The North West Company Inc. (TSE:NWC - Get Free Report) declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 16th, TickerTech Dividends reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 24th will be given a dividend of 0.40 per share on Thursday, April 24th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.97%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 16th.
North West Price Performance
NWC traded up C$0.43 on Friday, hitting C$53.79. 77,481 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 132,625. North West has a 12 month low of C$37.15 and a 12 month high of C$55.93. The firm has a market capitalization of C$2.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.78, a PEG ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 0.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 59.78, a current ratio of 2.16 and a quick ratio of 0.64. The business has a 50-day moving average of C$48.49 and a two-hundred day moving average of C$49.65.
Analyst Ratings Changes
NWC has been the subject of a number of research reports. Cibc World Mkts raised shares of North West to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, February 19th. BMO Capital Markets upped their price target on shares of North West from C$58.00 to C$60.00 in a report on Thursday, April 10th. TD Securities boosted their price objective on North West from C$59.00 to C$63.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, April 10th. Finally, CIBC boosted their price objective on shares of North West from C$59.00 to C$60.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, April 11th.
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Insider Buying and Selling at North West
In other North West news, Senior Officer Jim Caldwell sold 1,500 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Monday, April 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$51.87, for a total value of C$77,805.00. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 916 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately C$47,512.92. This trade represents a 62.09 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. Also, Senior Officer Matthew Johnson sold 1,469 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$52.91, for a total transaction of C$77,724.79. Insiders own 0.12% of the company's stock.
North West Company Profile
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The North West Company Inc, through its subsidiaries, engages in the retail of food and everyday products and services to rural communities and urban neighborhood markets in northern Canada, rural Alaska, the South Pacific, and the Caribbean. The company operates Northern stores, which offers food, financial services, and general merchandise; NorthMart stores that provides fresh food products, apparel, and health products and services; and Quickstop convenience stores that provides ready-to-eat food products, and fuel and related services.
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