At the time of writing, Northwest Natural Holding Co [NWN] stock is trading at $41.17, up 1.33%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The NWN shares have gain 3.57% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 1.78%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Northwest Natural Holding Co [NYSE: NWN] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on August 05, 2024, when Janney upgraded its rating to a Buy. Previously, Janney started tracking the stock with Neutral rating on January 31, 2024, and set its price target to $39. On May 05, 2023, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Hold. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to a Neutral and decreased its price target to $51 on May 24, 2022. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to a Neutral but $53 remained the price target by the analyst firm on May 24, 2022. Guggenheim upgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on January 20, 2022, but kept the price target unchanged to $49. In a note dated December 17, 2020, Stifel initiated an Buy rating and provided a target price of $61 on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of Northwest Natural Holding Co fluctuated between $34.90 and $44.38. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $48.75 within the next 12 months. Northwest Natural Holding Co [NYSE: NWN] shares were valued at $41.17 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 18.41% based on the average NWN price forecast.
Analyzing the NWN fundamentals
According to Northwest Natural Holding Co [NYSE:NWN], the company’s sales were 1.21B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 14.03% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.45% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.19%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.12%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.08%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.08 and Total Capital is 0.05. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.64.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 40.63 points at the first support level, and at 40.09 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 41.52, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 41.87.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Northwest Natural Holding Co [NYSE:NWN] has a current ratio of 1.05. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 0.87, and the Cash Ratio is 0.19. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.37, the price to book ratio is 1.14 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 16.34.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved ANDERSON DAVID HUGO, Director, that happened on Jun 20 ’25 when 7500.0 shares were sold. Director, ANDERSON DAVID HUGO completed a deal on May 21 ’25 to sell 7591.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director ANDERSON DAVID HUGO sold 7500.0 shares on Apr 21 ’25.
