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Norwood Financial Corp. NWFL

$33.70 +1.44% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $367.0M

Strong growth

Next earnings report: Oct 27, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.14, up 1156.0% year over year.
  2. Operating margin widened to 25.5% from 3.6% a year earlier.
  3. Revenue over the last four quarters was $144.4M, up 33.1% from a year earlier, accelerating from 28.6% a quarter earlier.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth97Exceptional

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 12%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 1%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 27%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 43%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 19%
Quality58Neutral

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 21%
  • Gross marginBottom 42%
  • Operating marginTop 39%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 49%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 42%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 32%
  • Interest coverBottom 39%
Value79Positive

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 22%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 42%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 28%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 36%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 48%
Momentum79Positive

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 16%
  • 6-month returnTop 35%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 18%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 24%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 48%
Revisions14Very weak

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 47%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 17%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 17%
Stability54Neutral

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 44%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 30%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 33%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 32%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)28.6%33.1%↑
EPS growth (YoY)3011.1%1156.0%↓
Gross margin49.7%62.5%↑
Operating margin3.6%25.5%↑
FCF margin19.0%23.3%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)33.1%28.6%↑Top 12%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)1156.0%3011.1%↓Top 1%
Gross margin62.5%49.7%↑Bottom 42%
Operating margin25.5%3.6%↑Top 39%
Net margin20.0%2.9%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin23.3%19.0%↑—
Return on invested capital7.6%—Top 21%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR16.7%—Top 43%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.15×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-0.1%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.6%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+25876.5 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
0.14×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
0.7×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
3.47%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
-0.18%
Shareholder yield
3.29%
Share count change, 1 year
+0.0%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+4.3%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
3 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+5.3%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+0.2%
Positive 20 days after report
6 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$35.00
Target vs current price
+3.9%

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 22, 2026-0.6%-2.0%+10.0%+11.0%—
Apr 27, 2026-10.6%-5.3%+0.0%-2.9%-1.7%
Jan 22, 2026-1.2%-2.0%-3.3%+5.6%+8.1%
Oct 22, 2025+33.3%+6.8%+8.5%+8.5%+13.9%
Jul 22, 2025+2.3%+0.2%+0.3%+1.9%+3.8%
Apr 17, 2025+12.5%+2.5%+10.0%+18.9%+10.0%
Jan 27, 2025-30.9%+0.5%+2.3%-2.0%-4.1%
Oct 28, 2024—+1.0%+9.5%+12.6%-4.0%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 22, 2026$0.86$0.87-0.6%$29.4M
Apr 27, 2026$0.72$0.81-10.6%$27.3M
Jan 22, 2026$0.84$0.85-1.2%$23.5M
Oct 22, 2025$0.94$0.71+33.3%$23.0M
Jul 22, 2025$0.67$0.66+2.3%$21.3M
Apr 17, 2025$0.63$0.56+12.5%$20.2M
Jan 27, 2025$0.38$0.55-30.9%$18.9M
Oct 28, 2024$0.48——$30.8M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)10.7×9.6×52thTop 22%
P/E (forward)9.7×———
EV / EBITDA9.7×——Top 28%
EV / Sales2.58×——Top 36%
Free-cash-flow yield9.15%——Top 42%
Earnings yield9.32%——Top 22%

P/E over the past five years

Range 7.4× – 284.7× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+33.0%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+1156.0%
Change in P/E multiple
-88.9%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✓ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
238
50-day average slope (20 days)
+3.2%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+1.9%
Distance from 50-day average
-1.1%
Distance from 200-day average
+8.5%
RSI (14)
47.0
Relative volume
1.13×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
21.8%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
20th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.49
Correlation with S&P 500
0.29
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-4.4%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-37.2%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Jan 11, 2023Apr 10, 2025-37.5%563 days352 days (Sep 4, 2026)
Nov 17, 2020Jun 24, 2022-19.9%402 days92 days (Nov 3, 2022)
Oct 12, 2020Oct 30, 2020-12.5%14 days6 days (Nov 9, 2020)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$367.0M
P/E (TTM)
10.7
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$3.14
Revenue (TTM)
$144.4M
Dividend yield
4.72%
52-week range
$23.82 – $35.48
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$79.4M$85.6M$103.7M$101.4M$136.1M
Gross profit$69.5M$77.4M$64.6M$48.4M$86.6M
Operating income$30.9M$36.4M$21.1M-$258,000$35.5M
Net income$24.9M$29.2M$16.8M-$160,000$27.8M
EPS (diluted)$3.04$3.58$2.07-$0.02$3.03
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$30.8M$11.8M$32.4M$33.5M$34.7M$35.6M$31.2M$43.0M
Net income$3.8M-$12.7M$5.8M$6.2M$8.3M$7.4M$3.7M$9.3M
EPS (diluted)$0.48-$1.54$0.63$0.68$0.90$0.81$0.41$1.02
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$29.2M$30.7M$29.8M$22.8M$34.0M
Capital expenditure-$1.3M-$2.2M-$1.4M-$3.1M-$4.7M
Free cash flow$27.9M$28.6M$28.4M$19.7M$29.2M
Dividends paid-$8.5M-$9.2M-$9.4M-$9.7M-$11.5M
Net share buybacks-$1.4M-$2.5M-$3.1M$27.4M-$183,000

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$499.3M
Total assets
$2.91B
Total liabilities
$2.62B
Total debt
$65.5M
Net debt
$5.2M
Shareholders’ equity
$289.6M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Oct 15, 2026$0.32Nov 2, 2026
Jul 15, 2026$0.32Aug 3, 2026
Apr 15, 2026$0.32May 1, 2026
Jan 15, 2026$0.32Feb 2, 2026
Oct 15, 2025$0.31Nov 3, 2025
Jul 15, 2025$0.31Aug 1, 2025
Apr 15, 2025$0.31May 1, 2025
Jan 15, 2025$0.31Feb 3, 2025

Short interest

Shares sold short
165,224
Days to cover
5.35
Change vs previous report
+7.6%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Sep 18, 2017
3-for-2
Aug 18, 2017
3-for-2
May 13, 2013
11-for-10
May 10, 2006
21-for-20
Jun 17, 2003
3-for-2