NEW Jersey Resources Corp key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, NEW Jersey Resources Corp had return on equity of 14.6%, an operating margin of 25.0%, debt equal to 150.7% of equity and a current ratio of 0.73. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Sept 2009 | 2010Sept 2010 | 2011Sept 2011 | 2012Sept 2012 | 2013Sept 2013 | 2014Sept 2014 | 2015Sept 2015 | 2016Sept 2016 | 2017Sept 2017 | 2018Sept 2018 | 2019Sept 2019 | 2020Sept 2020 | 2021Sept 2021 | 2022Sept 2022 | 2023Sept 2023 | 2024Sept 2024 | 2025Sept 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39.4% | 36.7% | 31.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | 1.9% | 7.1% | 4.8% | 4.8% | 5.0% | 5.4% | 9.1% | 8.9% | 7.5% | 6.9% | 6.3% | 11.7% | 13.4% | 14.0% | 20.7% | 25.5% | 25.0% | 24.8% |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 4.5% | 3.4% | 4.1% | 3.6% | 3.8% | 6.6% | 7.0% | 5.8% | 8.0% | 4.8% | 8.3% | 5.5% | 9.5% | 13.5% | 16.1% | 16.5% | 16.4% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 7.4% | 2.0% | 5.2% | −2.4% | 0.1% | 6.2% | 9.1% | −1.8% | 4.6% | 6.6% | −4.1% | 10.9% | 18.1% | 11.1% | 24.4% | 23.8% | 22.9% | 29.6% |
| Return on equity | 3.9% | 16.6% | 13.5% | 11.7% | 13.5% | 15.3% | 17.5% | 11.6% | 11.0% | 18.4% | 9.3% | 10.8% | 7.2% | 15.9% | 13.9% | 13.8% | 14.6% | 14.5% |
| Return on assets | 1.2% | 4.8% | 3.9% | 3.4% | 4.0% | 4.6% | 5.6% | 3.8% | 3.5% | 5.8% | 3.0% | 3.4% | 2.1% | 4.6% | 4.1% | 4.3% | 4.6% | 4.7% |
| Asset turnover | 1.12 | 1.08 | 1.15 | 0.83 | 1.11 | 1.22 | 0.85 | 0.54 | 0.59 | 0.72 | 0.62 | 0.41 | 0.39 | 0.48 | 0.31 | 0.27 | 0.28 | 0.29 |
| Current ratio | 1.21 | 1.11 | 1.04 | 0.99 | 0.88 | 0.86 | 1.12 | 1.06 | 0.72 | 1.03 | 1.15 | 1.17 | 0.60 | 0.68 | 0.66 | 0.62 | 0.73 | 0.66 |
| Debt to equity | 87.8% | 83.8% | 76.5% | 99.9% | 106.7% | 96.6% | 83.2% | 106.1% | 115.5% | 112.5% | 114.6% | 146.7% | 160.2% | 164.2% | 157.5% | 152.7% | 150.7% | 140.1% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 2.3x | 8.9x | 7.3x | 5.2x | 6.6x | 7.9x | 9.0x | 5.4x | 3.8x | 4.3x | 3.5x | 3.4x | 3.7x | 4.7x | 3.3x | 3.5x | 4.0x | 4.1x |
| Effective tax rate | 36.2% | 37.6% | 29.6% | 8.6% | 25.4% | 28.3% | 26.3% | 16.2% | 13.4% | −32.3% | 14.3% | 19.7% | 14.2% | 22.2% | 15.9% | 23.0% | 22.7% | 23.0% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 2.9% | 3.3% | 3.1% | 4.6% | 3.5% | 3.4% | 5.1% | 9.4% | 6.4% | 7.1% | 11.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 705.3% | 44.9% | 154.5% | −57.3% | 3.1% | 161.9% | 138.2% | −25.4% | 78.7% | 82.0% | −85.5% | 131.0% | 331.6% | 117.7% | 180.9% | 147.5% | 138.9% | 180.0% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 187.1% | 45.2% | 57.9% | 66.4% | 58.6% | 49.8% | 42.3% | 62.6% | 66.6% | 41.1% | 84.0% | 72.3% | 99.2% | 46.5% | 57.0% | 57.0% | 53.7% | 51.5% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 42.5% | 156.8% | 44.0% | — | >999% | 33.1% | 34.8% | — | 90.8% | 50.1% | — | 55.2% | 36.9% | 39.5% | 31.5% | 38.6% | 38.6% | 28.6% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Sept 2024 | 2025 Q1Dec 2024 | 2025 Q2Mar 2025 | 2025 Q3Jun 2025 | 2025 Q4Sept 2025 | 2026 Q1Dec 2025 | 2026 Q2Mar 2026 | 2026 Q3Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 36.9% | 38.8% | 30.7% | −0.4% | 12.0% | 29.6% | 32.0% | 9.1% |
| Net margin | 23.0% | 26.9% | 22.4% | −5.0% | 4.5% | 20.3% | 23.3% | 2.8% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 16.3% | −1.8% | 46.3% | −9.7% | 24.2% | 4.4% | 59.9% | −3.3% |
| Current ratio | 0.62 | 0.89 | 0.93 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0.83 | 0.94 | 0.66 |
| Debt to equity | 144.1% | 143.8% | 126.4% | 137.3% | 144.1% | 147.4% | 129.6% | 129.4% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $619m of assets due within a year against $937m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
- More cash than debt $34m of cash against $3.4bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 129% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 132% to 129% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $659m of operating cash flow against $3.4bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $553m against $136m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard NEW Jersey Resources's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 4 / 20
Net income has been a median 3.8% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 8 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 14.2%; its worst year was 3.9%.
- Cash conversion 14 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 10.5% of revenue.
- Discipline 10 / 20
The diluted share count rose 5.2% over five years.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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