NiSource, Inc

NI Utilities Utilities Regulated Gas

In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 4.63%, EPS fell 59.1%, free cash flow fell 156.1% and total debt rose 10.5%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years.

42.68 1.43 +3.47%
Market cap
$19.8B
P/E
22.7×
Fwd P/E
22.7×
Dividend yield
3.47%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
0.80
Beneish M
−2.41
Dividend safety
36/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 4.85
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 1 — — 2 — — 3 — — 1 — —
Insider Ownership 0.40%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 19,780.00
Revenue 6,881.50
Net Income 978.50
Free Cash Flow (1,086.20)
Net Debt 17,307.60
Current Ratio 0.50 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity 1.46
P/E ratio 22.70
Fwd P/E 22.70
P/S ratio 2.98
P/B ratio 1.72
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth 8.01%
Next Y EPS Growth 9.70%
Next Y revenue growth 9.44%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 9.22%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 49.81%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 83.78%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 22.45%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 83.82%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.79
Annual Dividend Rate 1.48
Annual Dividend Yield 3.47%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.20
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.30
2025 1.12
0.28
0.28
0.28
0.28
2024 1.06
0.27
0.27
0.27
0.27
2023 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
2022 0.94
0.24
0.24
0.24
0.24
2021 0.88
0.22
0.22
0.22
0.22
2020 0.84
0.21
0.21
0.21
0.21
2019 0.80
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
2018 0.78
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
2017 0.70
0.18
0.18
0.18
0.18
2016 0.64
0.16
0.16
0.17
0.17
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 2,281 199 136 95
Receivables 928 1,010 1,264 892
Inventory 503 389 450 408
Other 682 344 379 558
4,499 2,080 2,377 2,199
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 749 863 1,125 1,136
ST’ Debt 3,072 1,886 756 1,790
Other 646 504 599 400
5,265 4,113 3,457 4,415

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 3.63% 7.25% 4.32%
Cash Flow 4.95% 16.43% 18.79%
Earnings 12.49% 0.00% 7.46%
Book Value 11.74% 14.84% 13.85%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2,363 1,342 — — —
’25 2,183 1,283 1,273 1,903 6,642
’24 1,706 1,085 1,076 1,588 5,455
’23 1,966 1,090 1,027 1,422 5,505
’22 1,873 1,183 1,090 1,705 5,851
’21 1,546 986 959 1,409 4,900
’20 1,606 963 903 1,211 4,682
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 442 680 — — —
’25 686 495 468 713 2,362
’24 456 446 340 540 1,782
’23 683 508 345 399 1,935
’22 580 327 129 373 1,409
’21 448 255 236 279 1,218
’20 370 338 151 245 1,104
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (363) (417) — — —
’25 49 (163) (173) (134) (420)
’24 (133) (184) (295) (220) (832)
’23 126 (97) (379) (361) (711)
’22 130 (139) (477) (307) (794)
’21 81 (176) (258) (267) (620)
’20 (82) (29) (322) 895 462
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1.06 0.09 — — —
’25 1.00 0.22 0.20 0.53 1.95
’24 0.77 0.19 0.19 0.47 1.62
’23 0.71 0.09 0.17 0.50 1.48
’22 0.94 0.12 0.12 0.52 1.70
’21 0.72 0.11 0.12 0.36 1.27
’20 0.16 (0.05) (0.49) 0.18 (0.19)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.7
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 19.05 21.65 22.44 24.69 19.56 21.09 23.78 22.86 24.80 35.51

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 26.94 27.76 28.11 30.67 30.46 27.85 32.59 28.95 38.56 44.88
People
People Employees 8,007 8,175 8,087 8,363 7,389 7,342 7,162 7,411 7,746 7,738
Revenue/emp, $m 0.56 0.60 0.63 0.62 0.63 0.67 0.82 0.74 0.70 0.86
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 4,493 4,875 5,115 5,209 4,682 4,900 5,851 5,505 5,455 6,642
Gross margin, % 69.06 68.84 65.56 70.54 76.31 71.58 63.93 72.15 79.25 76.15
EBT 514 443 (231) 507 (31) 707 956 814 1,003 1,216
EBT margin, % 11.43 9.09 (4.51) 9.73 (0.67) 14.42 16.35 14.78 18.38 18.31
Net income 332 129 (51) 383 (14) 589 792 674 845 1,013
Depreciation 555 578 607 717 726 748 821 908 1,043 1,168
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 13.96 14.80 14.35 13.91 12.18 12.45 14.37 13.23 12.01 14.05
Earnings 1.03 0.39 (0.18) 0.88 (0.19) 1.35 1.84 1.59 1.63 1.96
Cash flow 2.50 2.25 1.52 4.23 2.87 3.09 3.46 4.65 3.92 5.00
Capex (4.58) (5.15) (5.10) (4.81) (1.67) (4.67) (5.41) (6.36) (5.76) (5.88)
Free cash flow (2.09) (2.89) (3.58) (0.58) 1.20 (1.58) (1.95) (1.71) (1.83) (0.89)
Book value 12.65 13.12 16.13 15.98 15.19 18.48 19.41 24.36 23.49 24.66
Shares, m 322 329 357 375 384 394 407 416 454 473
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 21.97 65.03 0.00 31.64 0.00 20.45 14.91 16.99 22.69 21.31
P/S 1.59 1.71 1.77 2.00 1.88 2.22 1.91 2.04 3.06 2.97
P/B 1.75 1.93 1.86 2.04 1.78 1.90 1.76 1.16 1.57 1.69
EV/Sales 3.34 3.55 3.53 3.82 3.94 4.20 3.83 4.19 5.58 5.39
EV/FCF (22.35) (18.16) (14.14) (91.10) 39.92 (33.18) (28.24) (32.48) (36.59) (85.30)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 803 742 540 1,583 1,104 1,218 1,409 1,935 1,782 2,362
Capex (1,475) (1,696) (1,816) (1,802) (642) (1,838) (2,203) (2,646) (2,614) (2,782)
Free cash flow (672) (954) (1,276) (219) 462 (620) (794) (711) (832) (420)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (1,690) (1,415) (1,981) (1,892) (620) (825) (2,076) (766) (2,033) (1,080)
Total debt 7,909 9,002 9,133 9,643 9,746 9,802 11,316 14,128 13,960 16,214
Net debt 7,873 8,964 9,012 9,494 9,621 9,707 11,240 11,847 13,762 16,078
Shareholders’ equity 4,071 4,320 5,751 5,987 5,838 7,273 7,902 10,136 10,668 11,660
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 1.83 0.66 (0.31) 1.48 (0.33) 2.29 2.94 2.29 2.35 2.75
ROIC 4.53 4.33 0.53 3.60 2.23 3.71 4.13 3.68 3.72 4.14
ROE 8.38 3.06 (1.43) 6.57 (1.44) 9.92 12.40 8.27 7.28 8.33
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

NiSource, Inc vs peers in Utilities Regulated Gas (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
ATO Atmos Energy Corporation $27.7B 19.8× 20.2× +4.80% (above 0%: growing) +23.08% (above 0%: growing) −7.79% (below 0%: shrinking) 99.07% 36.45% Compare
NI NiSource, Inc $19.8B 22.7× 22.7× +4.63% (above 0%: growing) −59.09% (below 0%: shrinking) −156.14% (below 0%: shrinking) 85.58% 16.99%
UGI UGI Corporation $8.1B 12.3× 11.5× −4.52% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −56.52% (below 0%: shrinking) 43.05% (3.31%) Compare
SWX Southwest Gas Corporation $6.2B 11.4× 20.8× −9.63% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −157.57% (below 0%: shrinking) 89.27% 23.54% Compare
BKH Black Hills Corporation $5.8B 19.3× 16.7× +3.14% (above 0%: growing) +31.58% (above 0%: growing) +24.09% (above 0%: growing) 74.93% 21.42% Compare
NJR NewJersey Resources Corporation $5.2B 14.3× 15.9× +16.80% (above 0%: growing) n/m −3.14% (below 0%: shrinking) 57.69% 9.13% Compare
SR Spire Inc. $4.8B 9.1× 20.4× +19.21% (above 0%: growing) +1,131.03% (above 0%: growing) +0.22% (above 0%: growing) 75.92% 5.57% Compare
OGS ONE Gas, Inc. $4.7B 16.2× 16.5× −2.86% (below 0%: shrinking) +39.62% (above 0%: growing) +511.45% (above 0%: growing) 78.07% 20.08% Compare
MDU MDU Resources Group, Inc. $3.9B 20.0× 21.8× +6.87% (above 0%: growing) +42.86% (above 0%: growing) −58.85% (below 0%: shrinking) 64.77% 12.78% Compare
Median of peers $5.5B 15.3× 18.5× +3.97% +39.62% −5.46% 75.43% 16.43%

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NiSource, Inc (NI) key facts

  • NiSource, Inc (NI) is an Utilities Regulated Gas company in the Utilities sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, NI traded at $42.68, a market capitalization of $19.8 billion.
  • NiSource, Inc pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share, a yield of 3.47%, with a payout ratio of 78.7%.
  • Return on equity was 8.33% and debt-to-equity 1.46.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 0.80 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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