Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

NWBI Financial Banks Regional

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $878.9 million, up 16.2% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+8.47%
EPS
+1,650.0%
Free cash flow
+538.7%
Total debt
+49.6%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

15.35 0.49 −3.09%
Market cap
$2.2B
P/E
11.1×
Fwd P/E
10.9×
Dividend yield
5.21%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (NWBI) Return on equity

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Northwest Bancshares, Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 10.7%, up 3.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (7.22%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.26% (fiscal 2016) to 9.82% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is in line with the Banks Regional industry median of 10.3% and above the Financial sector median of 9.01%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 7.22% 0.86
FY2024 6.36% (2.49)
FY2023 8.85% 0.19
FY2022 8.66% (1.16)
FY2021 9.82% 4.64
FY2020 5.18% (3.28)
FY2019 8.46% (0.10)
FY2018 8.56% 0.62
FY2017 7.94% 3.68
FY2016 4.26% (1.18)

Against its own ten years

Low 4.26% High 9.82%
Ten-year median 7.94%
Current reading's percentile 45

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
OFG OFG Bancorp compare 16.6%
MBIN Merchants Bancorp compare 15.5%
SYBT Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. compare 13.6%
SRCE 1st Source Corporation compare 13.4%
NWBI Northwest Bancshares, Inc. 10.7%
EFSC Enterprise Financial Services Corporation compare 9.79%
BBAR BBVA Banco Frances S.A. compare 9.71%
BUSE First Busey Corporation compare 8.99%
WAFD WaFd, Inc. compare 8.87%
Banks Regional industry median 10.3%
Financial sector median 9.01%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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