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northwestern energy group inc. - NWE

NWE

Close Chg Chg %
65.22 0.14 0.21%

Closed Market

65.36

+0.14 (0.21%)

Volume: 353.31K

Last Updated:

Mar 25, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT

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Company Overview: northwestern energy group inc. - NWE

NWE Key Data

Open

$65.85

 Day Range

65.00 - 66.04

52 Week Range

50.46 - 72.21

 Market Cap

$4.01B

Shares Outstanding

61.44M

 Public Float

60.94M

Beta

0.34

 Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

22.16

 EPS

$2.95

Yield

404.78%

 Dividend

$0.67

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Mar 13, 2026

 SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

486.13K

  

NWE Performance

1 Week
 
 2.45%
 
1 Month
 
 -6.58%
 
3 Months
 
 1.65%
 
1 Year
 
 15.07%
 
5 Years
 
 0.80%
 

NWE Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 5
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About northwestern energy group inc. - NWE

NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. engages in the provision of electricity and natural gas to customers in Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Yellowstone National Park. It operates through the following segments: Electric, Natural Gas, and Other. The Electric segment is involved in the regulated electric utility business primarily providing generation, transmission, and distribution services to customers in the Montana and South Dakota jurisdictions. The Natural Gas segment focuses on the natural gas utility business primarily providing production, storage, transmission, and distribution services to customers in the Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska jurisdictions. The company was founded in November 1923 and is headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD.

NWE At a Glance

NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.
3010 West 69th Street
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57108
Phone 1-605-978-2900 Revenue 1.61B
Industry Electric Utilities Net Income 181.09M
Sector Utilities 2025 Sales Growth 6.385%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026 Employees 1,667
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NWE Valuation

P/E Current 22.164
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 21.933
Price to Sales Ratio 2.466
Price to Book Ratio 1.374
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 10.07
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 12.825
Enterprise Value to Sales 4.582
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.466

NWE Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 966,142.172
Income Per Employee 108,633.473
Receivables Turnover 7.678
Total Asset Turnover 0.189

NWE Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.723
Quick Ratio 0.533
Cash Ratio 0.044

NWE Profitability

Gross Margin 59.065
Operating Margin 20.23
Pretax Margin 11.646
Net Margin 11.244
Return on Assets 2.127
Return on Equity 6.306
Return on Total Capital 2.864
Return on Invested Capital 3.116

NWE Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 119.133
Total Debt to Total Capital 54.366
Total Debt to Total Assets 39.349
Long-Term Debt to Equity 110.233
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 50.304
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Annual Financials for Northwestern Energy Group Inc. - NWE

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
1.48B 1.42B 1.51B 1.61B
Sales Growth
+7.69% -3.77% +6.45% +6.38%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
687.03M 630.74M 661.45M 659.28M
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
195.02M 210.47M 227.63M 249.53M
Depreciation
195.02M 210.47M 227.63M 249.53M
Amortization of Intangibles
- - - -
-
COGS Growth
+12.07% -8.19% +4.87% -0.33%
Gross Income
790.81M 791.41M 852.45M 951.28M
Gross Income Growth
+4.15% +0.08% +7.71% +11.59%
Gross Profit Margin
+53.51% +55.65% +56.31% +59.07%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
335.20M 337.88M 365.27M 443.16M
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
335.20M 337.88M 365.27M 443.16M
SGA Growth
+8.07% +0.80% +8.11% +21.32%
Other Operating Expense
192.52M 153.07M 163.85M 182.30M
Unusual Expense
- - - -
-
EBIT after Unusual Expense
263.08M 300.45M 323.32M 325.82M
Non Operating Income/Expense
20.05M 15.22M 23.48M 12.55M
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
100.72M 114.00M 132.13M 150.80M
Interest Expense Growth
+6.82% +13.19% +15.89% +14.14%
Gross Interest Expense
100.72M 138.31M 159.22M 165.50M
Interest Capitalized
- 24.30M 27.10M 14.70M
Pretax Income
182.40M 201.67M 214.67M 187.56M
Pretax Income Growth
-4.13% +10.56% +6.45% -12.63%
Pretax Margin
+12.34% +14.18% +14.18% +11.65%
Income Tax
(605.00K) 7.54M (9.44M) 6.47M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
8.39M 954.00K (8.16M) (13.72M)
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(8.86M) 6.71M (3.25M) 19.05M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
130.00K 129.00K (1.97M) (1.15M)
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
183.01M 194.13M 224.11M 181.09M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
183.01M 194.13M 224.11M 181.09M
Net Income Growth
-2.05% +6.08% +15.44% -19.20%
Net Margin Growth
+12.38% +13.65% +14.80% +11.24%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
183.01M 194.13M 224.11M 181.09M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
183.01M 194.13M 224.11M 181.09M
EPS (Basic)
3.2815 3.2183 3.6564 2.9503
EPS (Basic) Growth
-9.18% -1.93% +13.61% -19.31%
Basic Shares Outstanding
55.77M 60.32M 61.29M 61.38M
EPS (Diluted)
3.251 3.2163 3.6516 2.9426
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-9.74% -1.07% +13.53% -19.42%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
56.29M 60.36M 61.37M 61.54M
EBITDA
458.10M 510.93M 550.96M 575.34M
EBITDA Growth
-1.09% +11.53% +7.83% +4.43%
EBITDA Margin
+31.00% +35.93% +36.39% +35.72%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation HOLD Average Target Price 61.00
Number of Ratings 5 Current Quarters Estimate 1.229
FY Report Date 03 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 3.808
Last Quarter’s Earnings 1.17 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 3.58 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 4.015
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 4 4 6 5
Mean Estimate 1.23 0.42 3.81 4.01
High Estimates 1.42 0.51 3.86 4.16
Low Estimate 0.98 0.38 3.76 3.94
Coefficient of Variance 15.22 14.18 1.23 2.23

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 0 0 1
OVERWEIGHT 1 1 1
HOLD 3 3 4
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 1 1 0
MEAN Hold Hold Hold

Insider Actions for Northwestern Energy Group Inc. - NWE

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Mar 4, 2026 John D. Hines VP - Energy Supply & MT Gov 41,972 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 4, 2026 John D. Hines VP - Energy Supply & MT Gov 42,370 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $68.45 per share 2,900,226.50
Mar 3, 2026 Michael R. Cashell VP - Transmission 27,342 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 3, 2026 Crystal Dawn Lail VP and CFO 35,081 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 3, 2026 Crystal Dawn Lail VP and CFO 36,587 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $68.45 per share 2,504,380.15
Mar 3, 2026 Jeanne M. Vold VP - Technology 14,221 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 3, 2026 Jeanne M. Vold VP - Technology 14,699 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $68.45 per share 1,006,146.55
Mar 3, 2026 Jason Merkel VP - Distribution 6,077 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $68.45 per share 415,970.65
Mar 3, 2026 Jason Merkel VP - Distribution 5,616 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 3, 2026 Shannon M. Heim VP and General Counsel 8,795 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 3, 2026 Shannon M. Heim VP and General Counsel 9,687 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $68.45 per share 663,075.15
Mar 3, 2026 Michael R. Cashell VP - Transmission 28,105 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $68.45 per share 1,923,787.25
Mar 3, 2026 Bleau LaFave VP - Bus Dvlpmt & Asset Mgmt 3,694 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $68.45 per share 252,854.30
Mar 3, 2026 Bleau LaFave VP - Bus Dvlpmt & Asset Mgmt 3,496 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 3, 2026 Jeffrey B. Berzina Controller 4,671 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 3, 2026 Jeffrey B. Berzina Controller 4,949 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $68.45 per share 338,759.05
Mar 3, 2026 Bobbi L. Schroeppel VP - HR, Cust Care, Corp Comm 38,485 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 3, 2026 Bobbi L. Schroeppel VP - HR, Cust Care, Corp Comm 39,128 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $68.45 per share 2,678,311.60
Mar 3, 2026 Brian B. Bird President and CEO; Director 218,047 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 3, 2026 Brian B. Bird President and CEO; Director 225,388 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $68.45 per share 15,427,808.60

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