Northwest Pipe Company (NWPX): Price and Financial Metrics

NWPX POWR Grades

• Momentum is the dimension where NWPX ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 97.88% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for NWPX is in Momentum, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• NWPX's current lowest rank is in the Quality metric (where it is better than 24.1% of US stocks).

NWPX Stock Summary

• Of note is the ratio of NORTHWEST PIPE CO's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 87.44% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• NWPX's price/sales ratio is 0.61; that's higher than the P/S ratio of just 21.5% of US stocks.
• In terms of twelve month growth in earnings before interest and taxes, NORTHWEST PIPE CO is reporting a growth rate of 134.55%; that's higher than 90.01% of US stocks.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to NORTHWEST PIPE CO, a group of peers worth examining would be CMC, ESNT, ASIX, AMS, and CVGI.
• NWPX's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit NORTHWEST PIPE CO's official web site, go to www.nwpipe.com.

NWPX Valuation Summary

• NWPX's price/sales ratio is 0.6; this is 68.42% lower than that of the median Industrials stock.
• Over the past 243 months, NWPX's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 0.9.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for NWPX.

NWPX Growth Metrics

Its 2 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -107.52%.
• The 3 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 38.08%.
• Its 3 year price growth rate is now at 8.88%.

The table below shows NWPX's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

NWPX's Quality Factors

• NWPX has a Quality Grade of D, ranking ahead of 21.19% of graded US stocks.
• NWPX's asset turnover comes in at 0.797 -- ranking 24th of 40 Steel Works Etc stocks.
• SXC, NANX, and NX are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with NWPX.

The table below shows NWPX's key quality metrics over time.