NYSE:NWENorthWestern Stock Price, Forecast & News

NorthWestern's stock was trading at $70.96 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, NWE stock has decreased by 24.9% and is now trading at $53.32. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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

NorthWestern is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for NorthWestern.

NorthWestern will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, July 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

NorthWestern Corp (NYSE:NWE) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 22nd. The utilities provider reported $1.06 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.17. The utilities provider earned $335.26 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $380.97 million. NorthWestern had a return on equity of 9.25% and a net margin of 14.89%. NorthWestern's revenue for the quarter was down 12.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.44 EPS. View NorthWestern's earnings history.

NorthWestern declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 22nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.60 per share on Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.50%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 12th. View NorthWestern's dividend history.

NorthWestern issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, April, 22nd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.30-3.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.45.

6 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for NorthWestern's stock. Their forecasts range from $63.00 to $71.00. On average, they expect NorthWestern's stock price to reach $66.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for NorthWestern.

News stories about NWE stock have trended negative on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. NorthWestern earned a daily sentiment score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about NorthWestern.

NorthWestern saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 692,400 shares, an increase of 10.1% from the June 15th total of 628,900 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 445,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.6 days. Currently, 1.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. View NorthWestern's Current Options Chain.

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

NorthWestern's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.80%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.46%), First PREMIER Bank (0.26%), Cox Capital Mgt LLC (0.04%) and Canandaigua National Corp (0.01%). 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 First PREMIER Bank. 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, and Robert C Rowe. View insider buying and selling activity for NorthWestern.

NWE stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Cox Capital Mgt LLC, Canandaigua National Corp, and Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co.. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $53.32.

NorthWestern has a market capitalization of $2.70 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 1,533 workers across the globe.

The official website for NorthWestern is 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]