Northwest Natural Dividends
| NWN Stock | USD 41.11 0.15 0.37% |
Northwest Natural's past performance could be the main factor of why investors trade Northwest Natural Gas stock today. Investors should clearly understand every aspect of the Northwest Natural dividend schedule, including its future sustainability, and how it might impact an overall investment strategy. This tool is helpful to digest Northwest Natural's dividend schedule and payout information. Northwest Natural Gas dividends can also provide a clue to the current valuation of Northwest Natural.
One of the primary advantages of investing in dividend-paying companies such as Northwest Natural is that dividends usually grow steadily over time. As a result, well-established companies that pay dividends typically increase their dividend payouts yearly, which many long-term traders find attractive. Northwest |
Investing in dividend-paying stocks, such as Northwest Natural Gas is one of the few strategies that are good for long-term investment. Ex-dividend dates are significant because investors in Northwest Natural must own a stock before its ex-dividend date to receive its next dividend.
Recent Northwest Natural Dividends Paid (per share)
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Northwest Natural Past Distributions to stockholders
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Is Gas Utilities space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Northwest Natural. If investors know Northwest will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Northwest Natural listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
The market value of Northwest Natural Gas is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Northwest that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Northwest Natural's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Northwest Natural's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Northwest Natural's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Northwest Natural's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Northwest Natural's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Northwest Natural is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Northwest Natural's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.