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 Wednesday, February 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be given a dividend of $0.60 per share on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.99%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 12th. This is a positive change from NorthWestern's previous quarterly dividend of $0.58. View NorthWestern's Dividend History.

NorthWestern Corp (NYSE:NWE) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The utilities provider reported $1.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.19. The utilities provider had revenue of $328.14 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $329.22 million. NorthWestern had a net margin of 16.07% and a return on equity of 9.76%. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.07 EPS. View NorthWestern's Earnings History.

NorthWestern is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for NorthWestern.

NorthWestern updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 12th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.45-3.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.54.

6 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for NorthWestern's stock. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $77.00. On average, they expect NorthWestern's share price to reach $69.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 13.7%. 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, 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for NorthWestern.

Press coverage about NWE stock has trended somewhat negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of news 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 -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. NorthWestern earned a media sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media 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 immediate future. View News Stories for NorthWestern.

NorthWestern saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,230,000 shares, an increase of 16.0% from the January 15th total of 1,060,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 258,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.8 days. Approximately 2.5% of the company's stock are sold short. View NorthWestern's Current Options Chain.

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NorthWestern's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.60%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (3.34%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.66%), AQR Capital Management LLC (2.66%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.60%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.47%). 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 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 AQR Capital Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Man Group plc, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cohen & Steers Inc., State Street Corp, First Trust Advisors LP, Franklin Resources Inc., AJO LP, Westwood Holdings Group Inc., UBS Group AG and Acadian Asset 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 $80.33.

NorthWestern has a market capitalization of $4.06 billion and generates $1.26 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $202.12 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.42 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]