Northwest Natural Gas Company

NWN Utilities Utilities Regulated Gas

Northwest Natural Gas Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.3 billion, up 11.8% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+8.04%
EPS
+2.74%
Free cash flow
−20.1%
Total debt
+14.3%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

51.05 0.76 −1.47%
Market cap
$2.2B
P/E
17.1×
Fwd P/E
16.3×
Dividend yield
3.82%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
0.66
Beneish M
−2.68
Dividend safety
39/100

Northwest Natural Gas Company (NWN) Net margin

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Northwest Natural Gas Company's net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 9.65%, up 0.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.79%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.37% (fiscal 2017) to 9.92% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is below the Utilities Regulated Gas industry median of 13.3% and below the Utilities sector median of 11.6%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 8.79% 1.95
FY2024 6.84% (1.00)
FY2023 7.84% (0.48)
FY2022 8.32% (0.82)
FY2021 9.14% (0.78)
FY2020 9.92% 1.65
FY2019 8.27% (0.87)
FY2018 9.14% 16.51
FY2017 −7.37% (16.18)
FY2016 8.81% 1.39

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 −16.8% (17.02)
Jun 2026 0.25% (19.63)
Mar 2026 19.9% 5.22
Dec 2025 14.7% 32.81
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −7.37% High 9.92%
Ten-year median 8.32%
Current reading's percentile 88

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
SR Spire Inc. compare 20.9%
NJR NewJersey Resources Corporation compare 16.4%
CPK Chesapeake Utilities Corporation compare 15.1%
BKH Bright Horizon Energy Corporation compare 13.5%
OGS ONE Gas, Inc. compare 12.6%
MDU MDU Resources Group, Inc. compare 10.8%
NWN Northwest Natural Gas Company 9.65%
SPH Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. compare 9.37%
CTRI Centuri Holdings, Inc. compare 1.44%
Utilities Regulated Gas industry median 13.3%
Utilities sector median 11.6%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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