What is the best trade option for Northwest Bancshares Inc (NWBI) stock?

Kevin Freeman

Northwest Bancshares Inc [NWBI] stock is trading at $11.99, up 1.87%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The NWBI shares have gain 2.30% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.77%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Northwest Bancshares Inc [NASDAQ: NWBI] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on October 10, 2025, when Truist initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $15. Previously, Hovde Group started tracking the stock with Market Perform rating on October 03, 2025, and set its price target to $13.50. On September 29, 2022, Janney initiated with a Neutral rating and assigned a price target of $15 on the stock. Piper Sandler downgraded its rating to an Underweight and decreased its price target to $12 on May 06, 2022. B. Riley Securities downgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on July 27, 2021, and downed its price target to $14. In a note dated July 27, 2021, B. Riley Securities downgraded a Neutral rating on this stock.

Northwest Bancshares Inc [NWBI] stock has fluctuated between $10.75 and $15.42 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $15 within the next 12 months. Northwest Bancshares Inc [NASDAQ: NWBI] shares were valued at $11.99 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 25.1% based on the average NWBI price forecast.

Analyzing the NWBI fundamentals

Northwest Bancshares Inc [NASDAQ:NWBI] reported sales of 848.87M for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 13.73%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.52% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.13%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.18%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.14%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.07 and Total Capital is 0.01. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.33.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 11.82 points at the first support level, and at 11.65 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 12.10, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 12.22.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Northwest Bancshares Inc’s Current Ratio is 0.04. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.07, the price to book ratio is 0.94 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 13.66.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Hunter Timothy M, Director, that happened on Aug 06 ’25 when 10000.0 shares were purchased. Director, Paup Mark A completed a deal on Aug 01 ’25 to buy 3500.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chief Legal Counsel/Corp. Sec. Laws Richard K sold 9010.0 shares on Jun 06 ’25.

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