Northwest Short Term Debt vs Long Term Investments Analysis

NWN Stock

USD 43.21 1.09 2.59%

Northwest Natural financial indicator trend analysis is infinitely more than just investigating Northwest Natural Gas recent accounting drivers to predict future trends. We encourage investors to analyze account correlations over time for multiple indicators to determine whether Northwest Natural Gas is a good investment. Please check the relationship between Northwest Natural Short Term Debt and its Long Term Investments accounts. Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Northwest Natural Gas. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in housing.

Short Term Debt vs Long Term Investments

Short Term Debt vs Long Term Investments Correlation Analysis

The overlapping area represents the amount of trend that can be explained by analyzing historical patterns of Northwest Natural Gas Short Term Debt account and Long Term Investments. At this time, the significance of the direction appears to have weak contrarian relationship.

The correlation between Northwest Natural's Short Term Debt and Long Term Investments is -0.09. Overlapping area represents the amount of variation of Short Term Debt that can explain the historical movement of Long Term Investments in the same time period over historical financial statements of Northwest Natural Gas, assuming nothing else is changed. The correlation between historical values of Northwest Natural's Short Term Debt and Long Term Investments is a relative statistical measure of the degree to which these accounts tend to move together. The correlation coefficient measures the extent to which Short Term Debt of Northwest Natural Gas are associated (or correlated) with its Long Term Investments. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when Long Term Investments has no effect on the direction of Short Term Debt i.e., Northwest Natural's Short Term Debt and Long Term Investments go up and down completely randomly.

Correlation Coefficient

-0.09

Relationship Direction	Negative
Relationship Strength	Insignificant

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Short Term Debt

Long Term Investments

Long Term Investments is an item on the asset side of Northwest Natural balance sheet that represents investments Northwest Natural Gas intends to hold for over a year. Northwest Natural Gas long term investments may include different instruments such as stocks, bonds, real estate and cash.

Most indicators from Northwest Natural's fundamental ratios are interrelated and interconnected. However, analyzing fundamental ratios indicators one by one will only give a small insight into Northwest Natural Gas current financial condition. On the other hand, looking into the entire matrix of fundamental ratios indicators, and analyzing their relationships over time can provide a more complete picture of the company financial strength now and in the future. Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Northwest Natural Gas. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in housing.

At this time, Northwest Natural's Discontinued Operations is very stable compared to the past year. As of the 22nd of November 2024, Issuance Of Capital Stock is likely to grow to about 69.2 M, while Selling General Administrative is likely to drop about 8 M.

	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Gross Profit	329.1M	341.2M	152.6M	234.0M
Total Revenue	860.4M	1.0B	1.2B	695.7M

Gross Profit Total Revenue

Northwest Natural fundamental ratios Correlations

	Total Assets	Common Stock Shares Outstanding	Short Long Term Debt Total	Other Current Liab	Total Current Liabilities	Total Stockholder Equity	Property Plant And Equipment Net	Current Deferred Revenue	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Accounts Payable	Cash	Non Current Assets Total	Non Currrent Assets Other	Cash And Short Term Investments	Net Receivables	Common Stock Total Equity	Non Current Liabilities Total	Inventory	Other Current Assets	Other Stockholder Equity	Total Liab	Property Plant And Equipment Gross	Total Current Assets	Short Term Debt	Common Stock
Total Assets		0.54	0.28	0.25	0.64	0.44	0.6	-0.13	0.49	0.49	0.51	-0.14	0.58	-0.32	0.06	0.55	0.17	0.37	0.1	0.31	-0.44	0.93	0.23	0.46	0.69	0.24
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	0.54		0.73	0.68	0.82	0.96	0.96	-0.26	0.87	0.72	0.82	0.45	0.97	0.15	0.49	0.82	0.73	0.85	0.7	0.64	0.04	0.33	0.73	0.8	0.61	0.78
Short Long Term Debt Total	0.28	0.73		0.93	0.78	0.77	0.74	-0.14	0.81	0.31	0.76	0.88	0.72	0.19	0.89	0.79	0.95	0.94	0.56	0.87	0.19	-0.05	0.98	0.74	0.6	0.96
Other Current Liab	0.25	0.68	0.93		0.75	0.75	0.66	-0.24	0.75	0.25	0.83	0.81	0.65	0.26	0.82	0.84	0.92	0.86	0.62	0.97	0.12	-0.07	0.94	0.82	0.43	0.93
Total Current Liabilities	0.64	0.82	0.78	0.75		0.85	0.9	-0.21	0.95	0.46	0.86	0.51	0.89	-0.1	0.64	0.92	0.66	0.72	0.58	0.77	-0.2	0.45	0.72	0.89	0.85	0.69
Total Stockholder Equity	0.44	0.96	0.77	0.75	0.85		0.95	-0.3	0.93	0.65	0.85	0.55	0.96	0.19	0.58	0.89	0.76	0.82	0.76	0.74	0.06	0.22	0.77	0.9	0.58	0.8
Property Plant And Equipment Net	0.6	0.96	0.74	0.66	0.9	0.95		-0.14	0.95	0.61	0.84	0.45	1.0	-0.06	0.53	0.85	0.67	0.79	0.59	0.64	-0.08	0.42	0.72	0.82	0.72	0.73
Current Deferred Revenue	-0.13	-0.26	-0.14	-0.24	-0.21	-0.3	-0.14		-0.14	-0.6	-0.16	-0.08	-0.19	-0.52	-0.08	-0.3	-0.17	-0.2	-0.62	-0.33	0.04	-0.06	-0.11	-0.41	-0.14	-0.16
Net Debt	0.49	0.87	0.81	0.75	0.95	0.93	0.95	-0.14		0.49	0.85	0.59	0.94	-0.04	0.68	0.9	0.72	0.76	0.63	0.73	-0.06	0.3	0.77	0.88	0.75	0.74
Retained Earnings	0.49	0.72	0.31	0.25	0.46	0.65	0.61	-0.6	0.49		0.35	0.01	0.66	0.45	0.02	0.53	0.34	0.51	0.73	0.31	0.22	0.39	0.3	0.54	0.44	0.34
Accounts Payable	0.51	0.82	0.76	0.83	0.86	0.85	0.84	-0.16	0.85	0.35		0.53	0.83	0.03	0.6	0.9	0.73	0.76	0.57	0.81	-0.15	0.29	0.75	0.89	0.51	0.78
Cash	-0.14	0.45	0.88	0.81	0.51	0.55	0.45	-0.08	0.59	0.01	0.53		0.44	0.25	0.96	0.53	0.88	0.75	0.43	0.73	0.24	-0.44	0.86	0.52	0.32	0.85
Non Current Assets Total	0.58	0.97	0.72	0.65	0.89	0.96	1.0	-0.19	0.94	0.66	0.83	0.44		0.01	0.51	0.85	0.67	0.79	0.65	0.63	-0.05	0.4	0.7	0.83	0.7	0.72
Non Currrent Assets Other	-0.32	0.15	0.19	0.26	-0.1	0.19	-0.06	-0.52	-0.04	0.45	0.03	0.25	0.01		0.09	0.17	0.38	0.28	0.66	0.32	0.71	-0.47	0.24	0.24	-0.25	0.27
Cash And Short Term Investments	0.06	0.49	0.89	0.82	0.64	0.58	0.53	-0.08	0.68	0.02	0.6	0.96	0.51	0.09		0.63	0.84	0.73	0.38	0.75	0.03	-0.23	0.84	0.59	0.49	0.82
Net Receivables	0.55	0.82	0.79	0.84	0.92	0.89	0.85	-0.3	0.9	0.53	0.9	0.53	0.85	0.17	0.63		0.76	0.76	0.71	0.87	-0.03	0.33	0.77	0.98	0.64	0.75
Common Stock Total Equity	0.17	0.73	0.95	0.92	0.66	0.76	0.67	-0.17	0.72	0.34	0.73	0.88	0.67	0.38	0.84	0.76		0.94	0.62	0.87	0.32	-0.17	0.97	0.71	0.42	0.97
Non Current Liabilities Total	0.37	0.85	0.94	0.86	0.72	0.82	0.79	-0.2	0.76	0.51	0.76	0.75	0.79	0.28	0.73	0.76	0.94		0.6	0.8	0.25	0.03	0.95	0.71	0.53	0.97
Inventory	0.1	0.7	0.56	0.62	0.58	0.76	0.59	-0.62	0.63	0.73	0.57	0.43	0.65	0.66	0.38	0.71	0.62	0.6		0.68	0.36	-0.07	0.57	0.8	0.33	0.57
Other Current Assets	0.31	0.64	0.87	0.97	0.77	0.74	0.64	-0.33	0.73	0.31	0.81	0.73	0.63	0.32	0.75	0.87	0.87	0.8	0.68		0.12	0.01	0.88	0.88	0.45	0.86
Other Stockholder Equity	-0.44	0.04	0.19	0.12	-0.2	0.06	-0.08	0.04	-0.06	0.22	-0.15	0.24	-0.05	0.71	0.03	-0.03	0.32	0.25	0.36	0.12		-0.56	0.29	-0.01	-0.24	0.22
Total Liab	0.93	0.33	-0.05	-0.07	0.45	0.22	0.42	-0.06	0.3	0.39	0.29	-0.44	0.4	-0.47	-0.23	0.33	-0.17	0.03	-0.07	0.01	-0.56		-0.11	0.26	0.57	-0.11
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	0.23	0.73	0.98	0.94	0.72	0.77	0.72	-0.11	0.77	0.3	0.75	0.86	0.7	0.24	0.84	0.77	0.97	0.95	0.57	0.88	0.29	-0.11		0.72	0.49	0.97
Total Current Assets	0.46	0.8	0.74	0.82	0.89	0.9	0.82	-0.41	0.88	0.54	0.89	0.52	0.83	0.24	0.59	0.98	0.71	0.71	0.8	0.88	-0.01	0.26	0.72		0.58	0.71
Short Term Debt	0.69	0.61	0.6	0.43	0.85	0.58	0.72	-0.14	0.75	0.44	0.51	0.32	0.7	-0.25	0.49	0.64	0.42	0.53	0.33	0.45	-0.24	0.57	0.49	0.58		0.44
Common Stock	0.24	0.78	0.96	0.93	0.69	0.8	0.73	-0.16	0.74	0.34	0.78	0.85	0.72	0.27	0.82	0.75	0.97	0.97	0.57	0.86	0.22	-0.11	0.97	0.71	0.44

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Northwest Natural Account Relationship Matchups

Northwest Natural fundamental ratios Accounts

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Total Assets	3.4B	3.8B	4.1B	4.7B	1.5B	2.2B
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	29.9M	30.6M	30.8M	34.0M	36.3M	27.2M
Short Long Term Debt Total	1.0B	1.3B	1.5B	1.7B	1.7B	1.8B
Other Current Liab	123.1M	114.3M	200.1M	352.0M	293.1M	307.7M
Total Current Liabilities	482.2M	627.1M	724.8M	898.7M	696.9M	419.1M
Total Stockholder Equity	866.0M	888.7M	935.1M	1.2B	1.3B	753.7M
Property Plant And Equipment Net	2.6B	2.9B	3.1B	3.3B	3.4B	1.9B
Current Deferred Revenue	19.4M	21.3M	23.0M	15.5M	17.8M	18.7M
Net Debt	1.0B	1.3B	1.5B	1.6B	1.7B	859.5M
Retained Earnings	318.5M	336.5M	355.8M	376.5M	399.9M	289.3M
Accounts Payable	113.4M	98.0M	118.0M	180.7M	145.4M	105.0M
Cash	9.6M	30.2M	18.6M	29.3M	49.6M	52.1M
Non Current Assets Total	3.1B	3.4B	3.6B	4.0B	4.3B	2.3B
Non Currrent Assets Other	86.9M	83.6M	56.8M	365.4M	615.7M	646.5M
Cash And Short Term Investments	9.6M	30.2M	18.6M	29.3M	32.9M	34.6M
Net Receivables	122.9M	148.8M	181.6M	254.7M	201.0M	143.2M
Common Stock Total Equity	319.6M	565.1M	590.8M	805.3M	926.0M	972.3M
Liabilities And Stockholders Equity	3.4B	3.8B	4.1B	4.7B	4.9B	2.6B
Non Current Liabilities Total	2.1B	2.2B	2.4B	2.7B	2.9B	3.0B
Inventory	44.0M	42.7M	57.3M	87.1M	112.6M	60.8M
Other Current Assets	95.2M	101.6M	179.8M	373.2M	254.9M	267.7M
Other Stockholder Equity	44.1M	(12.9M)	935.1M	(6.3M)	1.3B	1.3B
Total Liab	2.6B	2.9B	3.1B	3.6B	194.3M	184.6M
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	2.6B	2.9B	4.0B	4.3B	4.8B	5.0B
Total Current Assets	293.7M	323.2M	437.3M	744.2M	601.4M	318.5M
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	(10.7M)	(12.9M)	(11.4M)	(6.3M)	(7.0M)	(7.4M)
Short Term Debt	226.3M	401.0M	391.1M	350.4M	243.0M	196.6M
Common Stock	558.3M	565.1M	590.8M	805.3M	891.0M	935.5M
Other Liab	1.3B	1.3B	1.3B	1.3B	1.6B	1.6B
Other Assets	629.5M	582.4M	521.1M	437.0M	(3.4B)	(3.2B)
Long Term Debt	806.0M	860.1M	1.0B	1.2B	1.4B	739.0M
Property Plant Equipment	2.4B	2.7B	2.9B	3.1B	3.6B	1.9B
Short Term Investments	15.3M	13.7M	48.1M	194.4M	45.7M	33.0M
Good Will	49.9M	69.2M	70.6M	149.3M	163.3M	171.5M
Retained Earnings Total Equity	318.5M	336.5M	355.8M	376.5M	432.9M	221.3M
Deferred Long Term Liab	343.1M	1.4B	1.4B	1.4B	1.6B	1.7B
Net Tangible Assets	816.1M	819.5M	864.6M	1.0B	1.2B	907.1M
Long Term Investments	98.2M	55.4M	100.0M	100.7M	103.0M	103.1M

Pair Trading with Northwest Natural

One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if Northwest Natural position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Northwest Natural will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.

Moving together with Northwest Stock

0.74	NI	NiSource	Pair Corr
0.67	SR	Spire Inc	Pair Corr
0.66	ATO	Atmos Energy	Pair Corr
0.79	BKH	Black Hills	Pair Corr
0.81	CPK	Chesapeake Utilities	Pair Corr

Moving against Northwest Stock

0.51	ES	Eversource Energy	Pair Corr
0.4	ED	Consolidated Edison	Pair Corr

The ability to find closely correlated positions to Northwest Natural could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Northwest Natural when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Northwest Natural - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Northwest Natural Gas to buy it.

The correlation of Northwest Natural is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Northwest Natural moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Northwest Natural Gas moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.

Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for Northwest Natural can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.

Pair Correlation Correlation Matching

When determining whether Northwest Natural Gas offers a strong return on investment in its stock, a comprehensive analysis is essential. The process typically begins with a thorough review of Northwest Natural's financial statements, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, to assess its financial health. Key financial ratios are used to gauge profitability, efficiency, and growth potential of Northwest Natural Gas Stock. Outlined below are crucial reports that will aid in making a well-informed decision on Northwest Natural Gas Stock:

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Quarterly Earnings Growth

(0.16)

Dividend Share

1.95

Earnings Share

2.1

Revenue Per Share

29.929

Quarterly Revenue Growth

(0.03)

The market value of Northwest Natural Gas is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Northwest that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Northwest Natural's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Northwest Natural's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Northwest Natural's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Northwest Natural's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.

Please note, there is a significant difference between Northwest Natural's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Northwest Natural is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Northwest Natural's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.

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Northwest Short Term Debt vs Long Term Investments Analysis

Short Term Debt vs Long Term Investments

Short Term Debt vs Long Term Investments Correlation Analysis

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Non Current Assets Total	+ 1.0	Property Plant And Equipment Net
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	+ 0.98	Short Long Term Debt Total
Total Current Assets	+ 0.98	Net Receivables
Non Current Assets Total	+ 0.97	Common Stock Shares Outstanding
Other Current Assets	+ 0.97	Other Current Liab
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	+ 0.97	Common Stock Total Equity

Inventory	- 0.62	Current Deferred Revenue
Retained Earnings	- 0.6	Current Deferred Revenue
Total Liab	- 0.56	Other Stockholder Equity
Non Currrent Assets Other	- 0.52	Current Deferred Revenue
Total Liab	- 0.47	Non Currrent Assets Other
Total Liab	- 0.44	Cash