Northwest Natural Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:NWN)

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

Northwest Natural announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, October 31st will be given a dividend of $0.477 per share on Friday, November 15th. This represents a $1.91 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, October 30th. This is an increase from Northwest Natural's previous quarterly dividend of $0.48. View Northwest Natural's Dividend History.

Northwest Natural Holding Co (NYSE:NWN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August, 6th. The utilities provider reported $0.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.09) by $0.16. The utilities provider earned $123.44 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $125.08 million. Northwest Natural had a net margin of 9.41% and a return on equity of 9.80%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down .9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted ($0.03) EPS. View Northwest Natural's Earnings History.

Northwest Natural is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 5th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Northwest Natural.

Northwest Natural will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, November 5th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Northwest Natural issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 6th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.25 to $2.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.38.

4 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Northwest Natural's shares. Their predictions range from $49.00 to $79.00. On average, they expect Northwest Natural's stock price to reach $66.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for Northwest Natural.

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

News stories about NWN stock have been trending neutral on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Northwest Natural earned a news sentiment score of 0.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Northwest Natural.

Northwest Natural saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,180,000 shares, an increase of 8.3% from the August 30th total of 1,090,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 123,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 9.5 days. Approximately 3.9% of the company's shares are sold short. View Northwest Natural's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Northwest Natural include ONEOK (OKE), Atmos Energy (ATO), UGI (UGI), Southwest Gas (SWX), New Jersey Resources (NJR), National Fuel Gas (NFG), South Jersey Industries (SJI) and Chesapeake Utilities (CPK).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Northwest Natural investors own include General Electric (GE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Ford Motor (F), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV), Intel (INTC), Nike (NKE), Pfizer (PFE), Procter & Gamble (PG) and Celgene (CELG).

Northwest Natural's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Camden National Bank (0.43%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.42%), Robecosam AG (0.39%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.30%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%) and 6 Meridian (0.04%). 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, Mark S Dodson 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 Hennessy Advisors Inc., Strs Ohio, Confluence Investment Management LLC, Camden National Bank and 6 Meridian. 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, Lori L Russell and Tod R Hamachek. View Insider Buying and Selling for Northwest Natural.

NWN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robecosam AG, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Whittier Trust Co. and CWM LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $70.90.

Northwest Natural has a market capitalization of $2.16 billion and generates $706.14 million in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $64.57 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.33 on an earnings per share basis. Northwest Natural employs 1,198 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Northwest Natural.

The official website for Northwest Natural is http://www.nwnatural.com/.

Northwest Natural's 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]