NYSE:NWN - Northwest Natural Gas Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Northwest Natural Gas trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "NWN."

Northwest Natural Gas declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 5th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 31st will be given a dividend of $0.4725 per share on Wednesday, August 15th. This represents a $1.89 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.94%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, July 30th. View Northwest Natural Gas' Dividend History.

Northwest Natural Gas Co (NYSE:NWN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August, 7th. The utilities provider reported ($0.01) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.06 by $0.07. The utilities provider had revenue of $124.57 million for the quarter. Northwest Natural Gas had a positive return on equity of 8.03% and a negative net margin of 8.10%. View Northwest Natural Gas' Earnings History.

Northwest Natural Gas is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, November, 2nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Northwest Natural Gas.

Northwest Natural Gas updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 7th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.10-2.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.26.

6 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Northwest Natural Gas' shares. Their forecasts range from $51.00 to $63.00. On average, they anticipate Northwest Natural Gas' stock price to reach $57.25 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Northwest Natural Gas.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Northwest Natural Gas in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings and 4 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Northwest Natural Gas.

Northwest Natural Gas saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 833,088 shares, an increase of 55.2% from the July 13th total of 536,799 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 119,079 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 7.0 days. Approximately 2.9% of the company's stock are short sold. View Northwest Natural Gas' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Northwest Natural Gas include Ultrapar Participacoes (UGP), National Fuel Gas (NFG), WGL (WGL), ONE Gas (OGS), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Spire (SR), South Jersey Industries (SJI) and Just Energy Group (JE).

Media stories about NWN stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Northwest Natural Gas earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also gave media coverage about the utilities provider an impact score of 41.07 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Northwest Natural Gas.

Northwest Natural Gas' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.22%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.10%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.21%), Parnassus Investments CA (1.56%), Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC (1.44%) and Bessemer Group Inc. (1.26%). Company insiders that own Northwest Natural Gas stock include C Scott Gibson, David A Weber, David Hugo Anderson, Grant M Yoshihara, Kimberly A Heiting, Lea Anne Doolittle, Lori L Russell, Malia H Wasson, Mardilyn Saathoff, Mark S Dodson, Martha L Byorum and Shawn M Filippi. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Northwest Natural Gas.

NWN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuance Investments LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Hennessy Advisors Inc., Martingale Asset Management L P, Bessemer Group Inc., BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.. Company insiders that have sold Northwest Natural Gas company stock in the last year include C Scott Gibson, David A Weber, David Hugo Anderson, Grant M Yoshihara, Lea Anne Doolittle, Lori L Russell, Mardilyn Saathoff, Mark S Dodson and Martha L Byorum. View Insider Buying and Selling for Northwest Natural Gas.

NWN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Parnassus Investments CA, Legal & General Group Plc, Robecosam AG, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. and Citadel Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Northwest Natural Gas.

Shares of NWN 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NWN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $64.20.

Northwest Natural Gas has a market capitalization of $1.87 billion and generates $762.17 million in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $-55,620,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $2.24 on an earnings per share basis. Northwest Natural Gas employs 1,146 workers across the globe.

Northwest Natural Gas' mailing address is ONE PACIFIC SQUARE 220 NW SECOND AVE, PORTLAND OR, 97209. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 503-226-4211 or via email at [email protected]