NorthWestern Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NYSE:NWE)

NorthWestern trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "NWE."

NorthWestern announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.575 per share on Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $2.30 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.33%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 12th. View NorthWestern's Dividend History.

NorthWestern Corp (NYSE:NWE) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 29th. The utilities provider reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.13. The utilities provider had revenue of $274.84 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $295.48 million. NorthWestern had a net margin of 16.84% and a return on equity of 9.57%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 1.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.58 earnings per share. View NorthWestern's Earnings History.

NorthWestern is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 10th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for NorthWestern.

NorthWestern issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.38-3.48 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.54.

5 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for NorthWestern's stock. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $73.00. On average, they anticipate NorthWestern's share price to reach $66.40 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.0%. View Analyst Price Targets for NorthWestern.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NorthWestern in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for NorthWestern.

Media stories about NWE stock have trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. NorthWestern earned a media sentiment score of 2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for NorthWestern.

NorthWestern saw a decline in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,250,000 shares, a decline of 7.4% from the September 30th total of 1,350,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 324,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.9 days. Currently, 2.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View NorthWestern's Current Options Chain.

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NorthWestern's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include First Trust Advisors LP (1.19%), Gabelli Funds LLC (1.11%), GW&K Investment Management LLC (1.08%), Systematic Financial Management LP (0.87%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.66%) and Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (0.56%). Company insiders that own NorthWestern stock include Bobbi L Schroeppel, Curtis T Pohl, H Grahame Heather, Jan Robert Horsfall, Linda G Sullivan, Michael R Cashell, Patrick R Corcoran and Robert C Rowe. View Institutional Ownership Trends for NorthWestern.

NWE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Retirement Systems of Alabama, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Chartwell Investment Partners LLC and Convergence Investment Partners LLC. Company insiders that have sold NorthWestern company stock in the last year include Bobbi L Schroeppel, Curtis T Pohl, H Grahame Heather, Jan Robert Horsfall, Michael R Cashell and Robert C Rowe. View Insider Buying and Selling for NorthWestern.

NWE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., First Trust Advisors LP, GW&K Investment Management LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Price Capital Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Meeder Asset Management Inc. and Rhumbline Advisers. View Insider Buying and Selling for NorthWestern.

Shares of NWE can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NWE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $69.16.

NorthWestern has a market capitalization of $3.49 billion and generates $1.19 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $196.96 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.39 on an earnings per share basis. NorthWestern employs 1,528 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About NorthWestern.

The official website for NorthWestern is http://www.northwesternenergy.com/.

NorthWestern's mailing address is 3010 WEST 69TH STREET, SIOUX FALLS SD, 57108. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 605-978-2900 or via email at [email protected]