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Northwest Natural NWN

US equityMarket cap rank #2785Utilities - Regulated Gas
$47.19 −$0.19 (-0.40%)
Pre-market · Oct 6, 7:40 am ET · After hours $47.19 0.00%
Open$47.41
Prev close$47.38
Day range$46.81 – $47.41
Volume293.0K
Market cap$1.99B
P/E (TTM)15.8
Dividend yield4.17%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership82.3%-0.51 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding382+0 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)24 buys / 24 sellsBalanced
Short interest4.41% of floatDays to cover 8.5 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share24.0%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

17%22%27%32%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$581.7K (13 inflow days, 7 outflow days).

The five largest holders on file together own 35.2% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock15.94%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC6.50%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC5.18%
  • State Street Global Advisors4.11%
  • Vaughan Nelson Investment Management, L.P.3.47%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC2.92%
  • Invesco Capital Management LLC2.12%
  • GAMCO Investors, Inc.2.10%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund73.09%
  • Public Company3.20%
  • Hedge Fund2.89%
  • Government Pension Fund1.43%
  • Private Company1.38%
  • Individual/Insider0.53%
  • Family Office/Trust0.16%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund0.09%

Reported short interest has risen from 3.80% to 4.41% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 1,857,377 4.4% 8.5
31 Aug 2026 1,808,756 4.3% 8.2
14 Aug 2026 1,795,488 4.3% 8.0
31 Jul 2026 2,086,970 5.0% 10.0
15 Jul 2026 1,633,152 3.9% 7.5
30 Jun 2026 1,597,399 3.8% 3.8

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