NorthWestern Corporation, doing business as NorthWestern Energy, provides electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. More Details
How has NorthWestern performed over the past 5 years?
3.6%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: NWE has high quality earnings.
Growing Profit Margin: NWE's current net profit margins (12.9%) are lower than last year (16.1%).
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: NWE's earnings have grown by 3.6% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: NWE's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: NWE had negative earnings growth (-23.1%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Integrated Utilities industry average (8.4%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: NWE's Return on Equity (7.5%) is considered low.
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
9.0yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Bob Rowe (64 yo)
12.58yrs
Tenure
US$3,298,304
Compensation
Mr. Robert C. Rowe, also known as Bob, Esq., has been the Chief Executive Officer of Northwestern Corporation since August 2008 and was its President since August 2008 until February 15, 2021. Mr. Rowe ser...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Bob's total compensation ($USD3.30M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD4.96M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Bob's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Robert Rowe
CEO & Director
12.58yrs
US$3.30m
0.37% $ 11.0m
Brian Bird
President & COO
0.083yr
US$1.42m
0.18% $ 5.5m
Heather Grahame
VP of Regulatory & Federal Government Affairs and General Counsel
10.58yrs
US$1.21m
0.057% $ 1.7m
Bobbi Schroeppel
Vice President of Customer Care
15.5yrs
US$708.97k
0.045% $ 1.4m
Crystal Lail
VP & CFO
0.083yr
no data
0.014% $ 425.8k
Travis Meyer
Director - Investor Relations & Corporate Finance
3.75yrs
no data
no data
Jeanne Vold
Vice President of Technology
8.25yrs
no data
0.014% $ 413.8k
Michael Nieman
Chief Audit & Compliance Officer
11.17yrs
no data
no data
Daniel Rausch
Treasurer
8.25yrs
no data
no data
Timothy Olson
Senior Corporate Counsel & Corporate Secretary
11.17yrs
no data
no data
Jeffrey Berzina
Controller
0.92yr
no data
0.00040% $ 12.0k
John Hines
Vice President of Supply & Montana Government Affairs
9.83yrs
no data
0.045% $ 1.3m
9.0yrs
Average Tenure
60yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: NWE's management team is seasoned and experienced (9 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Robert Rowe
CEO & Director
12.58yrs
US$3.30m
0.37% $ 11.0m
Jan Horsfall
Independent Director
5.92yrs
US$226.58k
0.012% $ 373.4k
Julia Johnson
Independent Director
16.33yrs
US$234.58k
0.016% $ 488.4k
Stephen Adik
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
2.92yrs
US$364.66k
0.040% $ 1.2m
Mahvash Yazdi
Independent Director
1.25yrs
US$91.44k
0.0039% $ 117.8k
Dana Dykhouse
Independent Director
12.17yrs
US$234.58k
0.067% $ 2.0m
Linda Sullivan
Independent Director
3.92yrs
US$257.00k
0.00015% $ 4.5k
Anthony Clark
Independent Director
4.25yrs
US$232.83k
0.0054% $ 161.2k
Britt Ide
Independent Director
3.92yrs
US$236.75k
0.018% $ 537.9k
Jeffrey Yingling
Independent Director
1.42yrs
US$124.92k
0.0020% $ 59.3k
4.1yrs
Average Tenure
59.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: NWE's board of directors are considered experienced (4.1 years average tenure).
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: NWE insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
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Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2021/03/05 00:15
End of Day Share Price
2021/03/04 00:00
Earnings
2020/12/31
Annual Earnings
2020/12/31
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