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NWN: Dividend Increase Will Support Earnings Outlook And Undervalued Share Price

Texas Meter Additions And Renewables Will Build Future Strength

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Published 13 Sep 2024

Update shared on 11 Dec 2025

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Analysts have modestly reaffirmed their view on Northwest Natural Holding, keeping the price target effectively unchanged at approximately $52.75. This reflects stable expectations for revenue growth, profit margins, and future valuation multiples.

What's in the News

  • Northwest Natural Holding reported that it repurchased no shares under its authorized buyback program between July 1 and September 30, 2025. The announced May 29, 2024 repurchase authorization therefore remained effectively unused (Key Developments).
  • The company updated its 2025 earnings outlook, indicating it now expects results to come in above the midpoint of its revised GAAP EPS guidance range of $2.59 to $2.79 (Key Developments).
  • The Board of Directors approved an increase in the quarterly dividend to 49.25 cents per share, implying an indicated annual dividend rate of $1.97 per share. The dividend is payable November 14, 2025 to shareholders of record on October 31, 2025 (Key Developments).

Valuation Changes

  • Fair Value Estimate remains unchanged at approximately $52.75 per share, indicating no material revision to the intrinsic value assessment.
  • Discount Rate edged down marginally from 6.96 percent to about 6.96 percent, implying a negligible change in the risk or return assumptions.
  • Revenue Growth is effectively unchanged at around 6.52 percent, signaling stable expectations for the company’s top line trajectory.
  • Net Profit Margin is essentially flat at roughly 9.78 percent, reflecting steady views on long term profitability.
  • Future P/E is maintained at about 19.41 times, suggesting no meaningful adjustment to the forward valuation multiple.

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