Distributes natural gas to residential customers in Central and Southern California. Provides natural gas services to commercial and industrial customers. Now — the numbers.
The biggest line carries real weight, but it doesn’t decide everything on its own.
This is an established company with proven profits.
Average growth of 26% a year over the last 4 years. Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.
The gap is $12.7B. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
The market pays 28.8× for every dollar of annual profit — around what a business like this usually costs.
No analyst target is on record for this company.
The stock trades below its recent peak — about 12% off the top. A pullback, not a collapse.
The net profit margin is 15% — still a thick cushion, though costs have been eating into it lately.
Over the last 4 years, sales grew about 26% a year on average.
It pays out $1.50 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
Our checks did not surface a specific risk to flag here. That is not the same as there being none.
We don’t have a report card for this stock yet — the data isn’t mature enough to grade. No grade is information too: it means the evidence is thin.
One-line summary: few numbers, an untested story. Keep watching.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: earnings execution.