NYSE:NWE - NorthWestern Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

NorthWestern declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 29th. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.05%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 12th. View NorthWestern's Dividend History.

NorthWestern Corp (NYSE:NWE) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 29th. The utilities provider reported $0.50 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.13. The utilities provider earned $274.84 million during 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 company's quarterly revenue was down 1.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period 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 Wednesday, February 12th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for NorthWestern.

NorthWestern will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 12th 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 issued an update on its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Wednesday, December, 11th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.45-3.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.56.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for NorthWestern's shares. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $76.00. On average, they expect NorthWestern's stock price to reach $68.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.2%. 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.

News articles about NWE stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. NorthWestern earned a media sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for NorthWestern.

NorthWestern saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 1,040,000 shares, an increase of 19.3% from the November 28th total of 872,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 270,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.8 days. Approximately 2.1% 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 number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.47%), First PREMIER Bank (0.26%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.14%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.14%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.03%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%). 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 Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., First PREMIER Bank, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Loveless Wealth Management LLC, Canandaigua National Bank & Trust Co., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , CENTRAL TRUST Co and 6 Meridian. 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 $75.47.

NorthWestern has a market capitalization of $3.81 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]