Northwest Natural (NYSE:NWN) Updates FY25 Earnings Guidance

Northwest Natural (NYSE:NWN) issued an update on its FY25 earnings guidance on Friday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.75-2.95 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $2.88. Northwest Natural also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.750-2.950 EPS.

Northwest Natural Stock Down 1.4 %

Shares of NYSE NWN opened at $41.18 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $1.65 billion, a PE ratio of 19.43 and a beta of 0.62. The business has a fifty day moving average of $40.11 and a two-hundred day moving average of $40.35. Northwest Natural has a 52-week low of $34.82 and a 52-week high of $44.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.15, a quick ratio of 0.53 and a current ratio of 0.72.

Northwest Natural (NYSE:NWN) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February 28th. The utilities provider reported $1.41 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.42 by ($0.01). The firm had revenue of $370.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $395.05 million. Northwest Natural had a return on equity of 5.89% and a net margin of 6.90%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.21 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Northwest Natural will post 2.33 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Northwest Natural Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 31st were paid a dividend of $0.49 per share. This represents a $1.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.76%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 31st. Northwest Natural’s dividend payout ratio is currently 92.45%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on Northwest Natural from $45.00 to $44.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, November 14th.

Insider Buying and Selling at Northwest Natural

In other Northwest Natural news, CEO David Hugo Anderson sold 7,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $41.33, for a total value of $309,975.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 137,742 shares in the company, valued at $5,692,876.86. The trade was a 5.16 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 23,009 shares of company stock valued at $936,978. Company insiders own 0.84% of the company’s stock.

About Northwest Natural

Northwest Natural Holding Company, through its subsidiary, Northwest Natural Gas Company, provides regulated natural gas distribution services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the United States. The company operates a mist gas storage facility contracted to other utilities, third-party marketers, and electric generators; offers natural gas asset management services; and operates an appliance retail center.