North West Company Inc.
stock CA:NWC (TORONTO)

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Exchange: TORONTO
Sector: Industrial Goods
Industry: Consumer Products and Services
Market Cap: Small (1.81B)
Data in CAD

EPS: 2.82
Current PE: 12.94
BVPS: 11.32
Price/BVPS:
Dividend: 1.38 / 3.7%

Hist Grade: B (72.67)
YOY Grade: D (47.12)
Debt/FCF: 2.26
ROIC: 13.5%
PEG: 0.96
PEGY: 0.75

Value Price: 50.24
MOS Price: 25.12
MOS %:
Graham Number: 26.80
Graham MOS %:
IRT: 7.31

Market Price

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General Info

Exchange: TORONTO
Sector: Industrial Goods
Industry: Consumer Products and Services
Market Cap: Small (1.81B)
Inst. Ownership: 36.33%
Insider Ownership: 0.75%
Full Time Employees: 7524

The North West Company Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the retail of food and everyday products and services to rural communities and urban neighborhood markets in northern Canada, rural Alaska, the South Pacific, and the Caribbean. The company's Canadian operations comprise 118 Northern stores, which offers food, financial services, and general merchandise; 5 NorthMart stores that provides fresh foods, apparel, and health products and services; 26 Quickstop convenience stores that provides ready-to-eat foods, and fuel and related services; 5 Giant Tiger junior discount stores, which offers family fashion, household products, and food; 2 Valu Lots discount center and direct-to-customer food distribution outlet; 1 solo market, a store in remote market; 3 Pharmacy and Convenience stores; and 1 North West Company motorsports dealership offering sales, service, parts and accessories for Ski-doo, Honda, Can-am and other premier brands. The Canadian operations also provides contract tele-pharmacist services to rural hospitals and health centers; water and air-based transportation services; and produce and fresh meats to independent grocery stores. Its international operations include 30 Alaska Commercial Company stores that provides food and general merchandise to remote and rural regions; 12 Cost-U-Less mid-size warehouse stores, which offers discount food and general merchandise; 4 Quickstop convenience stores; 9 Riteway food markets; and Pacific Alaska wholesale, a distributor to independent grocery stores, commercial accounts, and individual households in rural Alaska. The North West Company Inc. was founded in 1668 and is headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada.

Financial Statements

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The purpose of these charts is to discover long and short term change dynamics. When numbers are growing year after year in the annual statements chart, the business become stronger and stronger and this is a good sign.

Quarterly Data Chart can be used to do a short term analysis. It makes sense to pay attention to the quarterly dynamics and do not wait for the next yearly statement. We should be alerted if we see that quarterly numbers are going down.

You can check "Annual Financial Statements" and "Quarterly Financial Statements" sections for exact numbers and growth rates.

Annual Statements

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NOTE: Growth Rate is not provided if either the latest period or the year-ago period contains a net loss. (source: WSJ Digest of Earnings)
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Financial Statements

Income Statement

Cash Flow Statement

Balance Sheet

Liquidity Ratios

Current Ratio

Current Ratio measures the ability to meet short term obligations. Generally accepted standard is 2 (current assets should be 2 times or 200% of current liabilities).

Quick Ratio

Measures immediate liquidity or the cash available to cover immediate liabilities. A safe margin would be at least 1 (100%).

Financial Leverage

Defined as total assets divided by total shareholders' equity. The higher the ratio, the more debt a company uses in its capital structure.

Profitability Ratios

ROA

Return on Assets (ROA) measures the income (profit) that is generated by the use of the assets of the business.

ROE

Return on Equity (ROE) is a measure of profitability that calculates how many dollars of profit a company generates with each dollar of shareholders equity. ROE is sometimes called "return on net worth."

ROIC

The Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) measure gives a sense of how well a company is using its money to generate returns. Some investors use this figure as a final evaluation to determine whether or not to invest in a company.

Annual Statements

Item Name	Jan '12	Jan '13	Jan '14	Jan '15	Jan '16	Jan '17	Jan '18	Jan '19	Jan '20	Jan '21	Jan '22
Equity (BVPS)	5.86	6.00	6.57	6.79	7.09	7.41	7.70	8.30	8.49	9.84	11.32
growth rate		2.4%	9.5%	3.4%	4.4%	4.5%	3.9%	7.8%	2.3%	15.9%	15.0%
Earnings BIT	83.28	91.31	98.93	96.69	106.07	116.81	118.99	114.79	111.16	207.27	210.59
growth rate		9.6%	8.4%	-2.3%	9.7%	10.1%	1.9%	-3.5%	-3.2%	86.5%	1.6%
Avg.PE	16.23	17.24	19.23	20.36	20.46	19.41	19.51	16.19	13.22	12.99	11.91
growth rate		6.2%	11.5%	5.9%	0.5%	-5.1%	0.5%	-17.0%	-18.3%	-1.7%	-8.3%
ROA	9.29	10.19	9.72	9.02	9.19	9.64	7.73	8.88	7.39	11.62	12.84
growth rate		9.7%	-4.6%	-7.2%	1.9%	4.9%	-19.8%	14.9%	-16.8%	57.2%	10.5%
ROE	19.78	22.47	20.77	19.30	20.32	21.25	18.21	22.29	20.12	30.90	29.35
growth rate		13.6%	-7.6%	-7.1%	5.3%	4.6%	-14.3%	22.4%	-9.7%	53.6%	-5.0%
ROIC	13.02	15.66	14.44	13.01	13.38	13.91	11.55	13.38	11.41	16.41	18.23
growth rate		20.3%	-7.8%	-9.9%	2.8%	4.0%	-17.0%	15.8%	-14.7%	43.8%	11.1%
Cur. Ratio	2.31	1.60	1.43	2.10	2.16	2.15	1.96	2.13	2.06	1.26	1.37
growth rate		-30.7%	-10.6%	46.9%	2.9%	-0.5%	-8.8%	8.7%	-3.3%	-38.8%	8.7%
Quick Ratio	0.81	0.57	0.44	0.68	0.75	0.72	0.62	0.72	0.72	0.52	0.50
growth rate		-29.6%	-22.8%	54.6%	10.3%	-4.0%	-13.9%	16.1%	0.0%	-27.8%	-3.9%
Leverage	2.21	2.20	2.08	2.20	2.22	2.19	2.52	2.50	2.94	2.42	2.16
growth rate		-0.5%	-5.5%	5.8%	0.9%	-1.4%	15.1%	-0.8%	17.6%	-17.7%	-10.7%
Balance Sheet	Jan '12	Jan '13	Jan '14	Jan '15	Jan '16	Jan '17	Jan '18	Jan '19	Jan '20	Jan '21	Jan '22
Acct.Receivable	76.50	70.00	70.53	72.51	79.37	78.93	80.77	90.32	110.99	91.44	99.24
growth rate		-8.5%	0.8%	2.8%	9.5%	-0.6%	2.3%	11.8%	22.9%	-17.6%	8.5%
Acct.Payable			121.31	133.26	142.07	135.80	156.00	159.95	161.98	197.77	213.73
growth rate				9.9%	6.6%	-4.4%	14.9%	2.5%	1.3%	22.1%	8.1%
Cur.Assets	295.80	303.90	299.07	315.84	335.58	327.94	335.00	376.30	399.59	396.86	403.36
growth rate		2.7%	-1.6%	5.6%	6.3%	-2.3%	2.2%	12.3%	6.2%	-0.7%	1.6%
Total Assets	626.90	651.40	670.51	724.30	793.80	805.82	930.95	1,149.86	1,215.54	1,191.17	1,219.27
growth rate		3.9%	2.9%	8.0%	9.6%	1.5%	15.5%	23.5%	5.7%	-2.0%	2.4%
Cash	27.00	38.70	22.35	29.13	37.24	30.24	25.16	38.45	28.19	71.54	49.43
growth rate		43.3%	-42.2%	30.3%	27.9%	-18.8%	-16.8%	52.8%	-26.7%	153.8%	-30.9%
Inventory	186.10	187.20	198.86	204.81	211.74	213.22	222.07	236.32	248.04	226.96	247.99
growth rate		0.6%	6.2%	3.0%	3.4%	0.7%	4.2%	6.4%	5.0%	-8.5%	9.3%
Cur.Liabilities	128.00	190.20	209.74	146.28	155.50	152.24	171.21	196.94	194.08	315.14	294.49
growth rate		48.6%	10.3%	-30.3%	6.3%	-2.1%	12.5%	15.0%	-1.5%	62.4%	-6.6%
Liabilities	343.20	355.10	348.07	395.02	436.18	438.04	548.79	738.85	788.57	685.94	639.07
growth rate		3.5%	-2.0%	13.5%	10.4%	0.4%	25.3%	34.6%	6.7%	-13.0%	-6.8%
LT Debt	175.30	122.90	105.00	195.12	225.49	229.27	313.55	365.86	409.12	190.97	189.38
growth rate		-29.9%	-14.6%	85.8%	15.6%	1.7%	36.8%	16.7%	11.8%	-53.3%	-0.8%
Equity	283.70	296.30	322.44	329.28	357.61	367.79	369.95	398.45	413.90	491.30	563.64
growth rate		4.4%	8.8%	2.1%	8.6%	2.8%	0.6%	7.7%	3.9%	18.7%	14.7%
Common Shares	49.00	49.00	49.00	49.00	49.00	49.00	49.00	173.68	173.68	174.21	173.08
growth rate		0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	254.5%	0.0%	0.3%	-0.7%
Cash Flow Statement	Jan '12	Jan '13	Jan '14	Jan '15	Jan '16	Jan '17	Jan '18	Jan '19	Jan '20	Jan '21	Jan '22
Capital Expenditures	45.10	39.90	36.74	49.10	63.18	66.06	114.64	93.17	110.59	70.55	86.28
growth rate		-11.5%	-7.9%	33.6%	28.7%	4.6%	73.5%	-18.7%	18.7%	-36.2%	22.3%
Cash Dividends	50.80	50.30	54.23	56.18	58.21	60.17	62.32	62.33	64.35	67.28	70.42
growth rate		-1.0%	7.8%	3.6%	3.6%	3.4%	3.6%	0.0%	3.2%	4.6%	4.7%
Cash From OA	115.50	129.00	80.04	115.09	132.99	126.02	141.42	155.73	161.12	338.72	224.14
growth rate		11.7%	-38.0%	43.8%	15.6%	-5.2%	12.2%	10.1%	3.5%	110.2%	-33.8%
FCF per Share	1.42	1.62	0.82	1.18	1.53	0.85	0.80	0.43	0.37	3.89	3.21
growth rate		14.1%	-49.4%	43.9%	29.7%	-44.4%	-5.9%	-46.3%	-14.0%	951.4%	-17.5%
Sale Purchase of Stock			0.13	0.32	0.12	0.23
growth rate				145.0%	-64.2%	101.7%
FCF	69.00	78.00	37.00	64.00	57.00	48.00	19.00	24.00	40.00	263.00	130.00
growth rate		13.0%	-52.6%	73.0%	-10.9%	-15.8%	-60.4%	26.3%	66.7%	557.5%	-50.6%
Income Statement	Jan '12	Jan '13	Jan '14	Jan '15	Jan '16	Jan '17	Jan '18	Jan '19	Jan '20	Jan '21	Jan '22
Sales	1,495.10	1,513.60	1,543.13	1,624.40	1,796.04	1,844.09	1,985.12	2,013.49	2,094.39	2,359.24	2,248.80
growth rate		1.2%	2.0%	5.3%	10.6%	2.7%	7.7%	1.4%	4.0%	12.7%	-4.7%
Op.Income	89.30	97.10	98.93	96.69	106.07	116.81	118.99	114.79	111.16	207.27	210.59
growth rate		8.7%	1.9%	-2.3%	9.7%	10.1%	1.9%	-3.5%	-3.2%	86.5%	1.6%
IBT	83.30	91.30	92.28	90.79	101.11	110.91	103.83	116.36	109.41	192.54	207.37
growth rate		9.6%	1.1%	-1.6%	11.4%	9.7%	-6.4%	12.1%	-6.0%	76.0%	7.7%
Net Income	58.00	65.10	64.26	62.88	69.78	77.08	67.15	86.74	82.72	139.87	154.80
growth rate		12.2%	-1.3%	-2.2%	11.0%	10.5%	-12.9%	29.2%	-4.6%	69.1%	10.7%
EPS	1.19	1.34	1.32	1.29	1.43	1.57	1.36	1.77	1.68	2.82	3.16
growth rate		12.6%	-1.5%	-2.3%	10.9%	9.8%	-13.4%	30.2%	-5.1%	67.9%	12.1%
Gross Profit	428.00	444.70	455.05	464.22	522.61	541.50	624.74	640.54	664.40	774.55	737.75
growth rate		3.9%	2.3%	2.0%	12.6%	3.6%	15.4%	2.5%	3.7%	16.6%	-4.8%

Quarterly Statements

Item Name	Jul '21	Oct '21	Jan '22	Apr '22	Jul '22
Earnings BIT	59.41	57.06	44.68	42.16	45.92
growth rate		-4.0%	-21.7%	-5.7%	8.9%
Balance Sheet	Jul '21	Oct '21	Jan '22	Apr '22	Jul '22
Acct.Receivable	96.46	95.52	99.24	93.70	108.79
growth rate		-1.0%	3.9%	-5.6%	16.1%
Acct.Payable	192.08	202.71	213.73	187.94	194.59
growth rate		5.5%	5.4%	-12.1%	3.5%
Cur.Assets	419.44	435.60	403.36	435.33	467.90
growth rate		3.9%	-7.4%	7.9%	7.5%
Total Assets	1,204.00	1,228.25	1,219.27	1,245.24	1,279.01
growth rate		2.0%	-0.7%	2.1%	2.7%
Cash	63.64	57.03	49.43	58.55	61.22
growth rate		-10.4%	-13.3%	18.5%	4.6%
Inventory	246.10	274.05	247.99	266.08	283.59
growth rate		11.4%	-9.5%	7.3%	6.6%
Cur.Liabilities	229.70	322.71	294.49	222.60	224.39
growth rate		40.5%	-8.7%	-24.4%	0.8%
Liabilities	659.55	671.21	639.07	644.17	666.42
growth rate		1.8%	-4.8%	0.8%	3.5%
LT Debt	267.18	191.93	189.38	281.42	293.93
growth rate		-28.2%	-1.3%	48.6%	4.5%
Equity	529.67	541.93	563.64	583.54	596.54
growth rate		2.3%	4.0%	3.5%	2.2%
Common Shares	174.14	173.67	173.08	176.73	176.64
growth rate		-0.3%	-0.3%	2.1%	-0.1%
Cash Flow Statement	Jul '21	Oct '21	Jan '22	Apr '22	Jul '22
Capital Expenditures	28.34	25.09	21.67	11.94	20.90
growth rate		-11.5%	-13.6%	-44.9%	75.0%
Cash Dividends	17.41	17.81	17.75	17.75	17.74
growth rate		2.4%	-0.4%	0.0%	-0.1%
Cash From OA	87.16	41.77	84.70	0.04	37.28
growth rate		-52.1%	102.8%	-100.0%	93,105.0%
Sale Purchase of Stock
growth rate
FCF	58.82	16.69	63.03	-11.90	16.39
growth rate		-71.6%	277.7%	-100.0%	100.0%
Income Statement	Jul '21	Oct '21	Jan '22	Apr '22	Jul '22
Sales	565.11	553.68	579.02	552.02	578.87
growth rate		-2.0%	4.6%	-4.7%	4.9%
Op.Income	59.41	57.06	44.68	42.16	45.92
growth rate		-4.0%	-21.7%	-5.7%	8.9%
IBT	55.22	52.88	46.42	38.41	42.67
growth rate		-4.2%	-12.2%	-17.3%	11.1%
Net Income	41.85	38.72	34.58	27.38	31.40
growth rate		-7.5%	-10.7%	-20.8%	14.7%
EPS
growth rate
Gross Profit	189.70	180.77	184.71	176.04	184.06
growth rate		-4.7%	2.2%	-4.7%	4.6%

Growth Grade & Financial Ratios

All financial ratios below are calculated based on latest annual statements available and present the most up to date snapshot of a company finances.

Growth Grade

Historical Growth Grade:

B (72.67)

YOY Growth Grade:

D (47.12)

Click on buttons above for detailed yearly growth rates.

Market Ratios

Dividend Yield: 3.7%
Beta: 0.58
Beta of 0.5787 suggests that the asset is less volatile than the rest of the market.
PE: 12.94
EY: 7.7%
PEG: 0.96
PEG Ratio of 0.96 suggests that stock is underpriced.
PEGY: 0.75
PEGY Ratio of 0.75 suggests that stock is underpriced.
Price/BVPS:

Profitability Ratios

ROE: 29.4%
Return on Equity (ROE) of 29.4% suggests that a company is doing well.
ROS: 9.4%
The value of Return on Sales depends on the business and/or industry. Usually the higher ratio the better.
ROA: 17.0%
Return on Assets (ROA). Low ratio usually means poor performance, or ineffective use of assets by management. High ratio usually means good performance.
ROI: 36.8%
Return on Investment (ROI) of 36.8% suggests that a company is doing well.
ROIC: 13.5%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) of 13.5% suggests that management is inefficient or it could reflect a highly capitalized, conservatively operated business with little long term debt.

Liquidity Ratios

Current Ratio: 1.37
Current Ratio of 1.37 suggests that a company may not be able to pay off bills as rapidly as it should.
Quick Ratio: 0.50
Quick Ratio of 0.50 suggests that a company does not have enough cash to cover immediate liabilities.
Cash Turnover: 20.66
Turnover Of Cash Ratio of 20.66 suggests that a company may be vulnerable to creditors. As a result it may be unable to pay wages or utility bills.
Equity Ratio: 46.2%
Equity Ratio of 46.2% suggests that a reasonably large percent of the company's assets financed by shareholder equity.
Debt/Equity: 113.4%
Debt to Equity Ratio of 113.4% suggests that greater risk assumed by creditors, hence greater interest by them in the way the company is being managed.
Debt/FCF: 2.26
Debt/FCF of 2.26 suggests that a company is doing well and can pay off its long term debt within three years.

Efficiency Ratios

Avg Collection Period: 16.11
Average Collection Period of 16.11 days suggests that a company is doing well.
Inventory Turnover: 6.09
Inventory Turnover Ratio of 6.09 suggests that a company is doing well.
Cash Flow Ratio: 1.62
Cash Flow Ratio of 1.62 suggests a company is doing OK, but lower inventory is generally viewed as a positive trend.
Profit Margin: 6.9%

Value Price

PE and EPS

	Historical	Current	Forward
PE	13.37	12.94	15.26
EPS / Growth	19.1%	2.82	13.5%

Value Price & Investment Recovery Time

Read more about Stock2Own value price in Stock Market: Fundamental Analysis.

Equity Growth Rate: 10.1%

Estimates	Pessimistic	Moderate	Optimistic
Rate of Return	15.0%
MOS Price %	50 %
Future EPS Growth	10.1%	14.2%	14.2%
Future PE	13.37	19.04	19.04
Future EPS	7.40	10.68	10.68
Value Price MOS %	24.46	50.24	50.24
MOS Price	12.23	25.12	25.12
IRT

Graham Number:

NOTE: The Graham Number applies only to certain types of stocks in combination with a number of other criteria.

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Graham Number: 26.80
Graham MOS:

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