inc’s year-ago sales were $154.26MFor the next quarter, 4 analysts are estimating revenue of $172.28M. There is a high estimate of $174M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $170M.
A total of 4 analysts have provided revenue estimates for NWBI’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $652.7M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $650M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $651.17M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $522.59MBased on 5 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $708.44M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $723M and the low estimate is $698M.
