Northwest Bancshares (NWBI) Competitors

National Bank (NYSE:NBHC) and Northwest Bancshares (NASDAQ:NWBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Is NBHC or NWBI more profitable?

National Bank has a net margin of 20.52% compared to Northwest Bancshares' net margin of 13.19%. National Bank's return on equity of 9.93% beat Northwest Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Bank	20.52%	9.93%	1.24%
Northwest Bancshares	13.19%	8.24%	0.89%

Is NBHC or NWBI a better dividend stock?

National Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Northwest Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. National Bank pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northwest Bancshares pays out 105.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in NBHC or NWBI?

92.7% of National Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of Northwest Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of National Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Northwest Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, NBHC or NWBI?

National Bank has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northwest Bancshares has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NBHC or NWBI?

Northwest Bancshares received 36 more outperform votes than National Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.56% of users gave Northwest Bancshares an outperform vote while only 54.84% of users gave National Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
National Bank	Outperform Votes 238 54.84%	Underperform Votes 196 45.16%
Northwest Bancshares	Outperform Votes 274 57.56%	Underperform Votes 202 42.44%

Which has better earnings and valuation, NBHC or NWBI?

National Bank has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Northwest Bancshares. National Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northwest Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
National Bank	$559.33M	3.29	$142.05M	$3.23	15.04
Northwest Bancshares	$701.74M	2.67	$134.96M	$0.76	19.37

Does the media refer more to NBHC or NWBI?

In the previous week, National Bank had 8 more articles in the media than Northwest Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for National Bank and 3 mentions for Northwest Bancshares. Northwest Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat National Bank's score of 0.36 indicating that Northwest Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
National Bank	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Northwest Bancshares	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer NBHC or NWBI?

National Bank currently has a consensus target price of $49.20, suggesting a potential upside of 1.28%. Northwest Bancshares has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential downside of 25.27%. Given National Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe National Bank is more favorable than Northwest Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Northwest Bancshares	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Summary

National Bank beats Northwest Bancshares on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.