Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for NWBI in the last 90 days.
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Northwest Bancshares (NWBI) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$14.86+0.19 (+1.3%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeThis week brings continued expansion news for Northwest Bancshares, with Northwest Bank celebrating the grand opening of a second financial center in Columbus near The Ohio State University, underscoring the company's push into Central Ohio. Alongside this, the company confirmed details for its third quarter 2026 earnings call, scheduled for October 27, with results to be released after market close on October 26.
NWBI closed at $14.86, up 1.3%, sitting between its 50-day average of $15.36 and 200-day average of $13.99, reflecting a mixed trend. Over the past month the stock is down 4.1%, though it remains up 19.2% over the past year. The GekkoIndex reads 61.7, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone. Current price sits 5.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $15.74.
Earnings are set for 26 October, 14 days away, falling inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window and representing a key catalyst. In the prior quarter, NWBI beat estimates with EPS of $0.33 versus $0.31 expected, producing a 2.2% reaction, and the company has beaten estimates in 5 of the last 8 quarters. Seasonality from this point in the calendar has historically averaged a 6.2% move over the next 20 trading days across 5 years, rising in 4 of them. Analyst consensus includes 1 buy and 3 hold ratings among 4 firms, with a consensus target of $16.29.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Northwest Bancshares price vs fair value
Close $14.86200-day averageGekko Fair Value $15.74
Northwest Bancshares quick facts
- Market cap
- $2.18B
- P/E ratio
- 14.3
- Forward P/E
- 13.4
- EPS, TTM
- $1.04
- Revenue, TTM
- $654.4M
- Profit margin
- 23.4%
- Dividend yield
- 5.43%
- Beta
- 0.69
- Volume
- 991,454 avg 1.17M
- 1-year return
- +19.2%
- Typical daily move
- ±1.8%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.4%
- 50-day average
- $15.36
- 200-day average
- $13.99
- Next earnings
- Oct 26 before open
- Shares outstanding
- 146.4M
Northwest Bancshares swing-trade checklist
Northwest Bancshares scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive1 mixed1 headwind
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $14.86 sits between the 50-day ($15.36) and 200-day ($13.99) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
61.7, Accumulation
Reading 61.7 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
5.6% below
Price is 5.6% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 14 days
Reports on Oct 26, 2026, 14 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+6.2% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +6.2% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
See seasonality
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Northwest Bancshares stock chart and price history
Northwest Bancshares closed at $14.86 on Oct 12, 2026, +19.2% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $11.25 to $16.16.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −4.1%
- 3 months
- −1.7%
- 6 months
- +10.3%
- 1 year
- +19.2%
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About Northwest Bancshares
Northwest Bancshares operates as the holding company behind Northwest Bank, a savings institution chartered at the state level that serves everyday customers and businesses alike. The bank handles routine deposit accounts such as checking, savings, money market accounts, time deposit certificates, and retirement accounts, while also extending credit through home mortgages, multi-family and commercial real estate financing, commercial lending, and consumer products like auto loans, personal loans, credit cards, and deposit-secured loans.
Alongside these core banking activities, Northwest Bancshares offers investment management and trust services, rounding out its offerings for clients seeking more than basic deposit and loan products. Its community banking locations span Pennsylvania, Western New York, Eastern Ohio, and Indiana, reflecting a regional footprint built around everyday retail and business banking needs.
The company traces its founding back to 1896 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Its shares trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker NWBI.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Savings banks
- Website
- northwest.bank
Northwest Bancshares GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Northwest Bancshares’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 61.7, in the Accumulation zone, up 1.1 points over five sessions.
61.7Accumulation
Up 1.1 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 41 | +1.4% | +3.7% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 230 | 0.0% | +1.5% | ||
| Neutral | 372 | +0.2% | +0.8% | ||
| Distribution | 31 | +0.5% | −3.4% | ||
| Selling | 8 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average NWBI share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is Northwest Bancshares stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Northwest Bancshares trades 5.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $15.74, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Northwest Bancshares shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$15.74
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
5.6% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 5.3% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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Northwest Bancshares insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Northwest Bancshares, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in NWBI were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Northwest Bancshares has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Sep 30, 2021
- $18.82M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.87%
From company filings.
Northwest Bancshares earnings: next date and track record
Northwest Bancshares reports on Oct 26, 2026, before the open (14 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Oct 26, 2026
Expected before the open, 14 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.34
- Revenue estimate
- $183.5M
5 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±2.9%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Jan 26, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Northwest Bancshares reported record revenue of $655 million for full year 2025 with double-digit EPS growth. The company successfully completed acquisition and integration of Penns Woods, becoming a top 100 U.S. bank by assets and adding 20 financial centers. Commercial C&I loans grew 26% year-over-year, while the company expanded into new markets including Indianapolis and Columbus with new financial centers.
- Guidance
- Management provided full year 2026 guidance projecting another record year for the company as they focus on organic growth and expansion.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2026 | $0.33 est $0.31 | $179.9M est $174.2M | +2.2% |
| Oct 27, 2025 | $0.29 est $0.30 | $167.4M est $166.0M | −4.1% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | $0.30 est $0.28 | $149.5M est $165.6M | −5.4% |
| Apr 28, 2025 | $0.35 est $0.24 | $155.8M est $145.1M | +6.6% |
| Jan 24, 2025 | $0.27 est $0.25 | $153.4M est $143.9M | +0.5% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | $0.26 est $0.26 | $138.7M est $109.7M | −0.1% |
| Jul 23, 2024 | $0.27 est $0.22 | $97.59M est $104.4M | +3.2% |
| Apr 22, 2024 | $0.23 est $0.23 | $130.9M est $109.6M | −1.2% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Northwest Bancshares stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Northwest Bancshares is $16.29, +9.6% from the last close, from 4 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$16.29consensus 12-month target, +9.6% from the last close
Now $14.86Avg $16.29
Low $14High $18
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 4 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4 | Truist Financial | $18 | +21.1% |
| Aug 3 | KBW | $16 | +7.7% |
| Jul 29 | Truist Financial | — | — |
| Jul 29 | D.A. Davidson | $17 | +14.4% |
| Jul 28 | Piper Sandler | $14 | −5.8% |
+1.5%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+6.2%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±1.8%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Northwest Bancshares seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Northwest Bancshares averaged +6.2% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +2.4% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +2.5% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +2.7% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +6.2% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +5.3% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, NWBI’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 4.4%.
Northwest Bancshares market cap and key statistics
Northwest Bancshares’s market cap is $2.18B, with a P/E ratio of 14.3 and revenue of $654.4M over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $2.18B
- P/E ratio
- 14.3
- Forward P/E
- 13.4
- EPS, TTM
- $1.04
- Gekko Fair Value
- $15.74
Trading
- Volume
- 991,454
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 1.17M
- 52-week high
- $16.16
- 52-week low
- $11.25
- Shares outstanding
- 146.4M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $654.4M
- Profit margin
- 23.4%
- Return on equity
- 8.6%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +38.5%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.69
- Typical daily move
- ±1.8%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.4%
- Dividend yield
- 5.43%
Northwest Bancshares stock news this week
3 headlines about Northwest Bancshares from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.
- Northwest Bank Celebrates Grand Opening of Second Financial Center in Columbus Next to The Ohio State UniversityPRNewsWire, Oct 8
- Northwest Bancshares, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Call DetailsTimes Argus, Oct 5
- Northwest Bancshares sets Q3 2026 earnings call for Oct. 27 | NWBI Stock NewsStock Titan, Oct 5
Northwest Bancshares peers
Northwest Bancshares’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| WBSWebster Financial | Neutral | 1.7% above |
| TFSLTFS Financial | Accumulation | 8.3% below |
| WSFSWSFS Financial | Accumulation | 8.3% below |
| PFSProvident Financial Services | Accumulation | 12.1% below |
| CLBKColumbia Financial | Accumulation | 13.0% below |
| TFINTriumph Financial | Accumulation | 12.8% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Northwest Bancshares stock FAQ
What is Northwest Bancshares’s market cap?
Northwest Bancshares’s market cap is $2.18B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $14.86, with 146.4M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 14.3.
What is the Northwest Bancshares stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Northwest Bancshares is $16.29, +9.6% from the last close. Of the 4 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 1 rate it a buy, 3 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Northwest Bancshares stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Northwest Bancshares is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $14.86 is 5.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $15.74. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Northwest Bancshares report earnings next?
Northwest Bancshares is expected to report on Oct 26, 2026, before the market opens (14 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.34 per share on revenue of $183.5M. Northwest Bancshares beat the earnings estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports, moving 2.9% on average across the report.
What is Northwest Bancshares’s 52-week high and low?
Northwest Bancshares’s 52-week high is $16.16 and its 52-week low is $11.25; it closed at $14.86 on Oct 12, 2026, +19.2% over the past year.
Is Northwest Bancshares stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and seasonality), 1 as mixed (trend) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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