Wall Street predicts Northwest Bancshares Inc (NWBI) stock to surge by 23.25%

Nora Barnes

Northwest Bancshares Inc [NWBI] stock prices are up 3.66% to $12.17 at the moment. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The NWBI shares have gain 6.10% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -2.72%, 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 a 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.

The stock price of Northwest Bancshares Inc [NWBI] has been fluctuating 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 $12.17 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 23.25% based on the average NWBI price forecast.

Analyzing the NWBI fundamentals

The Northwest Bancshares Inc [NASDAQ:NWBI] reported sales of 848.32M for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 13.46%. 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 11.90 points at the first support level, and at 11.63 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 12.36, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 12.55.

Ratios To Look Out For

It’s worth pointing out that Northwest Bancshares Inc [NASDAQ:NWBI]’s Current Ratio is 0.04. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.10, the price to book ratio is 0.96 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 13.83.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Chadsey Deborah J Esq., Director, that happened on Nov 21 ’25 when 1700.0 shares were purchased. Director, Williams Amber Lee completed a deal on Nov 21 ’25 to buy 1302.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director CAMPANA ROBERT M bought 1000.0 shares on Nov 20 ’25.

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