Northwest Natural Gas is an utilities - regulated gas business based in the US. Northwest Natural Gas shares (NWN) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $43.55 – a decrease of 0.53% over the previous week. Northwest Natural Gas employs 1,452 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $1.2 billion.
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| Latest market close | $43.55 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $33.19 - $43.88 |
| 50-day moving average | $42.07 |
| 200-day moving average | $40.67 |
| Wall St. target price | $46.80 |
| PE ratio | 21.2808 |
| Dividend yield | $1.953 (4.54%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $2.03 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $43.2 from 2025-05-02
| 1 week (2025-04-29) | -1.32% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2025-04-04) | 4.83% |
| 3 months (2025-02-06) | 6.72% |
| 6 months (2024-11-06) | 5.60% |
| 1 year (2024-05-06) | 14.10% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2023-05-05) | 1.24% |
| 3 years (2022-05-06) | 0.43% |
| 5 years (2020-05-06) | 49.296 |
Valuing Northwest Natural Gas stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Northwest Natural Gas's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Northwest Natural Gas's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 21x. In other words, Northwest Natural Gas shares trade at around 21x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Northwest Natural Gas's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.3396. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Northwest Natural Gas's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Northwest Natural Gas's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $358.6 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Northwest Natural Gas's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $1.2 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 21.65% |
| Gross profit TTM | $446 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 2.31% |
| Return on equity TTM | 5.91% |
| Profit margin | 6.84% |
| Book value | $34.44 |
| Market Capitalization | $1.7 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 3.1% of net profits
Recently Northwest Natural Gas has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Northwest Natural Gas shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Northwest Natural Gas's case, that would currently equate to about $1.953 per share.
While Northwest Natural Gas's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Northwest Natural Gas is investing more in its future growth.
Northwest Natural Gas's most recent dividend payout was on 14 May 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 29 April 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").
Northwest Natural Gas's shares were split on a 3:2 basis on 8 September 1996 . So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Northwest Natural Gas shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Northwest Natural Gas shares which in turn could have impacted Northwest Natural Gas's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Northwest Natural Gas's shares have ranged in value from as little as $33.1949 up to $43.8833. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Northwest Natural Gas's is 0.562. This would suggest that Northwest Natural Gas's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Northwest Natural Holding Company, through its subsidiary, Northwest Natural Gas Company, provides regulated natural gas distribution services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the United States. The company operates mist gas storage facility contracted to other utilities, third-party marketers, and electric generators; offers natural gas asset management services; and operates an appliance retail center. It also engages in gas storage, water and wastewater, non-regulated renewable natural gas, and other investment businesses. In addition, the company offers natural gas service in Oregon and southwest Washington; and water and wastewater connections. Northwest Natural Holding Company was founded in 1859 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. .
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