Northwest Natural Stock Forecast, Price & News

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 23.0% and is now trading at $48.65.
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4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Northwest Natural in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Northwest Natural is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, March 1st 2021.
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Northwest Natural Holding (NYSE:NWN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 5th. The utilities provider reported ($0.61) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.68) by $0.07. The utilities provider had revenue of $93.28 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $97.32 million. Northwest Natural had a return on equity of 7.21% and a net margin of 7.93%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 3.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned ($0.61) earnings per share.
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Northwest Natural announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 12th. Investors of record on Friday, October 30th will be given a dividend of $0.48 per share on Friday, November 13th. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.95%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 29th. This is an increase from Northwest Natural's previous quarterly dividend of $0.48.
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Northwest Natural updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 5th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.25 to $2.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.27.

4 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Northwest Natural's shares. Their forecasts range from $46.00 to $59.00. On average, they expect Northwest Natural's stock price to reach $52.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.9% from the stock's current price.
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Northwest Natural saw a decrease in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,130,000 shares, a decrease of 25.7% from the October 31st total of 1,520,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 191,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.9 days. Currently, 3.8% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Northwest Natural include ONEOK (OKE), Atmos Energy (ATO), UGI (UGI), National Fuel Gas (NFG), Southwest Gas (SWX), New Jersey Resources (NJR), 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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (15.42%), State Street Corp (9.40%), First Trust Advisors LP (3.80%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.85%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (0.72%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.72%). Company insiders that own Northwest Natural stock include C Scott Gibson, David Hugo Anderson, Justin Palfreyman, Kimberly A Heiting, Lori L Russell, Malia H Wasson, Mardilyn Saathoff and Tod R Hamachek.
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NWN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., BlackRock Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Morgan Stanley, Principal Financial Group Inc., Hennessy Advisors Inc., and Engineers Gate Manager LP. Company insiders that have sold Northwest Natural company stock in the last year include C Scott Gibson, David Hugo Anderson, and Mardilyn Saathoff.
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NWN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, JPMorgan Chase & Co., ProShare Advisors LLC, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, and National Investment Services of America 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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of NWN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.65.

Northwest Natural has a market capitalization of $1.49 billion and generates $746.37 million in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $61.74 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.19 on an earnings per share basis. Northwest Natural employs 1,200 workers across the globe.

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

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]