NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. NWE
Set alert
80.39 USD +0.58 +0.73%
As of Nov 2, 11:34 AM ET
79.50 Day range 80.62
58.57 52-week range 80.62
- YTD
- +24.56%
- 1 year
- +34.72%
- Open
- 79.93
- Prev close
- 79.81
- Mkt cap
- 4.95B
- Vol
- 112.35K
- Avg vol
- 485.29K
- EPS
- 2.77
- P/E
- 29.03
- Div yield
- 3.38%
More statistics
- Low
- 79.50
- High
- 80.62
- Forward P/E
- 20.07
- Beta
- 0.32
- Short ratio
- 3.52
- Inst. own
- 97.52%
- Dividend
- 2.68
- Ex-div date
- Aug 16, 2026
- Earnings
- Nov 4, 2026
- 50-d avg
- 71.75
- 200-d avg
- 70.40
- 1y target
- 79.21
5Y chart
Events in this range
- Dec 14, 2021Dividend: 0.62
- Mar 14, 2022Dividend: 0.63
- Jun 14, 2022Dividend: 0.63
- Sep 14, 2022Dividend: 0.63
- Sep 15, 2022Dividend: 0.63
- Dec 14, 2022Dividend: 0.63
- Dec 30, 2022Dividend: 0.63
- Mar 14, 2023Dividend: 0.64
- Jun 14, 2023Dividend: 0.64
- Sep 14, 2023Dividend: 0.64
- Dec 14, 2023Dividend: 0.64
- Mar 14, 2024Dividend: 0.65
- Jun 14, 2024Dividend: 0.65
- Sep 13, 2024Dividend: 0.65
- Dec 13, 2024Dividend: 0.65
- Mar 14, 2025Dividend: 0.66
- Jun 13, 2025Dividend: 0.66
- Jul 30, 2025Earnings: 0.4; estimate 0.38; surprise 5.26%
- Sep 15, 2025Dividend: 0.66
- Oct 29, 2025Earnings: 0.79; estimate 0.75; surprise 5.33%
- Dec 15, 2025Dividend: 0.66
- Feb 11, 2026Earnings: 1.17; estimate 1.19; surprise -1.68%
- Mar 13, 2026Dividend: 0.67
- Apr 29, 2026Earnings: 1.31; estimate 1.29; surprise 1.55%
- Jun 15, 2026Dividend: 0.67
- Jul 9, 2026Rating: JP Morgan · Neutral → Neutral
- Jul 22, 2026Rating: Wells Fargo · Underweight → Equal-Weight
- Jul 29, 2026Earnings: 0.5; estimate 0.4231; surprise 18.18%
- Jul 31, 2026Rating: Wells Fargo · Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight
- Aug 17, 2026Dividend: 0.67
- Sep 9, 2026Rating: JP Morgan · Neutral → Neutral
- Oct 6, 2026Rating: Barclays · Overweight → Overweight
- Oct 26, 2026Rating: Wells Fargo · Equal-Weight → Overweight
- Nov 4, 2026Earnings: —; estimate 0.733; surprise —%
Signals (95)
| Name | Date | Ago |
|---|---|---|
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 12, 2026 | 3 weeks ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 5, 2026 | 4 weeks ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 5, 2026 | 4 weeks ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Sep 7, 2026 | 1 month ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Aug 17, 2026 | 2 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Aug 17, 2026 | 2 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Aug 3, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Aug 3, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jul 27, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jul 27, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jul 6, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jun 29, 2026 | 4 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jun 22, 2026 | 4 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jun 1, 2026 | 5 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | May 11, 2026 | 5 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Apr 27, 2026 | 6 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Apr 6, 2026 | 7 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Mar 23, 2026 | 7 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Mar 16, 2026 | 7 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Mar 16, 2026 | 7 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Mar 9, 2026 | 7 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jan 5, 2026 | 10 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Dec 15, 2025 | 10 months ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Nov 17, 2025 | 11 months ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Oct 20, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Aug 11, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Aug 4, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jul 21, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jun 2, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | May 19, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | May 5, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Feb 24, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Feb 24, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Feb 17, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Feb 10, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jan 27, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jan 13, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jan 13, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Dec 9, 2024 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Nov 25, 2024 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Nov 18, 2024 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Oct 28, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 21, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jul 8, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jul 8, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Jul 8, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jul 1, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Jul 1, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jun 24, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jun 10, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jun 3, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Apr 15, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Apr 15, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Apr 8, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Apr 8, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Mar 25, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Mar 4, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Feb 19, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Jan 22, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jan 1, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Nov 13, 2023 | 2 years ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Nov 13, 2023 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Nov 6, 2023 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 30, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| RSI: Oversold | Oct 23, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jul 24, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jul 17, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jun 19, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jun 19, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jun 5, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jun 5, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | May 22, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | May 22, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | May 15, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Apr 3, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Mar 27, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Mar 27, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Mar 20, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Mar 6, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Feb 20, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Feb 13, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jan 16, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Nov 21, 2022 | 3 years ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Nov 14, 2022 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 24, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jul 4, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jul 4, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jun 27, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jun 27, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jun 13, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jun 6, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | May 16, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Apr 25, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Mar 21, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Mar 14, 2022 | 4 years ago |
Key statistics
- Market cap
- 4.90B
- Enterprise value
- 8.47B
- Trailing P/E
- 28.76
- Forward P/E
- 20.07
- PEG ratio
- 3.13
- Price / sales
- 2.90
- Price / book
- 1.69
- EPS (TTM)
- 2.77
- Beta
- 0.32
- Dividend yield
- 3.38%
- Payout ratio
- 96.03%
- Profit margin
- 10.13%
- Revenue (TTM)
- 1.69B
- Revenue growth
- 14.60%
- Free cash flow
- -242.99M
- Total cash
- 4.18M
- Total debt
- 3.60B
- Return on equity
- 5.93%
- Shares outstanding
- 61.52M
- Short % of float
- 4.53%
- 50-day average
- 71.75
- 200-day average
- 70.40
Analyst view
Consensus: buy
Buy
Price target (mean) 79.21 -1.5% downside
Now 80.39
- Target (low)
- 70.00
- Target (mean)
- 79.21
- Target (high)
- 90.00
Ratings (0m) 8 5 buy · 3 hold · 0 sell
- Strong buy1
- Buy4
- Hold3
- Sell0
- Strong sell0
Next earnings
Nov 4, 2026
Expected Nov 4, 2026. Consensus EPS estimate 0.73292.
Financials — quick view
NWE Revenue — quarterly 392.60M
NWE Net income — quarterly 24.99M
NWE EPS — quarterly 0.41
Earnings
| Report date | Quarter ending | EPS estimate | EPS reported | Surprise | Surprise % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | 0.733 | — | — | — |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | 0.4231 | 0.50 | +0.08 | +18.18% |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | 1.29 | 1.31 | +0.02 | +1.55% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 | 1.19 | 1.17 | -0.02 | -1.68% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | 0.75 | 0.79 | +0.04 | +5.33% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | 0.38 | 0.40 | +0.02 | +5.26% |
Upgrades / downgrades
| Date | Firm | Action | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | Wells Fargo | up | Equal-Weight | Overweight |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Barclays | main | Overweight | Overweight |
| Sep 9, 2026 | JP Morgan | main | Neutral | Neutral |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Wells Fargo | main | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight |
| Jul 22, 2026 | Wells Fargo | up | Underweight | Equal-Weight |
| Jul 9, 2026 | JP Morgan | main | Neutral | Neutral |
About NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.
NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., doing business as NorthWestern Energy, provides electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and diversified industrial customers. It generates, purchases, transmits, and distributes electricity; and produces, purchases, stores, transmits, and distributes natural gas, as well as owns municipal franchises to provide natural gas service in the communities. The company operates 6,596 miles of electric transmission and 18,946 miles of electric distribution lines with approximately 397 transmission and distribution substations; and 2,133 miles of natural gas transmission and 5,939 miles of natural gas distribution lines with approximately 134 city gate stations in Montana. It also operates 1,344 miles of electric transmission and 2,386 miles of electric distribution lines in South Dakota with approximately 123 transmission and distribution substations; and 55 miles of natural gas transmission, 1,853 miles of natural gas distribution lines in South Dakota, and 836 miles of natural gas distribution lines Nebraska. The company provides electricity and/or natural gas to approximately 850,300 customers in Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Yellowstone National Park. NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. was incorporated in 1923 and is based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Utilities - Regulated Electric
- Country
- United States
- Website
- northwesternenergy.com
News
- Analysts Estimate NorthWestern (NWE) to Report a Decline in Earnings: What to Look Out for
- Wells Fargo Upgrades NorthWestern Energy Group to Overweight, Raises Price Target to $90
- NorthWestern Energy to Host Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results Webinar
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- Barclays Maintains Overweight on NorthWestern Energy Group, Lowers Price Target to $70
- JP Morgan Maintains Neutral on NorthWestern Energy Group, Lowers Price Target to $73
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Insider holders
| Insider | Relation | Latest transaction | Date | Shares held |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRD BRIAN B | Chief Executive Officer | Stock Award(Grant) | Feb 26, 2026 | 218,047 |
| CASHELL MICHAEL R | Officer | Stock Award(Grant) | Feb 26, 2026 | 27,342 |
| CLARK ANTHONY THOMAS | Director | Sale | Dec 11, 2024 | 16,816 |
| HINES JOHN D | Officer | Stock Award(Grant) | Mar 2, 2026 | 41,972 |
| IDE BRITT E | Director | Stock Award(Grant) | Sep 30, 2026 | 16,217 |
| LAIL CRYSTAL DAWN | Chief Financial Officer | Stock Award(Grant) | Feb 26, 2026 | 35,081 |
Institution ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackrock Inc. | 14.74% | 9,070,752 | 722.58M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 5.77% | 3,548,697 | 282.69M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 4.54% | 2,790,136 | 222.26M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| State Street Corporation | 3.95% | 2,431,546 | 193.70M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2.91% | 1,788,900 | 142.50M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Franklin Resources, Inc. | 2.57% | 1,581,525 | 125.98M | Jun 29, 2026 |
Fund ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF | 3.56% | 2,192,714 | 174.67M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | 3.17% | 1,951,979 | 155.49M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| iShares Trust-iShares Russell 2000 ETF | 2.65% | 1,631,841 | 129.99M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund | 2.29% | 1,411,371 | 112.43M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Franklin Custodian Funds-FRANKLIN UTILITIES FUND | 2.28% | 1,400,000 | 111.52M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Small-Cap Value Index Fund | 1.45% | 893,572 | 71.18M | Jun 29, 2026 |