secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (NWBI)
CIK:        0001471265
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001471265-26-000014
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

NW Bancshares Q1 net income $51M (+16% YoY); declares $0.20 dividend; new $50M buyback
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- GAAP net income of $51M ($0.34 diluted EPS) vs $43M ($0.34) in Q1 2025; adjusted EPS $0.35.
- Net interest margin expanded to 3.70% from 3.69% in Q4 2025; average C&I loans up 28% YoY.
- Total provision for credit losses fell to $4.4M from $7.9M in Q1 2025; net charge-offs 0.16% annualized.
- Board declared $0.20 per share cash dividend payable May 20, 2026 to holders of record May 7, 2026.
- New $50M share repurchase program authorized over 24 months, replacing prior 2012 program.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1471265/000147126526000014/0001471265-26-000014-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1471265/000147126526000014/nwbi-20260427.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001471265-26-000014

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