NorthWestern Energy Group Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:NWE)

8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NorthWestern Energy Group in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" NWE shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in NWE, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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8 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for NorthWestern Energy Group's stock. Their NWE share price targets range from $41.00 to $64.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $52.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.9% from the stock's current price.
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NorthWestern Energy Group's stock was trading at $59.34 at the start of the year. Since then, NWE stock has decreased by 14.9% and is now trading at $50.52.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 15th 2024.
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NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE:NWE) issued its earnings results on Thursday, October, 26th. The company reported $0.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.16. The company earned $321.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $466.35 million. NorthWestern Energy Group had a net margin of 11.91% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.62%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.42 earnings per share.

NorthWestern Energy Group announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 26th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.64 per share on Friday, December 29th. This represents a $2.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.07%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 14th.
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NorthWestern Energy Group (NYSE:NWE) pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.07%. NWE 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 19 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 85.05%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, NWE will have a dividend payout ratio of 71.71% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Ecofin US Renewables Infrastructure holds 488 shares of NWE stock, representing 1.50% of its portfolio.

NorthWestern Energy Group updated its FY24 earnings guidance on Friday, October, 27th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.42-3.62 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.58.

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NorthWestern Energy Group's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.95%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.51%), River Road Asset Management LLC (2.62%), Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (2.03%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.71%) and FMR LLC (1.57%). Insiders that own company stock include Anthony Thomas Clark, Bobbi L Schroeppel, Brian B Bird, Britt E Ide, Britt E Ide, Curtis T Pohl, H Grahame Heather, Jan Robert Horsfall, Michael R Cashell, Robert C Rowe and Robert C Rowe.
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