Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (NWBI)

Northwest Bancshares Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 2 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Northwest Bancshares stock have an average target of 15, which predicts a 23.25% increase from the current stock price of 12.17.

Price Target: $15.00 (+23.25%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$15	$15	$15	$15
Change	+23.25%	+23.25%	+23.25%	+23.25%

* Price targets were last updated on Oct 10, 2025.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Northwest Bancshares stock is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Jul '25	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25
Strong Buy	0	0	0	1	1	1
Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hold	2	2	2	1	1	1
Sell	1	1	1	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	3	3	3	2	2	2

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Michael Ciarmoli Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Strong Buy Initiates $15	Strong Buy	Initiates	$15	+23.25%	Oct 10, 2025
Timothy Switzer Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold Maintains $14 → $15	Hold	Maintains	$14 → $15	+23.25%	Dec 4, 2024
Frank Schiraldi Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Sell Maintains $11 → $10	Sell	Maintains	$11 → $10	-17.83%	Apr 23, 2024
Timothy Switzer Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold Reiterates $13 → $12	Hold	Reiterates	$13 → $12	-1.40%	Apr 23, 2024
Michael Perito Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold Maintains $12 → $13	Hold	Maintains	$12 → $13	+6.82%	Jan 23, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

537.46M

Increased by 7.91%

from 498.08M

Revenue Next Year

585.90M

Increased by 9.01%

from 537.46M

EPS This Year

1.27

Increased by 61.60%

from 0.79

EPS Next Year

1.34

Increased by 5.26%

from 1.27

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	440.02M	549.94M	503.22M	526.63M	498.08M	537.46M	585.90M
Revenue Growth	0.64%	24.98%	-8.50%	4.65%	-5.42%	7.91%	9.01%
EPS	0.62	1.21	1.05	1.06	0.79	1.27	1.34
EPS Growth	-40.39%	95.16%	-13.22%	0.95%	-25.65%	61.60%	5.26%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	9.56	9.08
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	9	9

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	558.6M	619.2M
Avg	537.5M	585.9M
Low	513.1M	550.8M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	12.1%	15.2%
Avg	7.9%	9.0%
Low	3.0%	2.5%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	1.33	1.42
Avg	1.27	1.34
Low	1.21	1.20

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	69.2%	11.3%
Avg	61.6%	5.3%
Low	53.0%	-6.1%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.