NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.
NorthWestern Energy - Delivering a Bright Future NorthWestern Energy Group, doing business as NorthWestern Energy, provides essential energy infrastructure and valuable services that enrich lives and empower communities while serving as long-term partners to our customers and communities. We work to deliver safe, reliable, and innovative energy solutions that create value for customers…
$76.10
+$0.71 (+0.94%)
EOD Oct 21, 2026
20.23% operating margin is above average. ROIC at 5.20%. Note that capital returns lag the margin, the business may be capital-intensive despite high margins.
Revenue grew 6.4%, steady but not accelerating.
At 27x earnings, the current multiple leaves limited room for execution misses or growth deceleration. Negative free cash flow of -$130M. The business is consuming cash, not generating it.
27.5x earnings. Not cheap, the quality is already reflected in the price. Upside from here requires either margin expansion or growth re-acceleration, not just continuation.
Price History
Valuation & Multiples
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$1.69B
▲ +6.4% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$171M
▼ -19.2% YoY
Op. Margin
18.84%
▼ -1.1pp YoY
ROIC
4.95%
▲ +0.8pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
-$192M
▲ +8.8% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$416M
▼ -3.0% YoY
Net Debt
$3.59B
Cash & Equiv.
$4M
3Y CAGR: +2.9%
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SourceComputed from the 10-Q filed 24 Jul 2026, covering the period ending 30 Jun 2026, as reported to the SEC. Data last refreshed 31 Jul 2026. How this is calculated.
Price from market data, last close as of 21 Oct 2026. Fiscal year ends Dec. Sector medians are approximate S&P 500 benchmarks and update periodically.
Is NorthWestern Energy Group (NWE) overvalued?
At a P/E of 27.5, NorthWestern Energy Group (NWE)'s valuation is best read against its own history, its peers, and the growth its price implies. A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, NorthWestern Energy Group scores 27/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a lower-quality business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. It currently yields about 3.5%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology, or see how the market compares in our US profitability statistics. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Frequently asked
Is NorthWestern Energy Group a high-quality business?+
NorthWestern Energy Group scores 27 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 7 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a lower-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 18.8% operating margin and a 4.9% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Does NorthWestern Energy Group (NWE) pay a dividend, and how much?+
Yes, NorthWestern Energy Group pays a regular dividend of about $2.64 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 3.5% at the current price. That is a payout ratio of about 95.0% of earnings, so the dividend is stretched at this level. NorthWestern Energy Group has grown the dividend at roughly 5.9% a year over the past few years. A low headline yield is not the same as a weak dividend: what matters is how well earnings and free cash flow cover the payout and whether it is growing, not the percentage alone. For NWE's full payout history, growth streak and dividend-safety score, see the dividends tab.
Is NorthWestern Energy Group a good stock to buy right now?+
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. you should weigh NWE's valuation and scores 27/100 on quality (lower-quality). It also yields about 3.5%. A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.
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