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Northwest Bancshares Inc (NASDAQ: NWBI) closed the day trading at $12.75 down -2.82% from the previous closing price of $13.12. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.82 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.05 million shares were traded. NWBI stock price reached its highest trading level at $13.09 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $12.72.
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 Jun 06 ’25 when Laws Richard K sold 9,010 shares for $12.38 per share. The transaction valued at 111,544 led to the insider holds 63,486 shares of the business.
Barnum Carey A. sold 230 shares of NWBI for $2,839 on May 30 ’25. The Chief Auditor now owns 4,796 shares after completing the transaction at $12.35 per share. On Jun 02 ’25, another insider, Barnum Carey A., who serves as the Chief Auditor of the company, sold 92 shares for $12.25 each. As a result, the insider received 1,127 and left with 4,704 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 1628838016 and an Enterprise Value of 1764614144. As of this moment, Northwest’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 14.25, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.53. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.10 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.00. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.403.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for NWBI is 0.69, which has changed by -0.10589063 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16564083 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 0.22%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -1.43%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, NWBI traded about 707.70K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, NWBI traded about 780940 shares per day. A total of 127.74M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 120.73M. Insiders hold about 5.50% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 70.36% stake in the company. Shares short for NWBI as of 1751241600 were 4724794 with a Short Ratio of 6.68, compared to 1748563200 on 3657207. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4724794 and a Short% of Float of 5.04.
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 0.06097561The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 6.3. The current Payout Ratio is 102.00% for NWBI, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-05-08 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-05-08. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2009-12-18 when the company split stock in a 225:100 ratio.
