On Friday, Northwest Natural Holding Co (NYSE: NWN) opened higher 0.65% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $40.15. Price fluctuations for NWN have ranged from $34.82 to $44.25 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Utilities Sector giant was 12.69%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -10.17% at the time writing. With a float of $39.73 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $40.12 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 1214 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 35.69%, operating margin of 13.04%, and the pretax margin is 9.4%.
Northwest Natural Holding Co (NWN) Insider Activity
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Utilities – Regulated Gas industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Northwest Natural Holding Co is 1.00%, while institutional ownership is 78.19%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 20 ’24, was worth 298,382. In this transaction CEO of this company sold 7,500 shares at a rate of $39.78, taking the stock ownership to the 144,298 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 20 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 62,500 for $42.05, making the entire transaction worth $2,627,850.
Northwest Natural Holding Co (NWN) Earnings and Forecasts
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -10.17% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 5.00% during the next five years compared to 2.97% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Northwest Natural Holding Co (NYSE: NWN) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Northwest Natural Holding Co (NWN). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.53. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.43.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.09, a number that is poised to hit 1.41 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.88 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Northwest Natural Holding Co (NWN)
Looking closely at Northwest Natural Holding Co (NYSE: NWN), its last 5-days average volume was 0.23 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 0.2 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 86.58%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.78.
During the past 100 days, Northwest Natural Holding Co’s (NWN) raw stochastic average was set at 38.26%, which indicates a significant decrease from 96.26% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 20.59% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 20.25% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $40.93, while its 200-day Moving Average is $38.99. However, in the short run, Northwest Natural Holding Co’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $40.60. Second resistance stands at $40.80. The third major resistance level sits at $41.09. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $40.12, it is likely to go to the next support level at $39.82. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $39.63.
Northwest Natural Holding Co (NYSE: NWN) Key Stats
There are currently 40,132K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 1.62 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 1,197 M according to its annual income of 93,870 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 136,930 K and its income totaled -27,170 K.
