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Northwest Natural Holding Co (NYSE: NWN) closed the day trading at $39.71 down -0.48% from the previous closing price of $39.90. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.48 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.26 million shares were traded. NWN stock price reached its highest trading level at $40.036 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $39.595.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of NWN, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.87 and its Current Ratio is at 1.05. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.64 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.56.
On January 31, 2024, Janney started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $39.
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 21 ’25 when ANDERSON DAVID HUGO sold 7,591 shares for $40.99 per share. The transaction valued at 311,176 led to the insider holds 102,291 shares of the business.
ANDERSON DAVID HUGO sold 7,500 shares of NWN for $322,505 on Apr 21 ’25. The Director now owns 109,882 shares after completing the transaction at $43.00 per share. On Mar 31 ’25, another insider, Weber David A., who serves as the VP, Gas Supply of the company, sold 2,183 shares for $42.46 each. As a result, the insider received 92,699 and left with 255 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, NWN now has a Market Capitalization of 1608358272 and an Enterprise Value of 3891547648. As of this moment, Northwest’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 15.76, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 13.12. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.39. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.32 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.10. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.206 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.449.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for NWN is 0.55, which has changed by 0.12780464 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.092761636 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, NWN has reached a high of $44.38, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $34.82. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -4.52%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -2.97%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, NWN traded about 303.22K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, NWN traded about 283670 shares per day. A total of 40.31M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 39.97M. Insiders hold about 0.83% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 79.39% stake in the company. Shares short for NWN as of 1748563200 were 887853 with a Short Ratio of 2.93, compared to 1745971200 on 1409353. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 887853 and a Short% of Float of 3.05.
Dividends & Splits
NWN’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.96, up from 1.955 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.04899749The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.33. The current Payout Ratio is 96.22% for NWN, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-04-30 with an ex-dividend date of 1745971200. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1996-09-09 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.
