Northwest Natural Gas Company (NWN)

45.95 -0.43  -0.93%  May 30, 5:20PM Go Pro
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Northwest Natural Gas Company Beta: 0.2873

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NWN Beta Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 0.1953 May 2007
Maximum 0.7753 Apr 2008
Average 0.3589

About Beta 60 Month

YCharts calculates the 60 month market beta by regressing stock returns less the risk free rate of returns on the market returns less the risk free rate of return (Market returns come from the S&P 500 Total Returns Index (SPXTR), and the risk free rate is the 4 Week Average T-Bill (Monthly). There must be a minimum of 36 months of stock returns for a company to have its beta calculated.

Beta is a measure of the risk of a stock when it is included in a well-diversified portfolio.

In financial theory, the Capital Asset Pricing Model breaks down expected stock returns into two components. The first is the return that would be expected based on covariance with the movements of the market (for most stocks, when the market as a whole goes up, the price of the stock will also go up). The second part is the increase in the price of a stock that is not explained by the market. The first part - covariance with the market - is what Beta captures.

When Beta is positive, the stock price tends to move in the same direction as the market, and the magnitude of Beta tells by how much. If a stock's Beta is greater than 1, that means that when the market index goes up 1%, we expect the stock will go up by more than 1%. On the contrary, if the market goes down by 1%, we expect the stock to go down by more than 1%. Negative Betas, while rare, signify a negative correlation. When the market goes up, we would expect the stock price to go down.

For readers with a background in regression analysis, Beta is the slope of the linear regression shown in the formula below, where Returns are the return on an individual stock or portfolio, Rf is the risk free rate, RMarket is the return on a market portfolio, and e is an error term.
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NWN News

NW Natural Elects New Board Chairman
May 24, 8:07PM Marketwire
Utilities Sector Wrap
May 07, 4:35PM Fox Business
Listen to $NWN Q1 2012 earnings call - live at 11:00 AM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/3fsK
about 27 days ago by earningscast
http://stks.co/3fQh Earnings before market open: $LNT $AON $ARCO $BPO $DUK $EL $ITT $MASC $NWN $SE $USM $WPO
about 27 days ago by freefdawatchlistcom
Dividend Declared by NW Natural
Apr 10, 6:53PM Business Wire
Shares of NWN Now Oversold
Apr 10, 11:56AM
20 Best Yielding Dividend Champions + http://stks.co/3ABz + $PBI $ORI $WRE $T $MCY $MO $HCP $LEG $CINF $UVV $ED $KMB $WGL $NWN $MSEX $CTBI
about 61 days ago by DividendYield
NW Natural Reports 2011 & Q4 Results
Feb 28, 6:00AM Business Wire
The Safest Dividend Achievers + http://stks.co/28y1 + $IRET $BPL $MO $PAA $PPL $MSEX $UGI $NWN $CWT $PG $NU $AWR
about 122 days ago by DividendYield
Stocks trading ex-dividend one week from today: http://stks.co/20lk / $F $CAG $KMI $KMP $NNN $NWN $AOS $TCP $TLP ...
about 132 days ago by DynamicDividend
Dividend Declared by NW Natural
Jan 10, 6:48PM Business Wire
Listen to Q3 $NWN earnings call - http://stks.co/yTL
about 209 days ago by earningscast
Northwest Natural Gas (NWN) Tops Q3 EPS by 1c
Nov 04, 6:29AM Street Insider
These Companies Will Raise Their Dividends in October (updated w/ results): http://stks.co/lXd / $BRO $EV $NWN $RPM $SCL $VFC $WST
about 219 days ago by DynamicDividend
Northwest Natural extends 3rd-longest dividend growth streak (56 years!), pushes yield near 4%: http://stks.co/Ujs / $NWN
about 239 days ago by DynamicDividend
These Companies Will Raise Their Dividends in October: http://stks.co/RMN / $BRO $EV $NWN $RPM $SCL $VFC $WST
about 243 days ago by DynamicDividend
RANDOM STOCK - Lightly mentioned names for L: trades: $FSYS, $IGTE, $NWN, $YORW, $GY, $NARA, $CCBG. Top Pick Hat Trick: $CPY, $QDEL, $CAK.
about 316 days ago by Legacy_Trades
The 11 Stocks with 50-Year Dividend Growth Streaks: http://goo.gl/UYhav / $AWR $CINF $DBD $DOV $GPC $MMM $NWN $PG $PH $VVC
about 387 days ago by DynamicDividend
Only Diebold $DBD American States Water $AWR Dover $DOV and Northwest Natural Gas $NWN have been raising dividends longer than $PG
about 415 days ago by DynamicDividend
RT @OptionRadar $STR - Questar one of the better sympathy plays on the $GAS Takeout, Also have $VVC $ATO $NWN $NJR $CNP on the Radar
about 541 days ago by howardlindzon
$STR - Questar one of the better sympathy plays on the $GAS Takeout, Also have $VVC $ATO $NWN $NJR $CNP on the Radar
about 541 days ago by OptionsHawk
per 11/30 note, I'm glad I sold $NWN (-3% since my sale). completed stake in $UNG per 10/28 note.
about 545 days ago by RomeoFayette
sold $NWN after a nice, one-year hold. Looks good LT, but everything trending down for next few wks.
about 547 days ago by RomeoFayette
Watch $NG_F for ^^ reversal. May swap $NWN for $NG_F in coming weeks, esp after $RDSA reports 22% increase in LNG sales http://stk.ly/amcLZP
about 581 days ago by RomeoFayette
Although it was a big loss day, most of the stocks I have held up well, $AFFY, $NWN.....
about 684 days ago by MDotinga
@tradefast utilities may B better prepared 4 carbon caps than any other indu. Gov subsidized scrubbers 4 yrs. I own $FPL, $EXC $NWN & $SO
about 902 days ago by Honest_T
Sold $NWN for a 25 cent gain, at least it's something.
about 939 days ago by honeywagon
Long $NWN Northwest Nat Gas at 41.50. Holding $DIA as well.
about 940 days ago by honeywagon
The time is right for $NWN - look at the numbers http://bit.ly/4DdXgn - natural gas is still cheap, but will increase at the end of 2009
about 968 days ago by stocksinside
Trading idea for Mon Sep 21 short $NWN target 40.97 - 40.67 ... swing trade for NatGas skeptics ... thin puppy so handle with care. $$
about 983 days ago by maoxian
Wall Street Research:$SYY Initiated Buy Pali, $MERC Cut Underperform Raymond James, $NWN Upgraded Buy UBS
about 1100 days ago by WallStSource

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