Finward Bancorp (FNWD)
Financials · regional banking · NASDAQ
Finward Bancorp is a regional commercial banking organization serving the Northwest Indiana and Chicago metropolitan areas that has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by First Financial Bancorp.
What Finward Bancorp does
Finward Bancorp is the holding company for Peoples Bank, an Indiana-chartered commercial bank operating 26 branches in Northwest Indiana and Cook County, Illinois. The company primarily focuses on residential and commercial real estate lending, while also offering commercial business, construction, and consumer loans, alongside a wealth management division. The company is currently party to a merger agreement to be acquired by First Financial Bancorp.
Recent developments
On July 21, 2026, the company entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by First Financial Bancorp in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $208 million. Additionally, the FDIC and DFI terminated the memorandum of understanding previously entered into by the Bank effective June 24, 2026.
From Finward Bancorp's filing of 2026-08-13.
Themes: commercial real estate lending, regional banking, wealth management, M&A / consolidation
Fundamentals
- Price$43.50 as of 2026-10-22 close
- Market cap$188M as of 2026-08-07 (share count; price 2026-10-22)
- 1-year return+31.8% 2025-10-22 close $33.00 → 2026-10-22 close $43.50
- P/E19.16 as of 2026-10-22
- ROE+4.6% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- ROICn/a No figure: it is a bank or insurer, whose operating income and debt are not what ROIC divides.
- Debt / equityn/a No figure: its filing tags none of the debt lines we read, which is not evidence of zero debt.
- Beta0.28 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-07-28 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +1.1%; 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
How FNWD compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiotop 25% 487 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-10-22
- return on equitybottom 25% 558 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- indicated dividend yieldbottom 25% 440 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)bottom 25% 430 covered Financials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Financials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, FNWD's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 19%, free-cash-flow payout 17%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout19% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout17% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
Quarterly results
| Quarter | Net income | Diluted EPS | Operating cash flow | Capex |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 FY2026 2026-06-30 | $2M | $0.48 | $5M† | $234000† |
| Q1 FY2026 2026-03-31 | $2M | $0.52 | $4M | $135000 |
| Q4 FY2025 2025-12-31 | $2M† | $0.46† | $8M† | $240000† |
| Q3 FY2025 2025-09-30 | $3M | $0.81 | $1M† | $152000† |
| Q2 FY2025 2025-06-30 | $2M | $0.50 | $5M† | $278000† |
| Q1 FY2025 2025-03-31 | $455000 | $0.11 | -$4M | $183000 |
| Q4 FY2024 2024-12-31 | $2M† | $0.49† | $11M† | $222000† |
| Q3 FY2024 2024-09-30 | $606000 | $0.14 | -$4M† | $508000† |
† Not filed as a discrete quarter: derived from the company's own year-to-date figures (for example the fourth quarter as the fiscal year minus the first nine months). A derived per-share figure is approximate, because the share count moves within the year.
Balance sheet at 2026-06-30
- Total debtnot shown the filing tags none of the debt lines we read — not evidence of zero debt
From the company's own SEC 10-Q and 10-K filings (XBRL), re-read every week. Figures in US dollars as filed; informational only — not financial advice.
How Finward Bancorp looks technically
Finward Bancorp (FNWD) is trading 11.8% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 59 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 14, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 52, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day low about 6 trading days ago. Day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 9% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move. Trading volume is unusually light — only about 32% of its 30-day average.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 11.8% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +11.8% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $42.80 | $42.80 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $37.82 | $37.82 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been lower than the one before it and each dip deeper — the pattern chart-watchers call a downtrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | lower highs and lower lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 7 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 7 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a completed three-part downward correction — a pullback in the A-B-C shape Elliott-wave chartists use; the labelling fails if price closes below 40.66. It is the only labelling that fits, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible three-wave downward correction, complete |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 59 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 59 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 14, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 13.7 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 52, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 51.9 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($40.66 to $43.02) — its "stochastic" reading is 69 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 68.5 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 4 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $45.90 | $45.90 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 7.9% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -7.9% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 40.7% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +40.7% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 7.9% below its highest point of the past year | 7.9% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 6 trading days ago | 6 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 6 trading days ago | 6 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $50.00 (set on 2021-11-08) | $50.00 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($30.34 to $45.28), and it has given back roughly a quarter of its rise from last year’s low — 20% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $35.57 to $36.05. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 20.1% |
| From the all-time high | it is 15.4% below its all-time high | -15.4% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 4.2% below a resistance level at $44.04 — a price it turned at four times since 2026-08-10, most recently on 2026-09-25. Since 2024-10-21 it has 11 such levels below the current price and 1 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +4.2% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $11.30 (set on 2010-12-17) | $11.30 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 274.2% above its all-time low | +274.2% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 9% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move | 9th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.8204 between its high and its low — about 1.9% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.8204 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $40.89 and $42.91 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $40.89 – $41.90 – $42.91 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 1.9% in a typical session — among the calmest in the catalog. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 1.9% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 5.4 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (11.8% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 5.4 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is unusually light — only about 32% of its 30-day average | 0.32× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
3
| Since a doji | 8 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 8 sessions ago |
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| Since a bullish engulfing | 1 session ago it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | 1 session ago |
| Since a bearish engulfing | 5 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 5 sessions ago |
Price gaps
1
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-21 0.1% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.1% |
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Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed lower in its latest session, after a session that did not close lower — a single down day rather than a run | 1 session down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 0.3 percentage points (the stock gained 0.2% while the market lost 0.1%) | +0.3% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 12.6 percentage points (the stock gained 15.9% while the market gained 3.3%) | +12.6% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 20.7 percentage points (the stock gained 30.5% while the market gained 9.8%) | +20.7% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 12.9 percentage points (the stock gained 28.0% while the market gained 15.2%) | +12.9% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, MACD momentum is positive, outperforming the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 0 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 0 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading inside the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-15 and projected forward over today's price, the zone traders read as unresolved — neither side has established a trend, and the band is where that gets settled. The band itself is moderate, spanning 7.8% of the share price. | 0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 10% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $38.35 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 196 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +10.3% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 3% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-28 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $43.48 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 61 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -2.8% |
Price levels it has turned at before
FNWD last closed at $42.28 on 2026-10-21. Since 2024-10-21 it has turned at 11 prices below its last close and 1 above; the 3 nearest below and the nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $44.04 | Resistance | 4.2% above the last close | turned there four times · 2026-08-10 to 2026-09-25 |
| $39.03 | Support | 7.7% below the last close | turned there five times · 2025-12-15 to 2026-07-07 |
| $35.68 | Support | 15.6% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-10-30 to 2026-04-17 |
| $34.90 | Support | 17.5% below the last close | turned there six times · 2026-01-28 to 2026-07-09 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a three-part downward correction — the A-B-C shape chartists use for a pullback — now complete.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $40.66.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones.
This reading has stood for 1 trading day, since 2026-10-21.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Trading below the 50-day moving average · MACD just crossed bullish (12/26/9) · in a Bollinger Band volatility squeeze · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · beating the market | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · bollinger bands · volume and relative volume
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Mean price target$38.00 range $38.00 – $38.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-16. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for FNWD
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.72 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-16
- Estimate change, 30 days$0.00 (0.0%) from $0.72, on 2026-09-11, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward0% of 10 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Interest rate volatility and its impact on net interest margins","Credit risk associated with commercial real estate (CRE) portfolios, including office space and mixed-use properties","Regulatory and execution risks related to the pending merger with First Financial Bancorp"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of FNWD's 10-Q filed 2026-08-13 against the prior one filed 2026-05-13.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing adds disclosure that the FDIC and DFI terminated the MOU effective immediately by letter dated June 24, 2026.
- Newer filing adds disclosure of an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated July 21, 2026 with First Financial Bancorp, under which the Company will merge into First Financial, and the Bank will merge into First Financial Bank.
- Newer filing adds disclosure of the merger consideration: each Finward common share will convert into 1.35 shares of First Financial common stock.
- Newer filing adds disclosure that the merger is subject to regulatory approvals, Company shareholder approval, and other customary closing conditions.
- Newer filing adds disclosure that based on First Financial's July 20, 2026 closing price of $35.48 per share on Nasdaq, the transaction is valued at approximately $208 million.
- Newer filing adds reference to Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements regarding the Merger Agreement.
- Newer filing adds six-month results of operations disclosures: net income of $4.3 million, or $1.00 EPS diluted, ROA of 0.43%, ROE of 4.87% for six months ended June 30, 2026.
- Newer filing adds 'Truck transportation' as a separate CRE OO loan category with 18 loans totaling $10,758 thousand (0.7%) at June 30, 2026.
- Removed:
- Older filing contains a detailed description of the MOU terms that the Bank agreed to, including refraining from paying cash dividends without prior regulatory approval, developing plans regarding operations, capital, and strategy, and submitting quarterly progress reports to the FDIC and DFI.
- Older filing contains a statement that management does not expect MOU-required actions to have a substantial impact on day-to-day operations, although they may limit or delay expansion and business acquisitions.
- Older filing contains CRE OO line item 'Motor vehicles and parts dealers' with 19 loans totaling $11,006 thousand (0.8%) at March 31, 2026.
- Reworded:
- Summary section updated from 'as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, and the results of operations for the three months ending March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025' to 'as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, and the results of operations for the three and six months ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2025'.
- Summary financial figures updated: loans receivable net of deferred fees and costs changed from $1.4 billion to $1.5 billion; stockholders' equity from $172.4 million (8.6%) to $178.3 million (8.7%); book value per share from $39.81 to $41.15; net income for the quarter from $2.2 million ($0.52 EPS) to $2.1 million ($0.48 EPS); ROA from 0.44% to 0.42%; ROE from 5.00% to 4.74%.
- MOU disclosure changed from describing an active MOU and its requirements (as of March 31, 2026) to stating that the MOU was terminated effective immediately (by letter dated June 24, 2026).
- Financial Condition 'General' paragraph updated from three months ended March 31, 2026 (total assets decreased $6.0 million or 0.30%; interest-earning assets decreased $2.2 million or 0.12%; earning assets 92.9%) to six months ended June 30, 2026 (total assets increased $19.5 million or 0.97%; interest-earning assets increased $23.3 million or 1.24%; interest-earning assets $1.90 billion vs. $1.87 billion; earning assets 93.0%).
- Loan portfolio balances updated to June 30, 2026 vs. December 31, 2025, with new balances for residential real estate ($455,882 vs $445,097), home equity ($55,601 vs $53,855), commercial real estate ($597,364 vs $564,613), construction and land development ($77,710 vs $76,582), multifamily ($180,148 vs $185,824), commercial business ($103,281 vs $94,160), consumer ($2,036 vs $310), manufactured homes ($22,050 vs $22,981), government ($9,818 vs $9,998).
- Adjustable rate loans / loans receivable changed from $817,446 (56.2%) to $799,542 (53.2%).
- Total commercial real estate portfolio amount updated from $564.6 million at March 31, 2026 to $597.4 million at June 30, 2026.
- CRE OO count/amount at current period: total CRE OO changed from 465 loans / $261,741 thousand (18.0%) to 462 loans / $262,416 thousand (17.4%).
- CRE NOO total changed from 346 loans / $302,872 thousand (20.8%) to 356 loans / $334,948 thousand (22.3%).
- Total CRE OO & NOO changed from 811 loans / $564,613 thousand (38.8%) to 818 loans / $597,364 thousand (39.7%).
- Total gross loans changed from $1,453,420 to $1,503,890.
- CRE subcategory figures updated from March 31, 2026 to June 30, 2026 across nearly all line items, including 'Other' within CRE OO and CRE NOO categories.
- Newer filing appears truncated in the appraisal policy paragraph, ending at 'The Ba' while the older filing continues with the full paragraph. The later portion of the older filing text is not present for comparison in the newer version, suggesting the newer excerpt was cut off mid-sentence.
- Notes:
- The newer filing MD&A excerpt ends abruptly mid-sentence at 'The Ba' in the appraisal policy paragraph, so subsequent sections present in the older filing cannot be compared and any differences after that point are not assessed.
- Loan portfolio table figures and CRE table figures were compared only to the extent provided in the two excerpts.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
4 open-market purchases and 0 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-17. The 6 days since 2026-10-17 have not been checked yet.
- Last 30 days · read to 2026-10-174 buys ($3695) · 0 sells — 4 buying insiders
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-174 buys ($3695) · 0 sells — 4 buying insiders
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-1710 buys ($7700) · 0 sells — 6 buying insiders
Cluster buying: 6 different insiders reported open-market purchases (SEC code P) of FNWD within a 30-day window between 2026-06-30 and 2026-06-30. Disclosed Form 4 activity, not a prediction of performance or a buy signal.
Activity heuristic: net buying (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-09-25. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-17; anything filed since is not yet included.
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Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding FNWD as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 116,739
- Reported value $4,293,662
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 2 increased, 3 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
FNWD had 112,017 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-30 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
FNWD had 2.59% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-30 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 10.34 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 112,017
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 2.59%
- Prior settlement (shares) 112,962
- Reported change -0.84%
- Days to cover (reported) 10.34
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-30 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- First Financial Bancorp (FFBC)
- Horizon Bancorp (HBNC)
- First Merchants Corporation (FRME)
- Old National Bancorp (ONB)
- Republic Bancorp (RBCAA)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Finward Bancorp (FNWD) do?
Finward Bancorp is the holding company for Peoples Bank, an Indiana-chartered commercial bank operating 26 branches in Northwest Indiana and Cook County, Illinois. The company primarily focuses on residential and commercial real estate lending, while also offering commercial business, construction, and consumer loans, alongside a wealth management division. The company is currently party to a merger agreement to be acquired by First Financial Bancorp.
What sector is Finward Bancorp (FNWD) in?
Finward Bancorp (FNWD) is classified in the Financials sector. Its industry is regional banking. It trades on NASDAQ.
Does FNWD pay a dividend?
Yes — Finward Bancorp (FNWD) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 1.13% and 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC EDGAR XBRL) (market data, as of 2026-09-03). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are Finward Bancorp's (FNWD) competitors?
Notable peers of Finward Bancorp (FNWD) include First Financial Bancorp, Horizon Bancorp, First Merchants Corporation, Old National Bancorp and Republic Bancorp. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is Finward Bancorp (FNWD) overbought or oversold right now?
Finward Bancorp (FNWD) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 52, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on FNWD come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-22.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.