NYSE:NWENorthWestern Stock Price, Forecast & News

NorthWestern's stock was trading at $70.96 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, NWE stock has decreased by 25.1% and is now trading at $53.13. 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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 22nd. The utilities provider reported $1.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.17. The utilities provider had revenue of $335.26 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $380.97 million. NorthWestern had a return on equity of 9.25% and a net margin of 14.89%. The business's revenue was down 12.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.44 earnings per share. View NorthWestern's earnings history.

NorthWestern announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 22nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.60 per share on Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.52%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 12th. View NorthWestern's dividend history.

NorthWestern updated 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 EPS estimate of $3.45.

6 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for NorthWestern's shares. Their forecasts range from $63.00 to $71.00. On average, they expect NorthWestern's stock price to reach $66.17 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for NorthWestern.

Media headlines about NWE stock have been trending very negative on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing 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 closest to five being the most favorable. NorthWestern earned a coverage optimism score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. 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 volume of 445,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.6 days. Currently, 1.4% of the shares of the stock 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 institutional and retail 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%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%) 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, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. 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 $53.13.

NorthWestern has a market capitalization of $2.69 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]