Northwest Natural (NYSE:NWN) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Northwest Natural (NYSE:NWN) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Friday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.750-2.950 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 2.880. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Northwest Natural also updated its FY25 guidance to $2.75-2.95 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

Northwest Natural Price Performance

Shares of NWN opened at $40.83 on Friday. Northwest Natural has a 12-month low of $34.82 and a 12-month high of $44.25. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $40.14 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $40.37. The company has a quick ratio of 0.53, a current ratio of 0.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.15. The stock has a market cap of $1.64 billion, a PE ratio of 19.26 and a beta of 0.62.

Northwest Natural (NYSE:NWN) last issued its earnings results on Friday, February 28th. The utilities provider reported $1.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.42 by ($0.01). Northwest Natural had a return on equity of 5.89% and a net margin of 6.90%. The firm had revenue of $370.90 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $395.05 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.21 EPS. Northwest Natural’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.3% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts anticipate that Northwest Natural will post 2.33 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Northwest Natural Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 31st were paid a $0.49 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 31st. This represents a $1.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.80%. Northwest Natural’s payout ratio is 92.45%.

Insider Activity

In other Northwest Natural news, CEO David Hugo Anderson sold 7,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 137,742 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,692,876.86. This represents a 5.16 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 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.