NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.

NasdaqGS:NWE Stock Report

Market Cap: US$3.3b

NorthWestern Energy Group Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 1/6

NorthWestern Energy Group has a total shareholder equity of $2.8B and total debt of $3.0B, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 105.4%. Its total assets and total liabilities are $7.9B and $5.0B respectively. NorthWestern Energy Group's EBIT is $333.1M making its interest coverage ratio 2.6. It has cash and short-term investments of $2.5M.

Key information

105.4%

Debt to equity ratio

US$2.97b

Debt

Interest coverage ratio2.6x
CashUS$2.53m
EquityUS$2.82b
Total liabilitiesUS$5.04b
Total assetsUS$7.85b

Recent financial health updates

Recent updates

NorthWestern Energy: Financially Strong Utility Appears Fairly Valued At Best

Dec 17

Northwestern Energy Group: Risk To Capital Plan From Regulation

Jun 30

NorthWestern Energy Group: Attractive Yield But Limited Growth

Feb 24

A Look At The Intrinsic Value Of NorthWestern Corporation (NASDAQ:NWE)

Jul 11
A Look At The Intrinsic Value Of NorthWestern Corporation (NASDAQ:NWE)

Returns On Capital At NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Have Stalled

May 23
Returns On Capital At NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Have Stalled

NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Is Increasing Its Dividend To $0.64

May 02
NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Is Increasing Its Dividend To $0.64

Calculating The Fair Value Of NorthWestern Corporation (NASDAQ:NWE)

Apr 10
Calculating The Fair Value Of NorthWestern Corporation (NASDAQ:NWE)

Industry Analysts Just Made A Notable Upgrade To Their NorthWestern Corporation (NASDAQ:NWE) Revenue Forecasts

Feb 22
Industry Analysts Just Made A Notable Upgrade To Their NorthWestern Corporation (NASDAQ:NWE) Revenue Forecasts

NorthWestern's (NASDAQ:NWE) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year

Feb 21
NorthWestern's (NASDAQ:NWE) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year

Some Investors May Be Worried About NorthWestern's (NASDAQ:NWE) Returns On Capital

Jan 19
Some Investors May Be Worried About NorthWestern's (NASDAQ:NWE) Returns On Capital

A Look At The Fair Value Of NorthWestern Corporation (NASDAQ:NWE)

Dec 08
A Look At The Fair Value Of NorthWestern Corporation (NASDAQ:NWE)

The Returns At NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Aren't Growing

Oct 18
The Returns At NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Aren't Growing

NorthWestern: An Underperforming High-Dividend Stock With A Muted Growth Outlook

Oct 05

NorthWestern goes ex-dividend tomorrow

Sep 13

Is There An Opportunity With NorthWestern Corporation's (NASDAQ:NWE) 28% Undervaluation?

Aug 25
Is There An Opportunity With NorthWestern Corporation's (NASDAQ:NWE) 28% Undervaluation?

NorthWestern Non-GAAP EPS of $0.54 beats by $0.01, revenue of $323M beats by $42.45M

Jul 28

NorthWestern Corporation: Strong Renewable Focus But Expensive

Jul 21

NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Might Be Having Difficulty Using Its Capital Effectively

Jul 19
NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Might Be Having Difficulty Using Its Capital Effectively

Is There An Opportunity With NorthWestern Corporation's (NASDAQ:NWE) 20% Undervaluation?

May 19
Is There An Opportunity With NorthWestern Corporation's (NASDAQ:NWE) 20% Undervaluation?

NorthWestern Corporation: Little Utility On The Prairie

Apr 12

NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Has Some Way To Go To Become A Multi-Bagger

Apr 05
NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Has Some Way To Go To Become A Multi-Bagger

NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Is Increasing Its Dividend To US$0.63

Mar 01
NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Is Increasing Its Dividend To US$0.63

NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To US$0.63

Feb 15
NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To US$0.63

NorthWestern Corporation (NASDAQ:NWE) Shares Could Be 22% Below Their Intrinsic Value Estimate

Feb 02
NorthWestern Corporation (NASDAQ:NWE) Shares Could Be 22% Below Their Intrinsic Value Estimate

NorthWestern: Steady Yield And Growth

Jan 19

The Returns At NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Aren't Growing

Nov 14
The Returns At NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Aren't Growing

Is There An Opportunity With NorthWestern Corporation's (NASDAQ:NWE) 24% Undervaluation?

Oct 22
Is There An Opportunity With NorthWestern Corporation's (NASDAQ:NWE) 24% Undervaluation?

NorthWestern Corporation: Sturdy As A Montana Mountain For Dividend Growth Investors

Oct 22

Return Trends At NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Aren't Appealing

Aug 05
Return Trends At NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Aren't Appealing

NorthWestern: Conservative Growth

Jul 01

NorthWestern joins Western Energy Imbalance Market

Jun 16

Estimating The Fair Value Of NorthWestern Corporation (NASDAQ:NWE)

Jun 10
Estimating The Fair Value Of NorthWestern Corporation (NASDAQ:NWE)

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: NWE's short term assets ($368.4M) do not cover its short term liabilities ($813.3M).

Long Term Liabilities: NWE's short term assets ($368.4M) do not cover its long term liabilities ($4.2B).


Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: NWE's net debt to equity ratio (105.3%) is considered high.

Reducing Debt: NWE's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 108.6% to 105.4% over the past 5 years.

Debt Coverage: NWE's debt is not well covered by operating cash flow (13.7%).

Interest Coverage: NWE's interest payments on its debt are not well covered by EBIT (2.6x coverage).


Balance Sheet


Discover healthy companies

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/31 05:12
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/31 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

Analysis Model and Snowflake

Details of the analysis model used to generate this report is available on our Github page, we also have guides on how to use our reports and tutorials on Youtube.

Learn about the world class team who designed and built the Simply Wall St analysis model.

Industry and Sector Metrics

Our industry and section metrics are calculated every 6 hours by Simply Wall St, details of our process are available on .

Analyst Sources

NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. is covered by 15 analysts. 6 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
David ParkerBaird
Nicholas CampanellaBarclays
Eric BeaumontBarclays