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 year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating 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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5 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Northwest Natural's shares. Their NWN stock forecasts range from $49.00 to $62.00. On average, they predict Northwest Natural's share price to reach $53.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.2% from the stock's current price.
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Northwest Natural's stock was trading at $48.78 at the start of the year. Since then, NWN shares have increased by 8.6% and is now trading at $52.96.
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Northwest Natural saw a drop in short interest in May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totaling 761,300 shares, a drop of 16.4% from the May 15th total of 910,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 306,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.5 days.
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Northwest Natural is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 4th 2022.
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Northwest Natural Holding (NYSE:NWN) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 4th. The utilities provider reported $1.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.90 by $0.10. The utilities provider earned $350.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $324.26 million. Northwest Natural had a net margin of 8.43% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.07%. Northwest Natural's quarterly revenue was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.94 earnings per share.
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Northwest Natural declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 13th. Stockholders of record on Friday, April 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.482 per share on Friday, May 13th. This represents a $1.93 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.64%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 28th.
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Northwest Natural(NYSE:NWN) pays an annual dividend of $1.93 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.72%. Northwest Natural has been increasing its dividend for 66 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Northwest Natural is 79.75%. 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 71.75% 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 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 11th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.45-$2.65 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.53. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Some companies that are related to Northwest Natural include ONEOK (OKE), Atmos Energy (ATO), UGI (UGI), National Fuel Gas (NFG), Southwest Gas (SWX), South Jersey Industries (SJI), New Jersey Resources (NJR) 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Farmer Steven Patrick (0.33%). Company insiders that own Northwest Natural stock include C Scott Gibson, David A Weber, David Hugo Anderson, James R Downing, Justin Palfreyman, Kimberly A Heiting, Malia H Wasson, Mardilyn Saathoff and Shawn M Filippi.
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NWN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Farmer Steven Patrick.
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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 $52.96.

Northwest Natural (NYSE:NWN) has a market capitalization of $1.81 billion and generates $860.40 million in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $78.67 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.42 on an earnings per share basis.

Northwest Natural employs 1,237 workers across the globe.

Northwest Natural's mailing address is 250 S.W. TAYLOR STREET, PORTLAND OR, 97204. The official website for Northwest Natural is www.nwnatural.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (503) 226-4211, via email at n1s@nwnatural.com, or via fax at 503-273-4822.