With 1.44 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.81 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $11.75 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $11.5. The 52-week range on NWBI shows that it touched its highest point at $15.42 and its lowest point at $10.75 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $13.50. With its current market cap of 1.71 billion, NWBI has annualized dividend of $0.80 while the current yield stands at 6.84%. NWBI paid its most recent dividend on 1746662400, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1754611200. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.68.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of NWBI was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -7.40%, but this was down by -12.33% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -5.53% while six-month performance fell -10.04%. The stock lost -11.33% in the past year, while it has lost -17.12% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for NWBI yields 1.12 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.32. For the next quarter, that number is 0.31. This implies an EPS growth rate of 22.12% for this year and 4.09% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 145.91 million NWBI shares are outstanding with a float of 137.77 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-07-15, short shares totaled 4.66 million, which was 365.0 higher than short shares on 1749772800. In addition to Mr. Louis J. Torchio as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Mr. Douglas M. Schosser CPA serves as its Chief Financial Officer.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.62024 of NWBI’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for NWBI since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With NWBI analysts setting a high price target of 14.0 and a low target of 13.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 13.5. Based on these targets, NWBI could surge 19.76% to reach the target high and rise by 11.21% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 15.48% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $1.03831 being high and $1.01835 being low. For NWBI, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.02833.
