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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 3rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.477 per share on Friday, November 15th. This represents a $1.91 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.70%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, October 30th. This is a boost from Northwest Natural's previous quarterly dividend of $0.48. View Northwest Natural's Dividend History.

Northwest Natural Holding Co (NYSE:NWN) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August, 6th. The utilities provider reported $0.07 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.09) by $0.16. The utilities provider earned $123.44 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $125.08 million. Northwest Natural had a return on equity of 9.80% and a net margin of 9.41%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down .9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted ($0.03) earnings per share. 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 updated 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 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Northwest Natural's stock. 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 twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.5%. 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 trended very positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Northwest Natural earned a media sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Northwest Natural.

Northwest Natural saw a increase in short interest in 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 short-interest ratio is currently 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 Whittier Trust Co. (0.01%). 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 and Camden National Bank. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robecosam AG, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Whittier Trust Co.. 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 $70.61.

Northwest Natural has a market capitalization of $2.15 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]