Recent Investment Analysts’ Ratings Updates for Northwest Natural Gas (NWN)

Northwest Natural Gas (NYSE: NWN) has recently received a number of price target changes and ratings updates:

• 10/27/2026 – Northwest Natural Gas is now covered by Truist Financial. They set a “hold” rating and a $54.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Northwest Natural Gas is now covered by Mizuho. They set a “neutral” rating and a $51.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Northwest Natural Gas was downgraded by Morgan Stanley to “buy”.
• 10/22/2026 – Northwest Natural Gas is now covered by Mizuho. They set a “neutral” rating and a $51.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/20/2026 – Northwest Natural Gas was given a new $56.00 price target by BTIG Research.
• 10/20/2026 – Northwest Natural Gas had its price target lowered by Wells Fargo & Company from $50.00 to $49.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 10/16/2026 – Northwest Natural Gas was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “buy (b)” to “buy (b-)”.
• 10/2/2026 – Northwest Natural Gas was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “buy (b-)” to “buy (b)”.
• 9/14/2026 – Northwest Natural Gas is now covered by Huntington. They set an “outperform” rating and a $58.00 price target on the stock.

Northwest Natural Gas Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:NWN opened at $50.77 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.14 billion, a PE ratio of 16.92 and a beta of 0.40. The company has a quick ratio of 0.55, a current ratio of 0.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.52. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $48.67 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $50.09. Northwest Natural Gas Company has a twelve month low of $44.45 and a twelve month high of $55.99.

Northwest Natural Gas (NYSE:NWN) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The utilities provider reported $0.01 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.08) by $0.09. Northwest Natural Gas had a return on equity of 8.33% and a net margin of 9.75%. The company had revenue of $243.55 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $271.87 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.01 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts forecast that Northwest Natural Gas Company will post 3.06 EPS for the current year.

Northwest Natural Gas Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 13th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 30th will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share. This is a boost from Northwest Natural Gas’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.4925. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.9%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 30th. Northwest Natural Gas’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 65.67%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Northwest Natural Gas

In other news, Director David Anderson sold 1,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $48.71, for a total value of $73,065.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 47,759 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,326,340.89. This represents a 3.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Insiders sold 4,500 shares of company stock worth $221,400 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.55% of the company’s stock.

Northwest Natural Gas Company, operating as NW Natural and a subsidiary of Northwest Natural Holding Company, is an energy and utility company headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Its principal business is the distribution of natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers.

NW Natural serves communities primarily in Oregon and southwest Washington through a regulated natural gas distribution system. The company also provides related services, including natural gas storage and programs focused on renewable natural gas and other lower-carbon energy solutions.

The company traces its history to 1859 and has expanded beyond its traditional natural gas operations through investments in water and wastewater utilities.