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Northwest Natural Gas Company, doing business as NW Natural, engages in the storage and distribution of natural gas in Oregon, Washington and California. The company operates in two segments, Local Gas Distribution and Gas Storage. The Local Gas Distribution segment distributes natural gas in Oregon and southwest Washington. This segment engages in building and maintaining pipeline distribution system, purchasing gas from producers and marketers, contracting for the transportation of gas over pipelines from the supply basins to service territory, and reselling the gas to customers. It also transports gas owned by customers from the interstate pipeline connection, or city gate, to the customersÂ’ facilities. This segment serves various industries, including pulp, paper, and other forest products; companies manufacturing electronic, electrochemical, and electrometallurgical products; companies engaged in processing of farm and food products; metal fabrication and casting companies; organizations that produce various mineral products, machine tools, machinery, and textiles; companies that manufacture asphalt, concrete, and rubber; printing and publishing companies; nurseries; government and educational institutions; and electric generation companies. As of December 31, 2008, it served approximately 590,000 residential customers, 62,000 commercial customers, and 1,000 industrial sales and transportation customers in 124 cities and neighboring communities in 15 Oregon counties, as well as in 14 cities and neighboring communities in 3 Washington counties. The Gas Storage segment provides underground natural gas storage services to interstate and intrastate customers in the Pacific Northwest. This segment serves primarily natural gas distribution, electric generation, and energy marketing companies. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

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Key Statistics

Closing Price	45.91
Volume	251998
Volume Avg	106934
52 Week High	49.49
52 Week Low	39.63
PE	19.41
PE (group average)	24
EPS Year	2.39
EPS change Q/Q	37.84%
EPS change Q/Q Yr ago	-6.71%
EPS change Q/Q next Q est	992.86%
EPS change Y/Y	2.67%
REV change Q/Q	20.51%
REV change Q/Q Yr ago	12.77%
EPS next Q est	0.14
EPS next Y est	2.72
Divident Annual	1.76
Dividend Yield	3.83%