Northwest Accounts Payable vs Short Term Investments Analysis

NWN Stock

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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 Accounts Payable and its Short 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.

Accounts Payable vs Short Term Investments

Accounts Payable vs Short Term Investments Correlation Analysis

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

The correlation between Northwest Natural's Accounts Payable and Short Term Investments is 0.72. Overlapping area represents the amount of variation of Accounts Payable that can explain the historical movement of Short 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 Accounts Payable and Short 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 Accounts Payable of Northwest Natural Gas are associated (or correlated) with its Short Term Investments. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when Short Term Investments has no effect on the direction of Accounts Payable i.e., Northwest Natural's Accounts Payable and Short Term Investments go up and down completely randomly.

Correlation Coefficient

0.72

Relationship Direction	Positive
Relationship Strength	Significant

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Accounts Payable

An accounting item on the balance sheet that represents Northwest Natural obligation to pay off a short-term debt to its creditors. The accounts payable entry is usually reported under current liabilities. If accounts payable of Northwest Natural Gas are not paid within the agreed terms, the payables are considered to be in default, which may trigger a penalty or interest payment, or the revocation of additional credit from the supplier. Accounts payable may also be considered a source of cash, since they represent funds being borrowed from suppliers. Given these cash flow considerations, suppliers have a natural inclination to push for shorter payment terms, while creditors want to lengthen the payment terms. The amount a company owes to suppliers or vendors for products or services received but not yet paid for. It represents the company's short-term liabilities.

Short Term Investments

Short Term Investments is an item under the current assets section of Northwest Natural balance sheet. It contains any investments Northwest Natural Gas undertook that will expire in less than one year. These accounts contain financial instruments such as stocks or bonds that Northwest Natural Gas can easily liquidate in the marketplace.

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 11th of June 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		0.83	0.96	0.89	0.76	0.83	0.78	-0.22	0.78	0.47	0.79	0.79	0.78	-0.01	0.78	0.79	0.96	0.99	0.62	0.9	0.23	0.78	0.97	0.75	0.55	0.98
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	0.83		0.73	0.67	0.82	0.96	0.96	-0.26	0.87	0.72	0.82	0.45	0.97	0.09	0.43	0.82	0.73	0.84	0.7	0.65	0.04	0.96	0.73	0.8	0.61	0.78
Short Long Term Debt Total	0.96	0.73		0.91	0.78	0.77	0.74	-0.14	0.81	0.31	0.78	0.88	0.72	-0.13	0.85	0.79	0.95	0.94	0.56	0.87	0.19	0.73	0.98	0.74	0.6	0.96
Other Current Liab	0.89	0.67	0.91		0.74	0.75	0.65	-0.27	0.73	0.25	0.83	0.8	0.64	0.0	0.79	0.84	0.91	0.85	0.63	0.9	0.1	0.66	0.92	0.83	0.4	0.92
Total Current Liabilities	0.76	0.82	0.78	0.74		0.85	0.9	-0.21	0.95	0.46	0.88	0.51	0.89	-0.15	0.44	0.92	0.66	0.71	0.58	0.59	-0.2	0.92	0.72	0.89	0.85	0.69
Total Stockholder Equity	0.83	0.96	0.77	0.75	0.85		0.95	-0.3	0.93	0.65	0.85	0.55	0.97	0.11	0.52	0.89	0.76	0.82	0.76	0.69	0.06	0.96	0.77	0.9	0.58	0.8
Property Plant And Equipment Net	0.78	0.96	0.74	0.65	0.9	0.95		-0.14	0.95	0.61	0.86	0.45	1.0	-0.1	0.4	0.85	0.67	0.78	0.59	0.56	-0.08	0.99	0.72	0.82	0.72	0.73
Current Deferred Revenue	-0.22	-0.26	-0.14	-0.27	-0.21	-0.3	-0.14		-0.14	-0.6	-0.11	-0.08	-0.19	-0.57	-0.09	-0.3	-0.17	-0.2	-0.62	-0.34	0.04	-0.21	-0.11	-0.41	-0.14	-0.16
Net Debt	0.78	0.87	0.81	0.73	0.95	0.93	0.95	-0.14		0.49	0.88	0.59	0.94	-0.12	0.53	0.9	0.72	0.76	0.63	0.62	-0.06	0.96	0.77	0.88	0.75	0.74
Retained Earnings	0.47	0.72	0.31	0.25	0.46	0.65	0.61	-0.6	0.49		0.35	0.01	0.65	0.57	0.01	0.53	0.34	0.5	0.73	0.39	0.22	0.65	0.3	0.54	0.44	0.34
Accounts Payable	0.79	0.82	0.78	0.83	0.88	0.85	0.86	-0.11	0.88	0.35		0.52	0.84	-0.12	0.48	0.91	0.73	0.76	0.55	0.62	-0.12	0.87	0.77	0.88	0.55	0.78
Cash	0.79	0.45	0.88	0.8	0.51	0.55	0.45	-0.08	0.59	0.01	0.52		0.45	-0.15	0.99	0.53	0.88	0.76	0.43	0.8	0.24	0.44	0.86	0.52	0.32	0.85
Non Current Assets Total	0.78	0.97	0.72	0.64	0.89	0.97	1.0	-0.19	0.94	0.65	0.84	0.45		-0.01	0.4	0.85	0.67	0.78	0.66	0.58	-0.04	1.0	0.71	0.83	0.7	0.73
Non Currrent Assets Other	-0.01	0.09	-0.13	0.0	-0.15	0.11	-0.1	-0.57	-0.12	0.57	-0.12	-0.15	-0.01		-0.1	0.11	0.04	0.01	0.61	0.19	0.52	-0.01	-0.09	0.19	-0.24	-0.06
Cash And Short Term Investments	0.78	0.43	0.85	0.79	0.44	0.52	0.4	-0.09	0.53	0.01	0.48	0.99	0.4	-0.1		0.49	0.87	0.75	0.45	0.83	0.31	0.39	0.85	0.48	0.25	0.84
Net Receivables	0.79	0.82	0.79	0.84	0.92	0.89	0.85	-0.3	0.9	0.53	0.91	0.53	0.85	0.11	0.49		0.76	0.75	0.71	0.68	-0.03	0.88	0.77	0.98	0.64	0.75
Common Stock Total Equity	0.96	0.73	0.95	0.91	0.66	0.76	0.67	-0.17	0.72	0.34	0.73	0.88	0.67	0.04	0.87	0.76		0.95	0.62	0.92	0.32	0.67	0.97	0.71	0.42	0.97
Non Current Liabilities Total	0.99	0.84	0.94	0.85	0.71	0.82	0.78	-0.2	0.76	0.5	0.76	0.76	0.78	0.01	0.75	0.75	0.95		0.61	0.88	0.26	0.77	0.95	0.7	0.52	0.97
Inventory	0.62	0.7	0.56	0.63	0.58	0.76	0.59	-0.62	0.63	0.73	0.55	0.43	0.66	0.61	0.45	0.71	0.62	0.61		0.75	0.36	0.67	0.57	0.8	0.33	0.57
Other Current Assets	0.9	0.65	0.87	0.9	0.59	0.69	0.56	-0.34	0.62	0.39	0.62	0.8	0.58	0.19	0.83	0.68	0.92	0.88	0.75		0.4	0.58	0.91	0.7	0.34	0.9
Other Stockholder Equity	0.23	0.04	0.19	0.1	-0.2	0.06	-0.08	0.04	-0.06	0.22	-0.12	0.24	-0.04	0.52	0.31	-0.03	0.32	0.26	0.36	0.4		-0.06	0.29	-0.01	-0.24	0.22
Total Liab	0.78	0.96	0.73	0.66	0.92	0.96	0.99	-0.21	0.96	0.65	0.87	0.44	1.0	-0.01	0.39	0.88	0.67	0.77	0.67	0.58	-0.06		0.7	0.86	0.72	0.72
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	0.97	0.73	0.98	0.92	0.72	0.77	0.72	-0.11	0.77	0.3	0.77	0.86	0.71	-0.09	0.85	0.77	0.97	0.95	0.57	0.91	0.29	0.7		0.72	0.49	0.97
Total Current Assets	0.75	0.8	0.74	0.83	0.89	0.9	0.82	-0.41	0.88	0.54	0.88	0.52	0.83	0.19	0.48	0.98	0.71	0.7	0.8	0.7	-0.01	0.86	0.72		0.58	0.71
Short Term Debt	0.55	0.61	0.6	0.4	0.85	0.58	0.72	-0.14	0.75	0.44	0.55	0.32	0.7	-0.24	0.25	0.64	0.42	0.52	0.33	0.34	-0.24	0.72	0.49	0.58		0.44
Common Stock	0.98	0.78	0.96	0.92	0.69	0.8	0.73	-0.16	0.74	0.34	0.78	0.85	0.73	-0.06	0.84	0.75	0.97	0.97	0.57	0.9	0.22	0.72	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	4.9B	5.2B
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	106.9M	177.1M	367.7M	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	133.5M	180.7M	145.4M	105.5M
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	439.7M	298.5M
Cash And Short Term Investments	9.6M	30.2M	18.6M	29.3M	61.0M	64.0M
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	3.0B	3.1B
Inventory	44.0M	42.7M	57.3M	87.1M	112.6M	60.8M
Other Current Assets	95.2M	87.9M	131.7M	178.8M	226.9M	238.2M
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	3.7B	1.9B
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	502.5M	402.7M
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	11.4M	10.8M
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

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Quarterly Earnings Growth

(0.16)

Dividend Share

1.945

Earnings Share

2.27

Revenue Per Share

31.795

Quarterly Revenue Growth

(0.06)

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Non Current Assets Total	+ 1.0	Property Plant And Equipment Net
Total Liab	+ 1.0	Non Current Assets Total
Non Current Liabilities Total	+ 0.99	Total Assets
Total Liab	+ 0.99	Property Plant And Equipment Net
Cash And Short Term Investments	+ 0.99	Cash
Common Stock	+ 0.98	Total Assets

Inventory	- 0.62	Current Deferred Revenue
Retained Earnings	- 0.6	Current Deferred Revenue
Non Currrent Assets Other	- 0.57	Current Deferred Revenue
Total Current Assets	- 0.41	Current Deferred Revenue
Other Current Assets	- 0.34	Current Deferred Revenue
Net Receivables	- 0.3	Current Deferred Revenue