On the stock market since 1961, it operates in electricity, water and gas. It has 6,610 employees. Now — the numbers.
This is an established company with proven profits.
That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
Average growth of 9% a year over the last 4 years. Every year shown ended in profit.
The gap is $17.8B. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Profit indicators sit around the sector average.
A solid grade overall — yet the debt outweighs the cash. The strength here comes from earnings power.
The price isn’t cheap next to earnings — that’s why this grade sits in the middle.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.
Growth: Sales growth trails the sector average.
The stock trades below its recent peak — about 11% off the top. A pullback, not a collapse.
It pays out $3.63 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
The growth engine is running at low revs right now. Report-card grade: 26/100.
On our five-subject report card, PNW sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: PNW is an established business that has proven its profits for years. The real debate isn’t the quality of the business — it’s what that quality should cost.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.