NorthWestern Corporation (NWE): Price and Financial Metrics

NWE POWR Grades

• Momentum is the dimension where NWE ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 75.59% of US stocks.
• NWE's strongest trending metric is Momentum; it's been moving up over the last 179 days.
• NWE's current lowest rank is in the Sentiment metric (where it is better than 8.51% of US stocks).

NWE Stock Summary

• NWE's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 97.66 -- higher than 78.01% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• Of note is the ratio of Northwestern Corp's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; merely 23.29% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, NWE is more volatile than only 7.63% of stocks we're observing.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to NWE, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are EXTN, AWR, ADT, FLMN, and TIGO.
• Visit NWE's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.northwesternenergy.com.

NWE Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Utilities stock, NWE's price/sales ratio is 23.81% higher, now standing at 2.6.
• NWE's price/sales ratio has moved up 1.7 over the prior 167 months.
• Over the past 167 months, NWE's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 7.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for NWE.

NWE Growth Metrics

The 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 497.64%.
• Its 2 year revenue growth rate is now at -5.54%.
• The 2 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 9.34%.

NWE's revenue has moved up $171,489,000 over the prior 70 months.

The table below shows NWE's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	1,372.316	219.978	186.84
2021-09-30	1,338.42	251.244	189.055
2021-06-30	1,293.075	237.45	183.325
2021-03-31	1,264.218	259.586	167.582
2020-12-31	1,198.67	352.149	155.215
2020-09-30	1,213.36	365.374	161.646

NWE's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• NWE has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 69.13% of graded US stocks.
• NWE's asset turnover comes in at 0.205 -- ranking 61st of 105 Utilities stocks.
• MGEE, AWK, and RGCO are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with NWE.

The table below shows NWE's key quality metrics over time.