NYSE:NWE - NorthWestern Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

NorthWestern announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 13th. Investors of record on Friday, March 15th will be given a dividend of $0.575 per share on Friday, March 29th. This represents a $2.30 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.39%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 14th. This is a positive change from NorthWestern's previous quarterly dividend of $0.55. View NorthWestern's Dividend History.

NorthWestern Corp (NYSE:NWE) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February, 11th. The utilities provider reported $1.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.96 by $0.11. The utilities provider had revenue of $308.82 million for the quarter. NorthWestern had a return on equity of 9.80% and a net margin of 16.52%. View NorthWestern's Earnings History.

NorthWestern will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, April 24th at 3:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8006675617.

6 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for NorthWestern's stock. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $67.00. On average, they expect NorthWestern's stock price to reach $60.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.5%. 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 4 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for NorthWestern.

News coverage about NWE stock has trended somewhat negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. NorthWestern earned a coverage optimism score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Some companies that are related to NorthWestern include PG&E (PCG), Alliant Energy (LNT), NiSource (NI), United Utilities Group (UUGRY), SCANA (SCG), ALLETE (ALE), Avista (AVA), Unitil (UTL), Spark Energy (SPKE), Genie Energy (GNE), EuroSite Power (EUSP), Endesa (ELE) and Westar Energy (WR).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other NorthWestern investors own include Micron Technology (MU), Intel (INTC), Texas Instruments (TXN), QUALCOMM (QCOM), General Electric (GE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Lam Research (LRCX), Caterpillar (CAT), Deere & Company (DE) and The Coca-Cola (KO).

NorthWestern's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Chartwell Investment Partners LLC (0.55%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.49%), First Manhattan Co. (0.45%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.41%), First PREMIER Bank (0.27%) and Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.22%). Company insiders that own NorthWestern stock include Curtis T Pohl, H Grahame Heather, Jan Robert Horsfall, John D Hines, 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 Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Chartwell Investment Partners LLC, Brinker Capital Inc., First Manhattan Co., Whitehelm Capital Pty Ltd, Meeder Asset Management Inc., First PREMIER Bank and 6 Meridian. Company insiders that have sold NorthWestern company stock in the last year include 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including W.E. Donoghue & Co. LLC, Brookstone Capital Management, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, First Quadrant L P CA and RDL Financial Inc.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NWE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $67.92.

NorthWestern has a market capitalization of $3.42 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.

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]