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Northwest Pipe NWPX Ratios & Valuation

Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin20.2%+0.5pp19.7%+0.6pp19.1%+0.2pp18.9%-0.2pp19.1%-0.3pp
Operating margin10.6%+0.9pp9.7%+0.4pp9.3%+0.3pp9%-0.1pp9.1%-0.7pp
Net margin7.7%+0.9pp6.7%-0.3pp7%+0.4pp6.7%0.0pp6.6%-0.3pp
EBITDA margin11.3%+0.9pp10.4%+0.4pp10.1%+0.3pp9.8%-0.1pp9.9%-0.7pp
Free cash flow margin13.1%+4.1pp9%-0.3pp9.3%-1.1pp10.4%-3.0pp13.3%+6.4pp
Returns
Return on equity10.7%+1.5pp9.2%-0.6pp9.8%+0.6pp9.1%0.0pp9.1%-0.4pp
Return on assets6.9%+0.8pp6.1%+0.1pp6%+0.5pp5.5%0.0pp5.5%-0.3pp
Return on invested capital9.3%+1.4pp7.9%-0.2pp8.1%+0.4pp7.7%-0.3pp8%-0.3pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.9×0.0×0.9×0.0×0.9×0.0×0.8×0.0×0.8×0.0×
Inventory turnover5.8×+0.3×5.5×+0.2×5.3×+0.3×4.9×+0.4×4.5×-0.1×
Liquidity
Current ratio2.7×-1.1×3.8×+0.2×3.6×-0.4×-0.1×+0.5×
Quick ratio2.1×-0.6×2.7×0.0×2.6×-0.2×2.8×+0.1×2.8×+0.3×
Cash ratio0.1×+0.1×0.0×0.0×-0.1×0.1×0.0×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×
Debt-to-assets0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA1.4×-0.5×-0.1×2.1×-0.2×2.3×+0.3×0.0×
Interest coverage25×+5.5×19.5×+3.9×15.6×+3.7×11.9×+2.5×9.4×+0.8×
Per Share
Book value per share$41.24+3.8%$39.73+0.9%$39.37+3.4%$38.09+1.8%$37.41+0.7%
Valuation
Market capitalization$1.41B+271%$600.51M+17.5%$510.98M+29.0%$396.11M-3.5%$410.33M-14.3%
Enterprise value$1.5B+213%$707.88M+14.3%$619.42M+22.4%$505.87M-0.5%$508.32M-12.8%
Price / earnings33.7×+22.1×17×+3.0×14×+2.1×11.9×-0.6×12.5×-1.5×
Price / sales2.6×+1.8×1.1×+0.2×+0.2×0.8×0.0×0.8×-0.1×
Price / book3.5×+2.5×1.5×+0.2×1.3×+0.3×0.0×1.1×-0.2×
EV / EBITDA24.2×+14.5×12.9×+1.1×11.8×+1.5×10.4×0.0×10.3×-0.8×
EV / sales2.7×+1.8×1.3×+0.2×1.2×+0.2×0.0×-0.2×
Free cash flow yield5.1%-12.3pp7.8%-1.6pp9.4%-3.6pp13.1%-3.0pp16.1%+9.0pp
Earnings yield3%-5.7pp5.9%-1.3pp7.2%-1.3pp8.4%+0.4pp8%+0.9pp
PEG ratio1.2×+0.9×4.8×+4.2×0.6×+0.2×0.4×0.0×0.3×+0.1×

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Questions, answered.

What are Northwest Pipe's profit margins?
Northwest Pipe (NWPX) runs a 20.2% gross margin and a 10.6% operating margin, with a 7.7% net margin.
Where do Northwest Pipe's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from Northwest Pipe's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.