Wells Fargo cuts target to USD 49.00 for Northwest Natural stock

Published on 10/20/2026 at 20:51 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

NW Natural reports third-quarter results on November 5, 2026. NWN stock costs EUR 43.56 on October 20, 2026, up 2.05 percent on NYSE.

Wells Fargo cuts target to USD 49.00

Wells Fargo lowered its target from USD 50.00 to USD 49.00 on October 20, 2026.
Northwest Natural Holdings will publish third-quarter 2026 results on November 5, 2026.
Northwest Natural stock was at EUR 43.56 at Lang & Schwarz on October 20, 2026 at 8:43 p.m. CEST, while its NYSE quote was USD 48.95.
Second-quarter revenue was USD 243.55 million, up 3.10 percent year over year.

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Northwest Natural Holding Company (ISIN US66765N1054) faces a tighter analyst valuation after Wells Fargo lowered its target from USD 50.00 to USD 49.00 and kept an Equal Weight rating on October 20, 2026, as reported by TipRanks. The new target lies 0.10 percent above the USD 48.95 NYSE quote at 2:48 p.m. EDT. At Lang & Schwarz, the stock was trading at EUR 43.56 on October 20, 2026 at 8:43 p.m. CEST.

Results date sets the next marker

Northwest Natural Holdings will release its third-quarter 2026 results on November 5, 2026, with a conference call at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, according to the company's investor-relations release dated October 9, 2026. The scheduled report gives the market a defined point for testing the utility's earnings outlook.

Revenue grew in the second quarter

Northwest Natural reported USD 243.55 million in second-quarter 2026 revenue, up 3.10 percent from the same quarter a year earlier, while revenue fell short of the USD 271.87 million consensus estimate. Adjusted earnings per share were not used here because the cited report identifies the figure as earnings per share, which came to USD 0.01 versus a projected loss of USD 0.08, according to MarketBeat. The comparison points to a mixed quarter: earnings exceeded expectations while revenue did not.

What does the target imply?

The USD 49.00 target leaves only 0.10 percent between the analyst's new level and the USD 48.95 NYSE quote. Wells Fargo's change therefore places the emphasis on execution and the November report rather than on a wide valuation gap. Northwest Natural's market capitalization was USD 2.1 billion on October 20, 2026, with a trailing P/E ratio of 16.03 and a dividend yield of 4.00 percent.

Price sits inside the yearly range

The NYSE quote of USD 48.95 at 2:48 p.m. EDT stood between the 52-week range of USD 44.45 to USD 55.99. The stock's current level is 12.57 percent above the yearly low and 12.57 percent below the yearly high, using the quoted market figures. For investors, the next earnings release now offers the clearest dated test of the target revision.

The next stock marker

Northwest Natural combines natural gas utilities with water, wastewater and renewable-fuel businesses. Its investor-relations release says the group serves nearly one million customers across seven states and will discuss third-quarter results on November 5, 2026.

At Lang & Schwarz, Northwest Natural stock was trading at EUR 43.56 on October 20, 2026 at 8:43 p.m. CEST. The NYSE quote was USD 48.95 on October 20, 2026 at 2:48 p.m. EDT.

The further course of trading is shown by the continuously updated real-time quote of Northwest Natural stock.