profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Northwestern Energy Group
$84.91-0.81% today
+30.2% in 1 year
1-year low $62.821-year high $85.60
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $28.85 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Northwestern Energy Group sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $1.48 billion in 2022 to $1.61 billion in 2025, with $181 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Northwestern Energy Group vs. similar companies
Northwestern Energy Group grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern Energy Group | 28.8× · Fair price | ||
 Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. | 40.6× · Expensive | ||
 Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais | 6.4× · Cheap | ||
 Avista | 17.8× · Fair price | ||
 MGE Energy | 21.9× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Northwestern Energy Group's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,372 | 1,478 | 1,422 | 1,514 | 1,611 | |
| – | 764 | 781 | 852 | 916 | |
| 276 | 263 | 300 | 323 | 326 | |
| 471 | 478 | 527 | 574 | 587 | |
| 187 | 183 | 194 | 224 | 181 | |
| 3.60 | 3.25 | 3.22 | 3.65 | 2.94 | |
| – | 51.7% | 54.9% | 56.3% | 56.9% | |
| 20.1% | 17.8% | 21.1% | 21.4% | 20.2% | |
| 13.6% | 12.4% | 13.7% | 14.8% | 11.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 6,780 | 7,318 | 7,601 | 7,998 | 8,460 |
| Cash | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 9 |
| Total debt | – | 2,631 | 2,793 | 3,101 | 3,438 |
| Total liabilities | – | 4,653 | 4,815 | 5,140 | 5,574 |
| 2,340 | 2,665 | 2,785 | 2,858 | 2,886 | |
| 52 | 56 | 60 | 61 | 62 | |
| 9.6% | 4.2% | 4.5% | 4.6% | 4.2% | |
| 8.0% | 6.9% | 7.0% | 7.8% | 6.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 220 | 307 | 489 | 407 | 394 | |
| 434 | 515 | 567 | 549 | 524 | |
| -214 | -208 | -78 | -143 | -130 | |
| Dividends paid | 128 | 140 | 154 | 159 | 161 |
| – | – | – | – | – | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
Valuation
- 28.8×
- 22.6×
- –
- 1.5×
- 3.2×
- –
- 14.7×
- -2.5%
- 3.5%
- 3.7%
Profitability
- 56.9%
- 20.2%
- 11.2%
- 35.2%
- 3.8%
- 3.5%
- 5.8%
- 2.0%
- 4.0%
- –
Growth
- +4.1%
- −4.9%
- +8.8%
- +1.9%
- +4.4%
Financial health
- 5.7×
- 1.13
- 38.3%
- 2.0×
- 0.70
- 0.52
- 0.19
How it ranks in Utilities
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 24%of 397
Top 45%of 392
Bottom 20%of 363
Bottom 48%of 397
Bottom 35%of 396
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $66.33
- Range
- $54.00 – $75.00
- 3 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2026 | 1.31 | 1.29 | +1.6% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | 1.17 | 1.19 | −1.7% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 0.79 | 0.75 | +5.3% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 0.40 | 0.38 | +5.3% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | 1.22 | 1.16 | +5.2% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | 1.13 | 1.17 | −3.4% |
| Oct 28, 2024 | 0.65 | 0.68 | −4.4% |
| Jul 30, 2024 | 0.53 | 0.49 | +8.2% |
3.7%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$37a year at today's yield, before tax
+1.9%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$1.92 in 2015 → $2.64 in 2025
How safe it looks
89.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: -124.1%
News
Why NorthWestern Energy Group Stock Soared on WednesdayYahoo Finance · Oct 7, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
29No pass
Benjamin Graham
52No pass
Philip Fisher
33No pass
Peter Lynch
25No pass
Joel Greenblatt
14No pass
Charlie Munger
24No pass
Terry Smith
20No pass
Questions about Northwestern Energy Group
Is Northwestern Energy Group a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Northwestern Energy Group AI analysis
What does Northwestern Energy Group do?
NorthWestern Corporation, doing business as NorthWestern Energy, provides electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and various industrial customers. The company operates through Electric and Natural Gas segments. It is in Diversified Utilities, based in Sioux Falls, SD, United States, with 1,667 employees.
Does Northwestern Energy Group pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.7% a year, about 89% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $161 million in dividends.
Is Northwestern Energy Group stock halal?
No. Northwestern Energy Group does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 66% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Northwestern Energy Group stock done over the past year?
Up 30.2% over the past twelve months, to $84.91. It traded between $62.82 and $85.60, close to its high.
Who are Northwestern Energy Group's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P., Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais, Avista and MGE Energy. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Northwestern Energy Group's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.