The North West Company Inc. (NWC) To Go Ex-Dividend on September 29th

The North West Company Inc. (TSE:NWC) declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 29th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.42 per share on Thursday, October 15th. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 29th. This is a 2.4% increase from North West’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.41.

North West Stock Up 0.5%

NWC stock traded up C$0.28 during trading on Friday, reaching C$53.68. 146,091 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 139,293. North West has a twelve month low of C$44.63 and a twelve month high of C$56.77. The firm’s 50 day moving average is C$50.46 and its 200 day moving average is C$51.31. The company has a current ratio of 1.84, a quick ratio of 0.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 57.00. The firm has a market cap of C$2.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.38, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.11 and a beta of -0.01.

North West (TSE:NWC) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, September 8th. The company reported C$0.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The business had revenue of C$681.96 million during the quarter. North West had a net margin of 5.40% and a return on equity of 17.50%. As a group, research analysts forecast that North West will post 3.4924863 EPS for the current year.

North West Company Profile

The North West Company Inc, through its subsidiaries, is a leading retailer of food and everyday products and services to rural communities and urban neighbourhoods in Canada, Alaska, the South Pacific and the Caribbean. North West operates 230 stores under the trading names Northern, NorthMart, Giant Tiger, Alaska Commercial Company, Cost-U-Less and RiteWay Food Markets and has annualized sales of approximately CDN$2.6 billion.