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title: "NWC.TO stock: The North West Company Inc. price, chart, valuation | ANALITICA}"
description: "The North West Company Inc. (NWC.TO): Up 23.3% over the past year; the S&P/TSX Composite rose 20.0%. Pays a 2.87% trailing dividend yield (as of 2026-11-12)."
canonical: https://analiti.ca/t/NWC.TO/
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# The North West Company Inc. (NWC.TO)

TSX: NWC · TSX · Consumer Defensive

Last close 58.22 (Nov 12, 2026), -0.370 (-0.6%). Market cap $2.75B.
52-week range 47.21 to 59.46.

## At a glance

- Up 23.3% over the past year; the S&P/TSX Composite rose 20.0%.
- P/E 19.9 — lower than 57% of Consumer Defensive peers (35 companies).
- Market cap $2.75B; average daily dollar volume $6.4M over the past 3 months — High liquidity.
- Pays a 2.87% trailing dividend yield (as of 2026-11-12).
- No published plan for this ticker.
- 1-year volatility 22.0% (annualized); largest fall from a peak over the past year -15.5%.

## Performance

| Period | Stock | Sector fund | Composite | Difference vs Composite |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1W | +1.4% | +0.8% | +1.8% | -0.4% |
| 1M | +6.1% | +9.1% | +2.8% | +3.4% |
| 3M | +18.3% | +3.7% | -0.1% | +18.4% |
| 6M | +16.3% | +11.4% | +9.4% | +6.8% |
| YTD | +19.0% | +8.7% | +16.1% | +2.9% |
| 1Y | +23.3% | +17.0% | +20.0% | +3.3% |
| 3Y | +17.1% | +15.5% | +22.0% | -4.8% |
| 5Y | +10.5% | +12.6% | +10.5% | +0.0% |

3Y and 5Y are annualized. The Composite is proxied by XIU.TO.

## Risk and trading

- 1-year volatility (annualized): +22.0%
- Largest fall from a peak (1Y): -15.5% (Feb 23, 2026 to Jun 11, 2026)
- Beta (2Y weekly, vs Composite): 0.06
- Average daily volume (3M): 119,362
- Average daily dollar volume (3M): $6.4M
- Liquidity: High (High: $1M or more a day; Moderate: $100K or more; Low: under $100K.)

## Valuation

Valuation multiples are from the Nov 12, 2026 snapshot.

| Multiple | Value | Against sector peers |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| P/E (TTM) | 19.9 | Lower than 57% of peers (35 companies; median 22.0) |
| Earnings yield | 5.02% | — |
| P/B | 3.31 | Lower than 29% of peers (35 companies; median 2.2) |
| P/S | — | — |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.0 | Lower than 43% of peers (23 companies; median 10.0) |
| Dividend yield | 2.87% | — |
| Payout ratio | — | — |

## Financials

Reporting currency: CAD.

|  | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | TTM |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Revenue | $2.35B | $2.47B | $2.58B | $2.60B | $2.62B |
| Gross margin | 31.8% | 32.7% | 33.7% | 33.9% | — |
| Net income | $122.2M | $129.4M | $137.3M | $139.5M | $141.7M |
| Free cash flow | $65.7M | $107.0M | $114.3M | $140.5M | $129.1M |
| Diluted shares | 47,685,083 | 47,582,015 | 47,747,424 | 47,436,881 | — |

## Dividends and splits

Trailing dividend yield: 2.87% (snapshot Nov 12, 2026). Dividend history is not stored yet.

- No splits on record.

## Ownership and dilution

- Insider buys (90 days): 0
- Insider sells (90 days): 1
- Shares outstanding change (1Y): -0.7%
- Shares outstanding change (3Y): -0.5%
- Held by insiders: 0.12%
- Held by institutions: 38.56%

## Peers

- [WMT.TO](https://analiti.ca/t/WMT.TO/): 52.44, 1Y —, market cap $1309.28B, P/E 46.8, EV/EBITDA —, dividend yield —, 1Y volatility +26.6%
- [COST.TO](https://analiti.ca/t/COST.TO/): 48.43, 1Y +17.1%, market cap $633.07B, P/E 53.2, EV/EBITDA 59.4, dividend yield 0.54%, 1Y volatility +20.3%
- [PG.TO](https://analiti.ca/t/PG.TO/): 27.52, 1Y —, market cap $509.35B, P/E 25.5, EV/EBITDA —, dividend yield —, 1Y volatility +21.5%
- [ZYNS.TO](https://analiti.ca/t/ZYNS.TO/): 27.00, 1Y +24.7%, market cap $422.13B, P/E 29.3, EV/EBITDA —, dividend yield —, 1Y volatility +29.1%
- [NSTL.TO](https://analiti.ca/t/NSTL.TO/): 26.14, 1Y +9.6%, market cap $113.38B, P/E 871.3, EV/EBITDA —, dividend yield —, 1Y volatility +22.6%
- [L.TO](https://analiti.ca/t/L.TO/): 69.35, 1Y +22.7%, market cap $80.14B, P/E 31.2, EV/EBITDA 16.6, dividend yield 0.90%, 1Y volatility +22.2%
- [DOL.TO](https://analiti.ca/t/DOL.TO/): 220.42, 1Y +16.7%, market cap $59.15B, P/E 44.3, EV/EBITDA 33.6, dividend yield 0.21%, 1Y volatility +25.3%
- [WN.TO](https://analiti.ca/t/WN.TO/): 111.30, 1Y +29.0%, market cap $41.66B, P/E 45.4, EV/EBITDA 10.0, dividend yield 1.16%, 1Y volatility +21.2%

## analiti.ca history

No published plans for this ticker.


Superstock score: none published. Sector condition: Consumer Defensive — Leading (as of Nov 5, 2026).

## Key dates

- Next earnings: not available — no company release or exchange notice in the stored data
- Last earnings: Sep 8, 2026, EPS 0.84
- Next ex-dividend: not available

## Sources and data notes

- prices, chart, performance, risk: daily_prices (Yahoo) (as of Nov 12, 2026)
- valuation, market cap, ownership: yahoo_key_stats snapshot (as of Nov 12, 2026)
- financials: financials (Yahoo) (as of Jul 31, 2026)
- plans, resolutions: published entries-*.json + track-record.json (as of Nov 12, 2026)
- insiders: insider_trades (SEDI filings) (as of Nov 12, 2026)
- splits: Split inventory (interim table) (as of Nov 5, 2026)
- sector condition: conditions-2026-11-05.json (as of Nov 5, 2026)
- Superstock score: superstock_checks + superstock.json (as of Nov 12, 2026)

Not available rules: a field older than its freshness limit shows "not available", never a stale number — prices, 3 trading days; fundamentals, 120 days after the fiscal period end plus 45 days.

Data file: https://analiti.ca/data/t/NWC.TO.json

Facts and published history only. Plans are generated by a quant model.