NYSE:NWNNorthwest Natural Stock Price, Forecast & News

Northwest Natural's stock was trading at $63.20 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, NWN stock has increased by 1.5% and is now trading at $64.12. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Northwest Natural in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Northwest Natural.

Northwest Natural is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Northwest Natural.

Northwest Natural Holding Co (NYSE:NWN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May, 8th. The utilities provider reported $1.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.57 by $0.01. The utilities provider earned $285.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $295.10 million. Northwest Natural had a net margin of 8.85% and a return on equity of 8.04%. The company's revenue was up .0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.65 EPS. View Northwest Natural's earnings history.

Northwest Natural declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 9th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.477 per share on Friday, May 15th. This represents a $1.91 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.98%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 29th. View Northwest Natural's dividend history.

Northwest Natural issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, May, 8th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.25-2.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.32.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Northwest Natural's stock. Their forecasts range from $56.00 to $79.00. On average, they anticipate Northwest Natural's stock price to reach $65.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Northwest Natural.

Media coverage about NWN stock has been trending extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Northwest Natural earned a news impact score of -4.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutNorthwest Natural.

Northwest Natural saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,470,000 shares, an increase of 6.5% from the April 30th total of 1,380,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 250,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.9 days. Approximately 4.9% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Northwest Natural's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Northwest Natural investors own include Cisco Systems (CSCO), Ford Motor (F), General Electric (GE), Consolidated Edison (ED), Exxon Mobil (XOM), AbbVie (ABBV), Enbridge (ENB), Pfizer (PFE), Southern (SO) and AT&T (T).

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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (15.59%), State Street Corp (8.25%), First Trust Advisors LP (2.17%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.46%), Gabelli Funds LLC (1.45%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.40%). Company insiders that own Northwest Natural stock include C Scott Gibson, David A Weber, David Hugo Anderson, Jon G Huddleston, Justin Palfreyman, Kimberly A Heiting, Lea Anne Doolittle, Lori L Russell, Malia H Wasson, Mardilyn Saathoff and Tod R Hamachek. View institutional ownership trends for Northwest Natural.

NWN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, Invesco Ltd., WINTON GROUP Ltd, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Deutsche Bank AG, UBS Group AG, and First Trust Advisors LP. Company insiders that have sold Northwest Natural company stock in the last year include C Scott Gibson, David Hugo Anderson, Justin Palfreyman, and Mardilyn Saathoff. View insider buying and selling activity for Northwest Natural.

NWN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Advisor Group Holdings Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Vident Investment Advisory LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Engineers Gate Manager LP, BlackRock Inc., and Federated Hermes Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Northwest Natural.

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 $64.12.

Northwest Natural has a market capitalization of $1.96 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 1,220 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]