Northwest Bancshares: Adding Growth To The Great Income Stream

Northwest Bancshares, Inc. delivers strong Q1 results, combining a near 6% yield with sequential earnings and margin improvement. Q1 saw 12% year-over-year revenue growth, improved asset quality, and an efficiency ratio dropping to 59.43%, the best in a year. NWBI's asset quality metrics strengthened, with nonperforming loans to total loans falling to 0.70% and net charge-offs improving by 24 basis points.