NYSE:NWE - NorthWestern Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

NorthWestern announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 29th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 13th will be given a dividend of $0.575 per share on Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $2.30 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.21%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 12th. View NorthWestern's Dividend History.

NorthWestern Corp (NYSE:NWE) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The utilities provider reported $0.50 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.63 by $0.13. The utilities provider had revenue of $274.84 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $295.48 million. NorthWestern had a return on equity of 9.57% and a net margin of 16.84%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 1.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $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 updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 29th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.38-3.48 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.54.

6 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for NorthWestern's stock. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $76.00. On average, they expect NorthWestern's share price to reach $65.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for NorthWestern.

6 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 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for NorthWestern.

Media stories about NWE stock have been trending extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. NorthWestern earned a news sentiment score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for NorthWestern.

NorthWestern saw a drop in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,150,000 shares, a drop of 8.0% from the October 31st total of 1,250,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 304,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.8 days. Currently, 2.3% of the company's stock are short sold. View NorthWestern's Current Options Chain.

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NorthWestern's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.32%), First Trust Advisors LP (1.19%), Gabelli Funds LLC (1.11%), GW&K Investment Management LLC (1.08%), Systematic Financial Management LP (0.87%) and Man Group plc (0.67%). 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 Millennium Management LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, State Street Corp, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Great West Life Assurance Co. Can and Peregrine Capital Management 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 Point72 Asset Management L.P., Russell Investments Group Ltd., First Trust Advisors LP, Man Group plc, GW&K Investment Management LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Price Capital Management Inc. and Voya Investment Management LLC. 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 $71.70.

NorthWestern has a market capitalization of $3.62 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]