Northwest Natural Holding Company (NWN) Key Metrics
NWN valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $2.06B
- Enterprise value
- $4.67B
- P/E (TTM)
- 16.3 10-yr median 19.1
- Forward P/E
- 14.5
- PEG ratio
- 2.31
- Price / sales
- 1.6 10-yr median 1.8
- Price / book
- 1.3 10-yr median 1.6
- EV / EBITDA
- 9.5 10-yr median 10.4
- Dividend yield
- 4.08% $2.00 a year
- Beta
- 0.39
NWN key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsNWN valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
NWN returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
NWN per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
NWN financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
NWN efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
NWN valuation history
NWN returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
NWN debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
NWN cash returned to shareholders
NWN price vs earnings per share
NWN key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $1.91B | $1.54B | $1.41B | $1.62B | $1.50B | $1.41B | $2.20B | $1.75B | $1.72B | $1.71B |
| Enterprise value | $4.63B | $3.46B | $3.12B | $3.26B | $3.00B | $2.72B | $3.22B | $2.69B | $2.55B | $2.48B |
| P/E ratio | 16.9 | 19.5 | 15.0 | 18.7 | 19.1 | 18.3 | 35.7 | 27.0 | — | 29.1 |
| Price / sales | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| Price / book | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
| Price / free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20.7 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 7.1 | 7.7 | 5.0 | 11.0 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 11.9 | 10.3 | 8.3 | 7.7 |
| EV / sales | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.8 | 9.9 | 9.0 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 15.2 | 11.1 | 9.5 | 9.0 |
| EV / free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30.0 |
| Earnings yield | 5.9% | 5.1% | 6.6% | 5.3% | 5.2% | 5.5% | 2.8% | 3.7% | −3.2% | 3.4% |
| Free cash flow yield | −10.3% | −12.6% | −3.4% | −11.9% | −9.0% | −9.8% | −2.6% | −2.6% | −0.4% | 4.8% |
| Dividend yield | 4.0% | 4.7% | 4.8% | 3.9% | 3.7% | 3.9% | 2.4% | 2.9% | 3.1% | 3.0% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 4.0% | 4.7% | 4.8% | 3.9% | 3.7% | 3.9% | 2.4% | 3.4% | 3.3% | 6.9% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $46.74 | $39.56 | $38.94 | $47.59 | $48.78 | $45.99 | $73.73 | $60.46 | $59.65 | $59.80 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $31.48 | $29.66 | $33.02 | $30.52 | $27.98 | $25.28 | $25.00 | $24.45 | $26.26 | $23.61 |
| Earnings per share | $2.77 | $2.03 | $2.59 | $2.54 | $2.56 | $2.51 | $2.07 | $2.24 | −$1.93 | $2.06 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $6.57 | $5.15 | $7.72 | $4.35 | $5.21 | $4.67 | $6.21 | $5.84 | $7.19 | $7.76 |
| Free cash flow per share | −$4.83 | −$4.99 | −$1.31 | −$5.64 | −$4.39 | −$4.51 | −$1.91 | −$1.59 | −$0.23 | $2.89 |
| Cash per share | $1.00 | $0.99 | $0.91 | $0.86 | $0.60 | $0.99 | $0.55 | $0.44 | $0.12 | $0.12 |
| Book value per share | $36.02 | $35.64 | $35.40 | $34.59 | $30.41 | $29.04 | $29.00 | $26.41 | $25.83 | $29.71 |
| Tangible book value per share | $26.96 | $30.91 | $30.90 | $30.20 | $28.11 | $26.78 | $25.71 | $26.10 | $25.83 | $29.71 |
| Dividends per share | $1.89 | $1.87 | $1.86 | $1.85 | $1.82 | $1.81 | $1.79 | $1.78 | $1.88 | $1.80 |
| Capex per share | $11.40 | $10.15 | $9.03 | $9.99 | $9.60 | $9.18 | $8.11 | $7.43 | $7.42 | $4.87 |
| Debt per share | $67.35 | $50.37 | $48.13 | $49.30 | $49.27 | $43.85 | $34.60 | $33.03 | $29.01 | $26.99 |
| Shares outstanding | 41.0M | 38.9M | 36.3M | 34.0M | 30.8M | 30.6M | 29.9M | 28.9M | 28.8M | 28.6M |
| Change in shares outstanding | +5.4% | +7.2% | +6.7% | +10.5% | +0.5% | +2.5% | +3.4% | +0.4% | +0.4% | +4.4% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 7.9% | 5.9% | 7.6% | 8.2% | 8.6% | 8.8% | 7.6% | 8.6% | −7.0% | 7.2% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 7.9% | 4.4% | 4.7% | 4.8% | 5.2% | 5.6% | 6.7% | 5.9% | 5.8% | 5.0% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 2.0% | 1.6% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 2.1% | −1.8% | 1.9% |
| Return on tangible assets | 1.9% | 1.6% | 2.0% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 2.0% | −1.8% | 1.9% |
| Free cash flow margin | −15.3% | −16.8% | −4.0% | −18.5% | −15.7% | −17.8% | −7.6% | −6.5% | −0.9% | 12.2% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 2.37 | 2.54 | 2.98 | 1.71 | 2.04 | 1.86 | 3.00 | 2.61 | — | 3.77 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $2.76B | $1.96B | $1.75B | $1.68B | $1.52B | $1.34B | $1.03B | $953.9M | $834.1M | $772.6M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $41.1M | $38.5M | $32.9M | $29.3M | $18.6M | $30.2M | $16.4M | $12.6M | $3.5M | $3.5M |
| Net debt | $2.72B | $1.92B | $1.71B | $1.65B | $1.50B | $1.31B | $1.02B | $941.2M | $830.6M | $769.1M |
| Debt / equity | 1.87 | 1.41 | 1.36 | 1.43 | 1.62 | 1.51 | 1.19 | 1.25 | 1.12 | 0.91 |
| Debt / assets | 0.44 | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.30 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.25 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.77 | 5.51 | 4.95 | 5.46 | 5.67 | 5.51 | 4.79 | 3.90 | 3.10 | 2.80 |
| Current ratio | 0.72 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.83 | 0.60 | 0.52 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.71 | 1.05 |
| Quick ratio | 0.57 | 0.69 | 0.70 | 0.73 | 0.52 | 0.45 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.58 | 0.85 |
| Interest coverage | 3.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 2.2 |
| Working capital | −$233.5M | −$91.2M | −$95.4M | −$154.5M | −$287.5M | −$303.8M | −$203.8M | −$213.2M | −$111.9M | $13.5M |
| Invested capital | $4.19B | $3.30B | $3.00B | $2.82B | $2.43B | $2.20B | $1.88B | $1.70B | $1.57B | $1.62B |
| Tangible asset value | $1.10B | $1.20B | $1.12B | $1.03B | $864.6M | $819.5M | $767.7M | $753.7M | $742.8M | $850.5M |
| Net current asset value | −$4.16B | −$3.29B | −$2.98B | −$2.83B | −$2.69B | −$2.54B | −$2.34B | −$2.18B | −$2.03B | −$1.94B |
| Graham number | $47.35 | $40.34 | $45.41 | $44.46 | $41.84 | $40.49 | $36.73 | $36.45 | — | $37.08 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$109.77 | −$92.50 | −$92.19 | −$97.37 | −$95.80 | −$88.39 | −$83.36 | −$81.30 | −$75.61 | −$73.38 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $77.3M | $72.9M | $67.3M | $62.8M | $55.9M | $55.4M | $53.3M | $51.3M | $54.0M | $51.5M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $8.0M | $2.0M | $66.7M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 68.2% | 92.4% | 71.7% | 72.7% | 71.1% | 72.2% | 86.4% | 79.5% | — | 87.5% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 143.1% |
| Capex / revenue | 36.2% | 34.2% | 27.3% | 32.7% | 34.3% | 36.3% | 32.5% | 30.4% | 28.3% | 20.6% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 173.5% | 196.9% | 116.9% | 229.8% | 184.1% | 196.4% | 130.8% | 127.2% | 103.2% | 62.8% |
| Capex / depreciation | 2.28 | 2.50 | 2.29 | 2.91 | 2.60 | 2.71 | 2.65 | 1.90 | 1.82 | 1.26 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | — | — | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.9% | 2.6% | 3.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| SG&A / revenue | — | — | — | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 2.0% | 2.0% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 60.9 | 65.9 | 69.4 | 76.8 | 70.1 | 64.1 | 61.8 | 66.5 | 62.4 | 71.2 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 55.0 | 53.0 | 47.1 | 37.8 | 34.3 | 33.4 | 34.7 | 37.8 | 38.4 | 55.6 |
| Days payables outstanding | 72.3 | 67.3 | 76.9 | 82.4 | 79.5 | 81.5 | 90.3 | 93.6 | 74.3 | 70.6 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 43.6 | 51.6 | 39.6 | 32.2 | 24.9 | 16.0 | 6.2 | 10.8 | 26.5 | 56.1 |
| Receivables turnover | 5.99 | 5.54 | 5.26 | 4.76 | 5.21 | 5.69 | 5.91 | 5.49 | 5.85 | 5.13 |
| Payables turnover | 5.05 | 5.42 | 4.75 | 4.43 | 4.59 | 4.48 | 4.04 | 3.90 | 4.91 | 5.17 |
| Inventory turnover | 6.64 | 6.88 | 7.75 | 9.64 | 10.63 | 10.92 | 10.52 | 9.64 | 9.49 | 6.57 |
| Asset turnover | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.25 | 0.22 |
| Average receivables | $215.2M | $208.2M | $227.8M | $218.2M | $165.2M | $135.9M | $126.4M | $128.7M | $129.0M | $131.8M |
| Average payables | $154.4M | $139.3M | $163.0M | $157.1M | $115.7M | $105.7M | $114.6M | $113.4M | $98.3M | $79.4M |
| Average inventory | $117.3M | $109.8M | $99.8M | $72.2M | $50.0M | $43.3M | $44.1M | $45.9M | $50.9M | $62.5M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 5.9% | 3.5% | 3.4% | 3.1% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 2.8% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Computed from NWN's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 27, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
NWN valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Northwest Natural traded at 16.9 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 19.1. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 16.3 and the forward P/E is 14.5. Northwest Natural earned a return on equity of 7.9% and a return on invested capital of 7.9% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $2.8 billion of debt and $41.1 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $2.7 billion. It returned $77.3 million to shareholders: $77.3 million in dividends and $0 in share buybacks. The share count rose 43.0% from 28.6M to 41.0M over 9 years.
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NWN key metrics FAQ
What is Northwest Natural's P/E ratio?
Northwest Natural's trailing P/E ratio is 16.3 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 14.5. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 16.9, compared with a 10-year median of 19.1.
What is Northwest Natural's EV/EBITDA?
Northwest Natural's enterprise value was 9.8 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $4.6 billion, EBITDA $470.6 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 9.5.
What is Northwest Natural's return on equity?
Northwest Natural's return on equity (ROE) was 7.9% in fiscal 2025: net income of $113.3 million on average shareholders' equity of $1.4 billion.
What is Northwest Natural's ROIC?
Northwest Natural's return on invested capital was 7.9% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Northwest Natural have?
Northwest Natural had total debt of $2.8 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.87 and $2.7 billion of net debt (5.77 times EBITDA).
What is Northwest Natural's dividend yield?
Northwest Natural's forward dividend yield is 4.08%. Northwest Natural paid $77.3 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($1.89 per share), a payout ratio of 68.2%.
What is Northwest Natural's free cash flow yield?
Northwest Natural generated -$197.8 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of −10.3% on its market value at year-end ($1.9 billion).
What is Northwest Natural's current ratio?
Northwest Natural's current ratio was 0.72 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 0.72 times current liabilities.