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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricNWNNorthwest Natural Holding CoNJRNEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPSRSPIRE INCOGSONE Gas, Inc.Median of the restexcluding NWN
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$48.80▼ 0.09 (0.18%)
$52.02▲ 0.84 (1.64%)
$82.51▼ 0.38 (0.46%)
$75.55▼ 0.05 (0.07%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.4.7/106.0/103.3/106.0/106.0/10
Market value$2.03B$5.23B$4.87B$4.74B
Revenue$1.29B$1.35B$2.48B—
Profit$113.3M$335.6M$271.7M$264.2M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.11.8%9.9%-4.5%—2.7%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.——58.8%—58.8%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.21.8%37.7%21.2%—29.4%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.8.8%24.8%11.0%—17.9%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-15.3%—-13.9%—-13.9%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.7.7%14.0%8.0%7.7%8.0%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.5.7%6.9%5.9%6.2%6.2%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.17.90x15.57x17.92x17.93x17.92x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—12.43x10.61x—11.52x
Price to book1.38x2.19x1.44x1.38x1.44x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.3.18x2.17x2.42x1.57x2.17x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/87/86/95/76.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressgreydistressdistress

How NWN compares with the others

  • NWN's operating margin of 21.8% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (29.4%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 11.8% against 2.7%.
  • It trades at a P/E in line with the median of the other companies selected (17.9x against 17.9x).
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 3.2x against 2.2x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.