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NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. has a live ticker hub with the latest available market, valuation, profitability, growth, ownership, and risk indicators.

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Market cap

4.5B

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E19.1

P25 15.3P50 18.3P75 20.8

Trailing P/E26.6

P25 16.2P50 20.2P75 23.8

ROE5.8

P25 4.7P50 8.5P75 10.2

ROIC3.3

P25 2.4P50 3.8P75 4.8

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All NWE market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

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Currency

USD

Showing 254 of 254 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000073088
Company name	NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	668074305
Employees	1,667
Employees Change	82%
Employees Change Percent	5.17
Enterprise value	$7.9B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Utilities - Regulated Electric
Isin	US6680743050
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$4.5B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Price	$72.39
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	984,702.46x
Sector	Utilities
Sic	4931
Symbol	NWE
Website	https://www.northwesternenergy.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	3.76%
EV Earnings	47.07x
EV/EBIT	24.36x
EV/EBITDA	13.65x
EV/Sales	4.81x
FCF yield	-3.32%
Forward P/E	19.13x
P/B ratio	1.53x
P/E ratio	26.6x
P/S ratio	2.71x
PE Ratio10 Y	17.13x
PE Ratio3 Y	16.92x
PE Ratio5 Y	17.03x
PEG ratio	3.55x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	19.73%
EBITDA Margin	35.2%
Gross margin	56.15%
Gross Profit	$921.6M
Net Income	$167.6M
Net Income Growth	-28.97%
Net Income Growth Q	-17.53%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	-3.49%
Net Income Growth5 Y	0%
Pretax Margin	10.52%
Profit Margin	10.21%
Profit Per Employee	$100,545
Profitable Years	21
ROA	2.43
Roa5y	2.52
ROCE	4.13
ROE	5.77
Roe5y	7.43
ROIC	3.27

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	6.54%
Cagr15y	9.85%
Cagr1y	31.22%
Cagr20y	8.18%
Cagr3y	11.8%
Cagr5y	6.07%
Div CAGR10	3.1%
Div CAGR3	1.55%
Div CAGR5	1.74%
EPS Growth	-29.13
EPS Growth Q	-17.6
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	-5.67
EPS Growth5 Y	-3.78
FCF Growth Q	-29.27%
OCF Growth	0.51%
OCF Growth Q	3.93%
OCF Growth10 Y	1.21%
OCF Growth3 Y	7.18%
OCF Growth5 Y	9.06%
Revenue Growth	9.06x
Revenue Growth Q	6.63x
Revenue Growth Quarters	4x
Revenue Growth Years	2x
Revenue Growth3 Y	2.2x
Revenue Growth5 Y	5.36x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.2
Assets	$8.6B
Cash	$5.9M
Current Assets	$513.2M
Current Liabilities	$730.9M
Debt	$3.4B
Debt EBITDA	$5.96
Debt Equity	$1.18
Equity	$2.9B
Interest Coverage	2.11
Liabilities	$5.7B
Long Term Assets	$8.1B
Long Term Liabilities	$4.9B
Net Cash	$-3.4B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-77.2
Net Debt EBITDA	$5.95
Net Debt Equity	$1.18
Tangible Book Value	$2.5B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$41.32
WACC	5.45

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	0.7
Inventory Turnover	5.68
Net Working Capital	$33.2M
Quick ratio	0.28
Working Capital	$-217.8M
Working Capital Turnover	$-23.03

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-0.31%
Dividend Growth	1.53%
Dividend Growth Years	21%
Dividend per share	$2.68
Dividend Years	22
Dividend Yield	3.7%
Ex Div Date	2026-06-15
Last Dividend	$0.67
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	97.74%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	88.43%
1Y total return	31.19%
200-day SMA	63.99
3Y total return	39.74%
50-day SMA	69.46
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	34.26%
All Time High	80.52
All Time High Change	-10.1%
All Time High Date	2020-02-19
All Time Low	16.47
All Time Low Change	339.53%
All Time Low Date	2008-10-10
ATR	1.79
Beta	0.38
Beta1y	0.35
Beta2y	0.18
Ch YTD	12.16
High	73
High52	75.18
High52 Date	2026-04-15
High52ch	-3.71%
Low	72.07
Low52	50.46
Low52 Date	2025-06-17
Low52ch	43.46%
Ma50ch	4.21%
Price vs 200-day SMA	13.13%
RSI	57.15
RSI Monthly	65.54
RSI Weekly	61.9
Sharpe ratio	1.2x
Sortino ratio	2.18
Total Return	3.39%
Tr YTD	13.29
Tr15y	309.17%
Tr1m	3.87%
Tr1w	-0.14%
Tr3m	7.24%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	6
Analyst Count Top	2
Analyst Price Target Top	$63.5
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Hold
Earnings EPS Estimate	$1.29
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	5.74
Earnings Revenue Estimate	505,348,896x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	8.3x
Operating Income	$323.9M
Operating margin	19.73
Price target	$66.92
Price Target Change	$-7.56
Price Target Change Top	$-12.28

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	61,096,786%
Float Percent	99.35%
Net Borrowing	301,077,000
Shares Insiders	0.62%
Shares Institutions	98.16%
Shares Out	61,499,066
Shares Qo Q	0.21%
Shares Yo Y	0.31%
Short Float	3.52%
Short Ratio	3.61
Short Shares	3.5

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$-154.7M
Average Volume	411,329.45x
Bv Per Share	47.3
CAPEX	$-548.4M
Ch10y	24.79
Ch15y	123.9
Ch1m	3.87
Ch1w	-0.14
Ch1y	25.55
Ch20y	106.4
Ch3m	6.18
Ch3y	21.24
Ch5y	6.86
Ch6m	11.34
Change	-0.03%
Change From Open	-0.84
Close	72.41
Days Gap	0.81
Depreciation Amortization	253,957,000
Dollar Volume	25,439,293.8
Earnings Date	2026-04-29
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$323.9M
EBITDA	$577.9M
EPS	$2.72
F Score	5
FCF	$-147.9M
FCF EV Yield	-1.88x
FCF Per Share	$-2.41
Financing CF	137,066,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,923
Goodwill	367,635,000
Graham Number	53.81649
Graham Upside	-25.66
Income Tax	$5.1M
Investing CF	-590,004,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-04-29
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Type	Never
Last10k Filing Date	2023-02-17
Lynch Fair Value	$13.61
Lynch Upside	-81.2
Ma150	66.59
Ma150ch	8.72%
Ma20	71.82
Ma20ch	0.8%
Net CF	-52,461,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-07-29
Open	73
Optionable	Yes
P OCF Ratio	11.12
Payment Date	2026-06-30
Position In Range	34.41
Ppne	6,794,000,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$7.7
Ptbv Ratio	1.75
Relative Volume	0.85x
Revenue	1,641,499,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.41x
Share Based Comp	6,746,000
Tax By Revenue	0.31x
Tax Rate	2.93%
Tr20y	381.72%
Tr6m	13.56%
Us State	South Dakota
Volume	351,420

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Income

NWE dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+3.7%

$2.68 annual per share

Payout ratio

+97.7%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+1.7%

21 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+3.4%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-06-15

Performance

NWE stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns NWE?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+98.2%

Float: +99.3% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+0.6%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

NWE momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

57.1

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+13.1%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.38

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

1.20

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

NWE vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
NEE	NextEra Energy Inc.	194.1B	23.6x	7.0x	3.1%	+10.2%	+42.3%	Comprar

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