NorthWestern Corporation (NWE): Price and Financial Metrics

NWE POWR Grades

• Quality is the dimension where NWE ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 69.36% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for NWE is in Stability, which has been heading down over the past 26 weeks.
• NWE ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 3rd percentile.

NWE Stock Summary

• NWE's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 133.48 -- higher than 79.18% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• The ratio of debt to operating expenses for NORTHWESTERN CORP is higher than it is for about 76.99% of US stocks.
• The volatility of NORTHWESTERN CORP's share price is greater than that of merely 21.8% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to NWE, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are AWR, BYD, SUM, UHT, and LOCO.
• Visit NWE's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.northwesternenergy.com.

NWE Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Utilities stock, NWE's price/earnings ratio is 9.51% lower, now standing at 17.6.
• Over the past 195 months, NWE's price/sales ratio has gone up 1.2.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for NWE.

NWE Growth Metrics

The 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 13.11%.
• Its 3 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 9.26%.
• Its 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -1.46%.

Over the past 70 months, NWE's revenue has gone up $185,817,000.

The table below shows NWE's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31	1,477.837	307.242	183.008
2022-09-30	1,399.895	307.638	167.6
2022-06-30	1,390.782	348.351	175.428
2022-03-31	1,365.995	350.045	182.879
2021-12-31	1,372.316	219.978	186.84
2021-09-30	1,338.42	251.244	189.055

NWE's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• NWE has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 69.13% of graded US stocks.
• NWE's asset turnover comes in at 0.205 -- ranking 61st of 105 Utilities stocks.
• MGEE, AWK, and RGCO are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with NWE.

The table below shows NWE's key quality metrics over time.