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 (WHO). Since then, NWE stock has decreased by 14.8% and is now trading at $60.45. 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 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings 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 Corp (NYSE:NWE) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 22nd. The utilities provider reported $1.06 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 analysts' expectations of $380.97 million. NorthWestern had a net margin of 14.89% and a return on equity of 9.25%. NorthWestern's revenue was down 12.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.44 earnings per share. 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 3.97%. 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 EPS estimate of $3.45.

6 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for NorthWestern's shares. Their forecasts range from $64.00 to $71.00. On average, they anticipate NorthWestern's share price to reach $66.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for NorthWestern.

Media stories about NWE stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. 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 media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutNorthWestern.

NorthWestern saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 849,700 shares, an increase of 5.1% from the April 30th total of 808,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 464,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.8 days. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the company are short sold. View NorthWestern's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other NorthWestern investors own include Coca-Cola (KO), Consolidated Edison (ED), Altria Group (MO), Southern (SO), AT&T (T), Duke Energy (DUK), Emerson Electric (EMR), IBM (IBM), Intel (INTC) and Pfizer (PFE).

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 BlackRock Inc. (14.75%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.70%), State Street Corp (3.64%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (3.22%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.69%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.69%). 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, Invesco Ltd., Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, APG Asset Management N.V., Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, and UBS Group AG. 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 Franklin Resources Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Geode Capital Management LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, BlackRock Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., and Victory Capital Management Inc.. 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 $60.45.

NorthWestern has a market capitalization of $3.06 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 1,533 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]