Northwest Natural Holding ( NWN ) declares $0.4925/share quarterly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 3.53% Payable May 15; for shareholders of record April 30; ex-div April 30. The company has now announced a dividend of $0.4925 for three consecutive quarters. See NWN Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on Northwest Natural Holding Northwest Natural Holding: Fund...
Northwest Natural Holding ( NWN ) declares $0.4925/share quarterly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 3.53% Payable May 15; for shareholders of record April 30; ex-div April 30. The company has now announced a dividend of $0.4925 for three consecutive quarters. See NWN Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on Northwest Natural Holding Northwest Natural Holding: Fundamentally Sound But Fully Priced With Downside Risks (Downgrade) Northwest Natural Holding - Good Return, Looking At 2026 Northwest Natural Holding Company (NWN) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Mid-Cap utility stocks ranked by quant ratings after earnings season Northwest Natural aims for 4%–6% EPS growth and unveils $300M MX3 storage expansion as Texas and water segments accelerate
Jinda Noipho/iStock via Getty Images Corporate profits are the mother's milk for equity prices, and they are stronger than ever relative to the size of the economy. No wonder the stock market has done so well in recent decades. Chart #1 Chart #1 compares corporate profits (adjusted, and ex-Fed profits) to nominal GDP. According to the Q4/25 GDP estimates released today, corporate profits at the en...
Jinda Noipho/iStock via Getty Images Corporate profits are the mother's milk for equity prices, and they are stronger than ever relative to the size of the economy. No wonder the stock market has done so well in recent decades. Chart #1 Chart #1 compares corporate profits (adjusted, and ex-Fed profits) to nominal GDP. According to the Q4/25 GDP estimates released today, corporate profits at the end of last year were up 8.4% from a year ago, and they totaled $3.6 trillion at an annualized pace. Chart #2 Chart #2 shows the ratio of corporate profits to nominal GDP. As of the end of last year, profits were a record-setting 11.5% of GDP. Wow. Just wow. And it's not just a recent phenomenon. As the chart also shows, relative to the size of the economy, profits in recent years have been running twice as strong as they were in the 80s and early 90s. Chart #3 Chart #3 shows the long-term path of the S&P 500 index as compared to an 8% annualized trend. When you add dividend yields of 1-2% per year, buying and holding stock in the country's 500 largest and most successful corporations has yielded about 10% per year since 1950. Of course, there are times when returns have been far less than 10% per year and far greater. If you had bought stocks in October 2000, you wouldn't have broken even for almost 7 years. In contrast, buying stocks in April 2009 (at the bottom of the Great Financial Crisis) would have delivered annualized returns of almost 15% plus dividends . It was several months early when, in November 2008, I argued that investing in stocks was the buying opportunity of a lifetime . In any event, these three charts suggest that stocks today are neither very cheap nor very expensive from a historical perspective. Original Post Editor's Note: The summary bullets for this article were chosen by Seeking Alpha editors.
Gas shortages linked to the Iran conflict have reached India’s factories. Glassmakers are cutting output, with ripple effects from liquor companies to global retailers like Walmart. (Source: Bloomberg)
Gas shortages linked to the Iran conflict have reached India’s factories. Glassmakers are cutting output, with ripple effects from liquor companies to global retailers like Walmart. (Source: Bloomberg)