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    How Investors May Respond To Northwest Natural Holding (NWN) Long-Dated Bond Issuance And Governance Transition

    Simply Wall St·12/17/2025 07:19:19
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    • Earlier this week, Northwest Natural Holding Company announced two fixed-rate, callable mortgage bond offerings totaling US$200,000,000, including 5.90% notes due 2055 and 5.13% notes due 2036.
    • Together with an upcoming transition in the General Counsel role, these long-dated bond issues highlight how Northwest Natural is reshaping its funding mix and governance bench for the long term.
    • Next, we’ll examine how this US$200,000,000 long-term debt raise could influence Northwest Natural Holding’s existing growth-focused investment narrative.

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    Northwest Natural Holding Investment Narrative Recap

    To own Northwest Natural Holding, you need to believe its regulated gas and growing utility portfolio can keep justifying ongoing capital investment and dividends despite energy transition and regulatory pressures. The new US$200,000,000 long-dated mortgage bonds modestly raise financial risk in the near term but do not materially change the key short term swing factor, which remains how regulators treat recovery of higher borrowing and infrastructure costs.

    Against that backdrop, the recent increase in the quarterly dividend to US$0.4925 per share stands out. It underlines management’s continued commitment to cash returns even as interest costs rise and large capital programs continue, which ties directly into the risk that not all spending and funding costs are recoverable through future rate cases.

    Yet beneath the steady dividend story, a more complex risk around rising interest costs and regulatory recovery is something investors should be aware of...

    Read the full narrative on Northwest Natural Holding (it's free!)

    Northwest Natural Holding's narrative projects $1.6 billion revenue and $153.7 million earnings by 2028. This requires 8.5% yearly revenue growth and about a $50.4 million earnings increase from $103.3 million today.

    Uncover how Northwest Natural Holding's forecasts yield a $52.75 fair value, a 13% upside to its current price.

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    Two Simply Wall St Community fair value estimates span about US$40.86 to US$52.75, showing how far apart individual views can be. You can weigh these against the central risk that higher borrowing and capital spending may not be fully recoverable in future rate decisions, with clear implications for earnings resilience.

    Explore 2 other fair value estimates on Northwest Natural Holding - why the stock might be worth as much as 13% more than the current price!

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