NorthWestern Corporation (NWE): Price and Financial Metrics

NWE POWR Grades

• Quality is the dimension where NWE ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 70.32% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for NWE is in Growth, which has been heading down over the past 163 days.
• NWE's current lowest rank is in the Growth metric (where it is better than 22.82% 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 140.23 -- higher than 83.8% 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 23.54% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, NWE is more volatile than merely 19.56% of stocks we're observing.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Northwestern Corp, a group of peers worth examining would be PNM, AWR, AR, POR, and AGO.
• NWE's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Northwestern Corp's official 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 year over year price growth rate now stands at 20.47%.
• Its 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 310.79%.
• Its 4 year price growth rate is now at -0.97%.

Over the past 33 months, NWE's revenue has gone up $146,411,000.

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
2021-09-30	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
2020-06-30	1,207.586	371.326	153.85

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.