NiSource Inc (NI)’s Pretax Margin and Net Margin Explained

A share price of NiSource Inc [NI] is currently trading at $39.51, down -1.03%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The NI shares have gain 4.47% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 3.67%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Previously, Mizuho started tracking the stock with Outperform rating on July 11, 2024, and set its price target to $33. On January 22, 2024, Barclays initiated with a Overweight rating and assigned a price target of $28 on the stock. Ladenburg Thalmann started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $25 on October 06, 2023. UBS upgraded its rating to a Buy but $31 remained the price target by the analyst firm on June 06, 2023. Credit Suisse upgraded its rating to Outperform for this stock on November 09, 2022, but kept the price target unchanged to $27. In a note dated July 27, 2022, Edward Jones upgraded an Buy rating on this stock.

NiSource Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $27.60 and $41.44. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $42.5 within the next 12 months. NiSource Inc [NYSE: NI] shares were valued at $39.51 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 7.57% based on the average NI price forecast.

Analyzing the NI fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for NiSource Inc [NYSE:NI] were 5.93B which represents 27.95% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.53% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.28%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.2%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.15%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.06. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.67.

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Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for NiSource Inc [NYSE:NI] is 0.52. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.45 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.06. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.14, the price to book ratio is 2.09 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 21.29.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Yates Lloyd M, Director and President & CEO, that happened on May 16 ’25 when 16127.0 shares were sold. Officer, Yates Lloyd M completed a deal on May 16 ’25 to buy 16127.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Jesanis Michael E sold 6178.0 shares on May 14 ’25.

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