Northwest Natural Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Northwest Natural in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Northwest Natural stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in NWN, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Northwest Natural is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, August 6th 2021.
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Northwest Natural Holding (NYSE:NWN) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 4th. The utilities provider reported $1.94 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.85 by $0.09. The utilities provider earned $315.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $312.78 million. Northwest Natural had a net margin of 11.04% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.15%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 10.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.73 EPS.
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Northwest Natural's stock was trading at $63.20 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, NWN stock has decreased by 12.6% and is now trading at $55.23.
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Northwest Natural announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 8th. Investors of record on Friday, April 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.48 per share on Friday, May 14th. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.48%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 29th.
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Northwest Natural pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.51%. Northwest Natural has been increasing its dividend for 16 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Northwest Natural is 83.48%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, Northwest Natural will have a dividend payout ratio of 72.18% next year. This indicates that Northwest Natural will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Northwest Natural updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 26th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.400-2.600 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.510. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

5 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Northwest Natural's shares. Their forecasts range from $47.00 to $61.00. On average, they anticipate Northwest Natural's share price to reach $55.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.5% from the stock's current price.
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Some companies that are related to Northwest Natural include ONEOK (OKE), Atmos Energy (ATO), UGI (UGI), National Fuel Gas (NFG), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Southwest Gas (SWX), South Jersey Industries (SJI) and Chesapeake Utilities (CPK).
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Northwest Natural trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "NWN."

Northwest Natural's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (16.77%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.51%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.70%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.64%), Northern Trust Corp (1.19%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.08%). Company insiders that own Northwest Natural stock include C Scott Gibson, David Hugo Anderson, Justin Palfreyman, Kimberly A Heiting, Malia H Wasson, Mardilyn Saathoff and Shawn M Filippi.
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NWN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Barclays PLC, Northern Trust Corp, Credit Suisse AG, Martingale Asset Management L P, and Squarepoint Ops LLC. Company insiders that have sold Northwest Natural company stock in the last year include C Scott Gibson, David Hugo Anderson, Justin Palfreyman, Kimberly A Heiting, Mardilyn Saathoff, and Shawn M Filippi.
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NWN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, BlackRock Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., HRT Financial LP, Stifel Financial Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., and Citadel Advisors LLC.
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Shares of NWN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of NWN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $55.23.

Northwest Natural has a market capitalization of $1.69 billion and generates $773.68 million in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $76.78 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.30 on an earnings per share basis.

Northwest Natural employs 1,216 workers across the globe.

The official website for Northwest Natural is www.nwnatural.com.

Northwest Natural is headquartered at 250 S.W. TAYLOR STREET, PORTLAND OR, 97204.

Northwest Natural's mailing address is 250 S.W. TAYLOR STREET, PORTLAND OR, 97204. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 503-226-4211 or via email at [email protected]