North West (NWC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. It also operates Giant Tiger junior discount stores, which offers family fashion, household products, and food products; Valu Lots discount center and direct-to-customer food distribution outlet; solo market, a store in remote market; Pharmacy and Convenience stores; and NWC Motorsports, a dealership that offers sales, service, parts and accessories for Ski-doo, Honda, Can-am and other premier brands. In addition, the company distributes produce and fresh meats to independent grocery stores; provides contract tele-pharmacist services to rural hospitals and health centers; and engages in the water and air-based transportation businesses. Further, it operates Alaska Commercial Company stores that provides food and general merchandise to remote and rural regions; Pacific Alaska wholesale, a distributor to independent grocery stores, commercial accounts, and individual households; Riteway food markets; and Cost-U-Less mid-size warehouse stores, which offers discount food and general merchandise. The company was founded in 1668 and is headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$54.73 to C$55.18
• 50-Day Range: C$45.82 to C$55.00
• 52-Week Range: C$37.15 to C$55.93
• Volume: 66,711 shs
• Average Volume: 131,820 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$2.64 billion
• P/E Ratio: 20.17
• Dividend Yield: 2.92%
• Price Target: C$57.50
• Consensus Rating: Buy

North West Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

North West scored higher than 19% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

North West has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.25, and is based on 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

North West has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of North West is 20.17, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.71.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of North West is 20.17, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Defensive sector average P/E ratio of about 11.78.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

North West has a PEG Ratio of 1.11. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

North West has a P/B Ratio of 3.47. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for NWC.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

North West pays a meaningful dividend of 3.42%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

North West does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of North West is 58.83%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for NWC.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.15

News Sentiment

North West has a news sentiment score of 0.15. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.33 average news sentiment score of Consumer Defensive companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for North West this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

4 people have searched for NWC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, North West insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought C$0.00 in company stock and sold C$1,076,371.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.12% of the stock of North West is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 34.96% of the stock of North West is held by institutions.

NWC Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have NWC shares performed this year?

North West's stock was trading at C$49.12 at the beginning of the year. Since then, NWC shares have increased by 11.7% and is now trading at C$54.87.
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How do I buy shares of North West?

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What other stocks do shareholders of North West own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that North West investors own include Enbridge (ENB), Fortis (FTS), TELUS (T), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), BCE (BCE), Manulife Financial (MFC) and Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 4/24 Dividend: 4/16/2025
• Record date for 4/24 Dividend: 4/24/2025
• Dividend Payable: 4/24/2025
• Today: 4/27/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Consumer Defensive
• Industry: Grocery Stores
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: TSE:NWC
• Previous Symbol: TSE:NWF
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.northwest.ca
• Phone: +1-204-9341756
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 7,382
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: C$57.50
• High Stock Price Target: C$63.00
• Low Stock Price Target: C$47.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +4.8%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.25
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): C$2.72
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 20.17
• Forward P/E Ratio: 15.71
• P/E Growth: 1.11
• Net Income: C$131.51 million
• Net Margins: 5.14%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 18.43%
• Return on Assets: 8.69%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 59.78
• Current Ratio: 2.16
• Quick Ratio: 0.64

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$2.56 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.03
• Cash Flow: C$1.53 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 35.84
• Book Value: C$15.82 per share
• Price / Book: 3.47

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 48,110,709
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$2.64 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.64