The North West Company Inc.

NWC.TO (TSX: NWC) TSX
Sector: Consumer Defensive · Industry: — · Exchange: TSX
58.22 -0.370 (-0.6%) Market cap: $2.75B
52-week range low 47.21 · Nov 11, 2025high 59.46 · Nov 6, 2026

At a glance

Price chart

Split- and dividend-adjusted. All three lines are rebased to 100 at the start of the range, so the chart compares moves, not prices. L marks a LONG plan, S a SHORT plan — each links to that session's day page.

PriceComposite (XIU.TO, proxy)Sector fund (iShares S&P/TSX Capped Consumer Staples Index ETF (XST.TO))
NWC.TO price, 1M +9% +0% -1% Oct 13, 2026 Nov 12, 2026 Volume
NWC.TO price, 6M +20% +0% -6% May 13, 2026 Nov 12, 2026 Volume
NWC.TO price, 1Y +28% +0% -4% Nov 11, 2025 Nov 12, 2026 Volume
NWC.TO price, 5Y +88% +0% -22% Nov 12, 2021 Nov 10, 2026 Volume
Monthly closes (table version, last 5 years)
Monthly closes, adjusted
MonthClose
2021-1234.24
2022-0135.05
2022-0236.02
2022-0338.30
2022-0435.83
2022-0536.30
2022-0633.29
2022-0734.48
2022-0834.05
2022-0931.99
2022-1035.45
2022-1137.82
2022-1235.57
2023-0136.24
2023-0235.38
2023-0337.79
2023-0439.74
2023-0538.54
2023-0631.40
2023-0732.10
2023-0830.50
2023-0934.20
2023-1035.36
2023-1135.77
2023-1239.27
2024-0138.89
2024-0240.31
2024-0339.25
2024-0439.02
2024-0537.65
2024-0641.44
2024-0744.71
2024-0845.68
2024-0951.33
2024-1052.41
2024-1151.55
2024-1249.12
2025-0146.44
2025-0246.57
2025-0350.84
2025-0455.30
2025-0557.26
2025-0648.27
2025-0747.56
2025-0850.46
2025-0947.82
2025-1045.50
2025-1149.21
2025-1248.91
2026-0148.61
2026-0255.98
2026-0354.53
2026-0450.88
2026-0551.77
2026-0649.38
2026-0750.85
2026-0848.55
2026-0954.82
2026-1057.05
2026-1158.22

The Composite is proxied by XIU.TO (iShares S&P/TSX 60 Index ETF); the database holds no Composite index series. The sector fund is a fund, never the index.

Performance

Over the past year the stock is up 23.3% against +20.0% for the Composite — 3.3 points ahead.

Returns by period; 3Y and 5Y are annualized
Metric1W1M3M6MYTD1Y3Y5Y
Stock+1.4%+6.1%+18.3%+16.3%+19.0%+23.3%+17.1%+10.5%
Sector fund (XST.TO)+0.8%+9.1%+3.7%+11.4%+8.7%+17.0%+15.5%+12.6%
Composite (XIU.TO, proxy)+1.8%+2.8%-0.1%+9.4%+16.1%+20.0%+22.0%+10.5%
Difference vs Composite-0.4%+3.4%+18.4%+6.8%+2.9%+3.3%-4.8%+0.0%

3Y and 5Y are annualized from 3Y. The Composite is proxied by XIU.TO; the sector fund is iShares S&P/TSX Capped Consumer Staples Index ETF (XST.TO).

Risk and trading

1-year volatility +22.0% (annualized); largest fall from a peak -15.5% (Feb 23, 2026 to Jun 11, 2026); beta 0.06 against the Composite (2Y weekly).

Risk and trading, prices to Nov 12, 2026
Volatility (1Y, annualized)+22.0%
Maximum drawdown (1Y)-15.5% (Feb 23, 2026 to Jun 11, 2026)
Beta (2Y weekly, vs Composite)0.06
Average daily volume (3M)119,362
Dollar volume (3M, average per day)$6.4M
LiquidityHigh (High: $1M or more a day; Moderate: $100K or more; Low: under $100K, by average daily dollar volume.)

Valuation

P/E 19.9 — lower than 57% of Consumer Defensive peers (35 companies). The sector median P/E is 22.0.

Valuation multiples, snapshot Nov 12, 2026
MultipleValueAgainst sector peers
P/E (TTM)19.9 Lower than 57% of peers (35 companies; median 22.0)
Earnings yield5.02%—
P/B3.31 Lower than 29% of peers (35 companies; median 2.24)
P/SNot available: Not available — needs TTM revenue; see financials.—
EV/EBITDA10.0 Lower than 43% of peers (23 companies; median 10.0)
Dividend yield2.87%—
Payout ratioNot available: Not available — no stored dividend history yet.—

Each multiple is shown against the sector median of the pages' universe as a percentile: "lower than 25% of peers" means the value sits below 25% of them. Valuation multiples are from the Nov 12, 2026 snapshot, and are always printed with that date.

More: dividend rate and earnings yield

Dividend rate: 1.68. Earnings yield is earnings per share divided by price — the inverse of P/E.

Financials

Revenue $2.60B in 2026 (TTM $2.62B); net income $139.5M; free cash flow $140.5M. Reporting currency: CAD.

Annual figures, last 4 fiscal years, plus TTM
Metric2023202420252026TTM
Revenue$2.35B$2.47B$2.58B$2.60B$2.62B
Gross margin31.8%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 shares47,685,08347,582,01547,747,42447,436,881—

Revenue by year

2023202420252026

Free cash flow by year

2023202420252026
Balance sheet, latest annual row
Cash$90.4M
Total debt$438.9M
Debt-to-equity0.55
Operating margin (latest snapshot, Nov 12, 2026)8.5%

Figures as reported in stored financials; reporting currency CAD. Operating margin is not stored per year, so the latest snapshot value is shown. TTM covers 2025-10-31, 2026-01-31, 2026-04-30, 2026-07-31.

Dividends and splits

Pays a 2.87% trailing dividend yield (as of Nov 12, 2026). No splits on record.

Dividend history, last 5 years
YearDividend per share
Not available: No stored dividend history yet.

Trailing yield 2.87% is the stored key-stats snapshot value (as of Nov 12, 2026) — the dividend history itself is not stored yet, so no history table is shown.

Split history (from the split inventory)
DateActionRatio
Not available: No splits on record for this ticker.

Next ex-dividend date: Not available: No stored ex-dividend dates for equities. Prices on the chart are split- and dividend-adjusted (no splits on record, so nothing to adjust).

Ownership and dilution

Insiders bought 0 times and sold 1 times in the 90 days to Nov 12, 2026. Shares outstanding fell 0.7% over 1 year.

Ownership, insider window 2026-08-14 to 2026-11-12
Insider buys (90 days)0
Insider sell (90 days)1
Shares outstanding change (1Y)-0.7%
Shares outstanding change (3Y)-0.5%
Held by insiders0.12%
Held by institutions38.56%

Counts are by filing date. Holdings are from the key-stats snapshot (as of Nov 12, 2026).

Recent insider trades (2)
Filing dateTypeNameSharesPriceValue
Sep 17, 2026OTHERMCCONNELL, DANIEL, GEORGE98020.24$20K
Sep 17, 2026SELLMCCONNELL, DANIEL, GEORGE98037.68$37K

Peers

Peers in Consumer Defensive, by market cap: WMT.TO, COST.TO, PG.TO, ZYNS.TO, NSTL.TO, L.TO, DOL.TO, WN.TO.

Peers in Consumer Defensive, by market cap (prices to Nov 12, 2026)
TickerPrice1Y %Market capP/EEV/EBITDADiv yield1Y vol
WMT.TO52.44—$1309.28B46.8——+26.6%
COST.TO48.43+17.1%$633.07B53.259.40.54%+20.3%
PG.TO27.52—$509.35B25.5——+21.5%
ZYNS.TO27.00+24.7%$422.13B29.3——+29.1%
NSTL.TO26.14+9.6%$113.38B871.3——+22.6%
L.TO69.35+22.7%$80.14B31.216.60.90%+22.2%
DOL.TO220.42+16.7%$59.15B44.333.60.21%+25.3%
WN.TO111.30+29.0%$41.66B45.410.01.16%+21.2%

Each row links to its own page when one exists. Peer 1Y returns and volatility use raw closes; peer splits are unadjusted.

analiti.ca history

No published plans for this ticker.

Every published plan for this ticker (outcome under the full ladder; first exit shown second)
DateSideEntryStopFirst exitExitsOutcome (full ladder)First exitHold
Not available: No published plans for this ticker.

The full ladder is the headline method: 40/30/20% at the three exits, the last slice held to stop or end. First exit credits the whole position at the first exit level. Full history: the track record.

Superstock score

No Superstock score published for this ticker. The score is the published Superstock screen score — nothing else.

Sector condition: Consumer Defensive — Leading (as of Nov 5, 2026). Superstock screen.

Key dates

Next earningsNot available: No company release or exchange notice in the stored data — stored dates are Yahoo-sourced, so none is shown.
Last earningsSep 8, 2026 · EPS 0.84
Next ex-dividendNot available: No stored ex-dividend dates for equities.

The next earnings date is shown only from the company's own release or an exchange notice, with a link. The stored last-earnings date is Yahoo-sourced.

Sources and data notes

BlockSourceAs of
prices, chart, performance, riskdaily_prices (Yahoo)Nov 12, 2026
valuation, market cap, ownershipyahoo_key_stats snapshotNov 12, 2026
financialsfinancials (Yahoo)Jul 31, 2026
plans, resolutionspublished entries-*.json + track-record.jsonNov 12, 2026
insidersinsider_trades (SEDI filings)Nov 12, 2026
splitsSplit inventory (interim table)Nov 5, 2026
sector conditionconditions-2026-11-05.jsonNov 5, 2026
Superstock scoresuperstock_checks + superstock.jsonNov 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. Valuation multiples are always printed with their snapshot date.

Data file: /data/t/NWC.TO.json · Markdown twin: /t/NWC.TO.md

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