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Northwest Bancshares Inc (NASDAQ: NWBI) closed the day trading at $12.64 up 5.07% from the previous closing price of $12.03. In other words, the price has increased by $5.07 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.97 million shares were traded. NWBI stock price reached its highest trading level at $12.665 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $12.06.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of NWBI, let’s look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.27 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.15.
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, Janney on September 29, 2022, initiated with a Neutral rating and assigned the stock a target price of $15.
On May 06, 2022, Piper Sandler Downgraded its rating to Underweight which previously was Neutral and also lowered its target price recommendation from $14 to $12.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. 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 1848119680 and an Enterprise Value of 2023922944. As of this moment, Northwest’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 11.28, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.56. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.25 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.98. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.602.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for NWBI is 0.69, which has changed by -0.07534748 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1513431 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 0.67%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -1.26%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, NWBI traded about 876.81K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, NWBI traded about 894030 shares per day. A total of 146.21M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 138.04M. Insiders hold about 5.59% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 62.59% stake in the company. Shares short for NWBI as of 1753920000 were 4160301 with a Short Ratio of 4.74, compared to 1751241600 on 4724794. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4160301 and a Short% of Float of 3.7100002.
Dividends & Splits
NWBI’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.80, up from 0.8 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.06650041The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 6.29. The current Payout Ratio is 102.00% for NWBI, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-08-08 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-08-08. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2009-12-18 when the company split stock in a 225:100 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
As of right now, 5.0 analysts gave their recommendation on the stock of the company. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.31, with high estimates of $0.32 and low estimates of $0.3.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $1.32 and $1.24 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $1.27. EPS for the following year is $1.32, with 5.0 analysts recommending between $1.37 and $1.22.
Revenue Estimates
3 analysts predict $165.62M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $166.07M to a low estimate of $165M. As of the current estimate, Northwest Bancshares Inc’s year-ago sales were $139.13MFor the next quarter, 3 analysts are estimating revenue of $174.05M. There is a high estimate of $175.84M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $173M.
A total of 3 analysts have provided revenue estimates for NWBI’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $650.21M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $646M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $647.84M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $522.59MBased on 3 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $718.18M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $722.3M and the low estimate is $711M.
