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NorthWestern

NSQ:NWE US6680743050
70
  • Value
    83
  • Growth
    45
  • Safety
    Safety
    45
  • Combined
    59
  • Sentiment
    83
  • 360° View
    360° View
    70
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Company Description

NorthWestern Energy provides essential energy infrastructure and valuable services. The company operates in the electric and natural gas utility industries. It serves customers in Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Yellowstone National Park. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $3,170 million and revenue of $1,514 million, with 1,585 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 70 (better than 70% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock NorthWestern are above average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half the metrics below and half above average for NorthWestern. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 83, which means that the share price of NorthWestern is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is lower than for 83% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 83, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 83% of alternative investment opportunities. But the consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 45, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 45, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 55 comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Liquidity
Weakest Rank Dividend Yield
Country USA
Industry Multi-Utilities
Size Medium
Website northwesternenergy.com
Index
NASDAQ
S&P MIDCAP
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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 10-Aug-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
83 87 72 83
Growth
45 39 85 23
Safety
Safety
45 54 56 48
Sentiment
83 73 14 53
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70 54 70 45
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
39 92 31 51
Opinions Change
79 31 34 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 81 52 57
Market Pulse
69 40 3 52
Sentiment
83 73 14 53
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
83 87 72 83
Growth
45 39 85 23
Safety Safety
45 54 56 48
Combined
59 48 94 50
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
52 59 45 50
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
39 79 57 70
Price vs. Book (P/B)
75 95 95 91
Dividend Yield
87 89 80 87
Value
83 87 72 83
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
45 48 94 47
Profit Growth
36 44 38 79
Capital Growth
54 70 81 23
Stock Returns
71 23 55 13
Growth
45 39 85 23
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
54 91 90 66
Refinancing
49 12 34 70
Liquidity
35 58 38 26
Safety Safety
45 54 56 48

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With good value and positive sentiment, but low growth and risky financing, this combination is generally dangerous as debt requires growth to sustain it. Only investors with a strong belief in future growth potential and a high-risk tolerance should consider this stock.

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