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NiSource Inc (NYSE: NI) closed the day trading at $37.88 up 0.16% from the previous closing price of $37.82. In other words, the price has increased by $0.16 from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.37 million shares were traded. NI stock price reached its highest trading level at $38.04 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $37.22.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of NI, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.45 and its Current Ratio is at 0.52. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.67 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.44.
On July 11, 2024, Mizuho started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $33.
On January 22, 2024, Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $28.Barclays initiated its Overweight rating on January 22, 2024, with a $28 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 14 ’25 when Jesanis Michael E bought 6,178 shares for $37.81 per share.
Jesanis Michael E bought 4,000 shares of NI for $152,880 on May 13 ’25. On Mar 03 ’25, another insider, Anderson Shawn, who serves as the EVP & CFO of the company, sold 12,900 shares for $40.79 each. As a result, the insider received 526,191 and left with 157,879 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, NI now has a Market Capitalization of 17830230016 and an Enterprise Value of 34545426432. As of this moment, NiSource’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 20.41, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 18.85. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.78. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.01 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.00. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.824 whereas that against EBITDA is 13.377.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for NI is 0.53, which has changed by 0.29948545 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11241627 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, NI has reached a high of $41.44, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $27.60. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -3.14%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 3.89%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, NI traded about 5.21M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, NI traded about 5110040 shares per day. A total of 470.62M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 467.37M. Insiders hold about 0.71% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 95.35% stake in the company. Shares short for NI as of 1745971200 were 11107046 with a Short Ratio of 2.13, compared to 1743379200 on 9564932. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 11107046 and a Short% of Float of 3.0199999.
Dividends & Splits
NI’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.09, up from 1.09 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.02882073The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.41. The current Payout Ratio is 65.49% for NI, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-04-30 with an ex-dividend date of 1753920000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2015-07-02 when the company split stock in a 2545:1000 ratio.
