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

51.77 0.46 +0.90%
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) Return on assets

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Northwest Natural Gas Company's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 2.03%, up 0.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (1.99%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.82% (fiscal 2017) to 2.14% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is below the Utilities Regulated Gas industry median of 3.58% and below the Utilities sector median of 2.68%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 1.99% 0.43
FY2024 1.56% (0.39)
FY2023 1.95% (0.01)
FY2022 1.96% (0.05)
FY2021 2.01% (0.13)
FY2020 2.14% 0.29
FY2019 1.85% (0.21)
FY2018 2.06% 3.88
FY2017 −1.82% (3.74)
FY2016 1.92% 0.17

Against its own ten years

Low −1.82% High 2.14%
Ten-year median 1.95%
Current reading's percentile 73

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
SPH Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. compare 5.59%
NJR NewJersey Resources Corporation compare 4.79%
SR Spire Inc. compare 4.17%
CPK Chesapeake Utilities Corporation compare 3.73%
OGS ONE Gas, Inc. compare 3.35%
BKH Bright Horizon Energy Corporation compare 2.93%
MDU MDU Resources Group, Inc. compare 2.68%
CTRI Centuri Holdings, Inc. compare 2.21%
NWN Northwest Natural Gas Company 2.03%
Utilities Regulated Gas industry median 3.58%
Utilities sector median 2.68%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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