North West (NWC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

The North West Company Inc., through its subsidiaries, is a leading retailer of food and everyday products and services to rural communities and urban neighbourhoods in Canada, Alaska, the South Pacific and the Caribbean. North West operates 230 stores under the trading names Northern, NorthMart, Giant Tiger, Alaska Commercial Company, Cost-U-Less and RiteWay Food Markets and has annualized sales of approximately CDN$2.6 billion.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$53.78 to C$54.25
• 50-Day Range: C$48.54 to C$54.32
• 52-Week Range: C$44.63 to C$56.77
• Volume: 29,811 shs
• Average Volume: 138,773 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$2.55 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.42
• Dividend Yield: 3.05%
• Price Target: C$60.67
• Consensus Rating: Buy

North West Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

North West scored higher than 33% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

North West has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.25, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

North West has a consensus price target of C$60.67, representing about 11.7% upside from its current price of C$54.32.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

North West has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of North West is 18.60, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.81.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of North West is 18.60, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 14.03.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

North West has a PEG Ratio of 1.11. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

North West has a P/B Ratio of 3.01. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for NWC.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

North West pays a meaningful dividend of 3.13%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

North West does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of North West is 56.16%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

North West has a news sentiment score of 0.34. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for North West this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for NWC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, North West insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.12% of the stock of North West is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

45.11% of the stock of North West is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 7/15 Dividend: 6/30/2026
• Record date for 7/15 Dividend: 7/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/15/2026
• Last Earnings: 9/08/2026
• Today: 9/29/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/15 Dividend: 9/29/2026
• Record date for 10/15 Dividend: 10/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/15/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail
• Sub-Industry: Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail
• Current Symbol: TSE:NWC
• Previous Symbol: TSE:NWF
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.northwest.ca
• Phone: +1-204-9341756
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 7,001
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for North West: C$60.67
• High Price Target: C$62.00
• Low Price Target: C$59.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +12.8%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.25
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$2.92
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.42
• Forward P/E Ratio: 15.40
• P/E Growth: 1.11
• Net Income: C$131.51 million
• Net Margins: 5.40%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 17.50%
• Return on Assets: 8.69%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 57.00
• Current Ratio: 1.84
• Quick Ratio: 0.64

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$2.62 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.97
• Cash Flow: C$1.50 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 35.84
• Book Value: C$18.02 per share
• Price / Book: 2.99

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 47,310,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$2.55 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: -0.01