Northwest Natural (NWN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Northwest Natural in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" NWN shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in NWN, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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4 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Northwest Natural's shares. Their NWN share price targets range from $37.00 to $59.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $45.20 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 26.0% from the stock's current price.
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Northwest Natural's stock was trading at $38.94 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, NWN shares have decreased by 7.9% and is now trading at $35.86.
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Northwest Natural saw a drop in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 959,500 shares, a drop of 18.7% from the February 29th total of 1,180,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 349,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 6th 2024.
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Northwest Natural will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, May 6th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 866-813-9403 with passcode "347383".

Northwest Natural Holding (NYSE:NWN) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February, 23rd. The utilities provider reported $1.21 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.31 by $0.10. The utilities provider had revenue of $355.71 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $368.78 million. Northwest Natural had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.52% and a net margin of 7.84%. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.36 earnings per share.

Northwest Natural declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 11th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.488 per share on Wednesday, May 15th. This represents a $1.95 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.44%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, April 29th.
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Northwest Natural (NYSE:NWN) pays an annual dividend of $1.95 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.46%. NWN has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 69 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 75.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, NWN will have a dividend payout ratio of 68.18% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Northwest Natural issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Friday, February, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.200-2.400 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 2.750. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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Northwest Natural's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Sunbelt Securities Inc. (0.01%) and CWM LLC (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include David A Weber, David Hugo Anderson, James R Downing, Jane L Peverett and Malia H Wasson.
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