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The North West

TSX:NWC CA6632782083
100
  • Value
    75
  • Growth
    89
  • Safety
    Safety
    74
  • Combined
    98
  • Sentiment
    86
  • 360° View
    360° View
    100
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Company Description

The North West Company Inc. is a retailer of food and everyday products and services. It operates in the retail industry with brands like Northern, NorthMart, and Giant Tiger. The company operates in Canada, Alaska, the South Pacific, and the Caribbean. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $1,677 million, profits of $598 million, revenue of $1,774 million, and 7003 employees.

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Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 100 (better than 100% compared with alternatives) for 2025, overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock The North West are very positive. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with all four indicators above average for The North West. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 74, which means that the share price of The North West is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means the stock price is lower than for 74% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 89, which means that the company experiences above-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. The company is also safely financed with a Safety rank of 75. Finally, professional market sentiment is above average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of 86. ...read more

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Country Canada
Industry Food Retail
Size Medium
Website northwest.ca
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TSX Composite
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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 21-Aug-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
74 79 76 63
Growth
89 41 77 29
Safety
Safety
75 73 45 53
Sentiment
86 100 90 71
360° View
360° View
100 93 96 53
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
89 93 33 18
Opinions Change
50 50 100 83
Pro Holdings
n/a 95 100 47
Market Pulse
87 86 87 82
Sentiment
86 100 90 71
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
74 79 76 63
Growth
89 41 77 29
Safety Safety
75 73 45 53
Combined
98 78 84 49
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
74 75 64 45
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
36 38 39 44
Price vs. Book (P/B)
43 38 41 50
Dividend Yield
84 96 94 86
Value
74 79 76 63
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
92 75 41 13
Profit Growth
52 40 79 19
Capital Growth
58 39 71 58
Stock Returns
75 55 55 49
Growth
89 41 77 29
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
46 50 46 38
Refinancing
61 65 50 50
Liquidity
74 73 63 71
Safety Safety
75 73 45 53

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