NorthWestern Corporation (NWE): Price and Financial Metrics

NorthWestern Corporation (NWE): $48.91

0.26 (+0.53%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

C

Stability

C

Sentiment

Quality

C

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Industry: Utilities - Domestic

Industry

F

Ranked

#27 of 63

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NWE Price/Volume Stats

Current price $48.91 52-week high $61.24
Prev. close $48.65 52-week low $45.97
Day low $48.50 Volume 559,800
Day high $49.24 Avg. volume 455,477
50-day MA $48.54 Dividend yield 5.39%
200-day MA $51.49 Market Cap 3.00B

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NWE POWR Grades

  • Quality is the dimension where NWE ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 69.36% of US stocks.
  • The strongest trend for NWE is in Stability, which has been heading down over the past 26 weeks.
  • NWE ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 3rd percentile.

NWE Stock Summary

  • NWE's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 133.48 -- higher than 79.18% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
  • The ratio of debt to operating expenses for NORTHWESTERN CORP is higher than it is for about 76.99% of US stocks.
  • The volatility of NORTHWESTERN CORP's share price is greater than that of merely 21.8% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
  • Stocks that are quantitatively similar to NWE, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are AWR, BYD, SUM, UHT, and LOCO.
  • 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/earnings ratio is 9.51% lower, now standing at 17.6.
  • Over the past 195 months, NWE's price/sales ratio has gone up 1.2.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for NWE.

Stock Date P/S P/B P/E EV/EBIT
NWE 2023-12-27 2.1 1.1 17.6 19.1
NWE 2023-12-26 2.1 1.1 17.7 19.2
NWE 2023-12-22 2.1 1.1 17.6 19.2
NWE 2023-12-21 2.1 1.1 17.6 19.1
NWE 2023-12-20 2.1 1.1 17.6 19.1
NWE 2023-12-19 2.1 1.2 17.8 19.2

NWE Growth Metrics

    The 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 13.11%.
  • Its 3 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 9.26%.
  • Its 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -1.46%.
Over the past 70 months, NWE's revenue has gone up $185,817,000.

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
2022-12-31 1,477.837 307.242 183.008
2022-09-30 1,399.895 307.638 167.6
2022-06-30 1,390.782 348.351 175.428
2022-03-31 1,365.995 350.045 182.879
2021-12-31 1,372.316 219.978 186.84
2021-09-30 1,338.42 251.244 189.055

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.

Period Asset Turnover Gross Margin ROIC
2021-09-30 0.205 0.703 0.034
2021-06-30 0.203 0.717 0.034
2021-03-31 0.203 0.716 0.033
2020-12-31 0.196 0.745 0.032
2020-09-30 0.203 0.751 0.034
2020-06-30 0.204 0.753 0.034

NWE Price Target

For more insight on analysts targets of NWE, see our NWE price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.

Average Price Target $70.43 Average Broker Recommendation 1.57 (Moderate Buy)

NorthWestern Corporation (NWE) Company Bio


Northwestern Corporation provides electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska. The company was founded in 1923 and is based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.


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NWE Price Returns

1-mo 1.49%
3-mo -3.00%
6-mo -1.48%
1-year -10.29%
3-year -12.04%
5-year -14.28%
YTD -2.62%
2023 -10.12%
2022 8.49%
2021 2.10%
2020 -15.15%
2019 24.50%

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