Northwest Natural Gas Company (NWN)

45.93 -0.45  -0.97%  May 30, 8:00PM Go Pro
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NWN Total Return Price Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 34.11 Mar 11 2009
Maximum 48.80 Feb 3 2012
Average 41.51

About Total Return Price

Total return price is a theoretical price that helps investors look at their returns over time, accounting for both price appreciation and dividends received rather than price alone. It is the best way to calculate the actual returns on a stock over a period of time.

YCharts' total return price assumes that all dividends were reinvested and that no taxes were collected on dividend payments. This follows Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) methodology.

When calculating the return on an investment, an investor should look both at the changes in the value of the stock price as well as the gains from dividend payments. For example, if you buy a stock for $10, its price appreciates to $15 and it pays a $1 dividend, and you sell it, you have made $5 from the change in price and $1 from dividends. This $6 increase is your total gain, and your total return is 60%.

The total return price helps you to look backward to determine an equivalent price that you would have paid to get the same returns from a stock that paid no dividends (also adjusted for splits). Let's look at the previous example again.

Assumptions:
Price paid (1/1/01): $10.00
Closing price (12/30/01): $15.00
Dividend Paid (12/31/01): $1.00
Closing Price (12/31/01): $15.00

Your total returns for the year: $6.00 or 60%

Calculating Total Return Price:

12/31/01:
Actual Price: $15.00
Total Return Price: $15.00
The most recent total return price is always equal to the current price.

12/30/01:
Actual Price: $15.00
Total Return Price: $14.00 = $15.00 x (1-$1/$15.00)
The $1 dividend was 1/15 of the value of the stock, so if you could have received the dividend immediately after buying the stock on 12/30/01, you could have paid $14 for the stock and had a stock worth $15 because of the dividend that was paid.

1/1/01:
Actual Price: $10.00
Total Return Price: $9.33 = $10 x (1-$1/$15.00)
This is exactly like the previous problem. We received 1/15th of the stock's value on 12/30/01, so looking back we need to remove this value from the historical total returns price.
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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&#39;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 &amp; $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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