# NorthWestern Energy Group share price today (NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., NWE)

> NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.'s share price has risen faster than its earnings: +34.0% in a year, against −19.5% for earnings per share. NWE · Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Electric · data as of 3 November 2026. Page: https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/nwe

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## Key numbers

- Business trend: Getting worse, from the last 12 quarters
- Price: $79.95 (+34.0% in a year)
- P/E: 28.9× (higher than 100% of the last 4.6 years)
- Revenue (Jun 2026): $393 M (+14.6% on a year ago)
- Profit (Jun 2026): $25.0 M (+17.7% on a year ago)
- Operating margin: 17.3% (−0.4 points on a year ago)
- ROE: 6%, FY25
- ROIC: 3.3%, against a 5.3% cost of capital: −2.0 points

The main question: the share price moved +34.0% in a year while yearly earnings per share moved −19.5%. The difference came from the market paying a higher multiple. ## What is the NorthWestern Energy Group share price today? NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.'s share price was $79.95 at the close on 3 November 2026. It has been rising for 5 weeks. That is 13.3% above its average price over the last 200 trading days. In the last 52 weeks it traded between $63 and $80, and at that close it was at the high of that range. Over the past 13 weeks it has done better than the S&P 500, and it has stayed ahead for 4 weeks in a row. Over the last 10 years the share price moved +30% while the S&P 500 moved +255%, so it is behind the index over that whole period. The chart above shows the 13-week comparison for every week. This page treats a rise as over when the price closes below its 200-day average on two Fridays in a row. ## What dividend does NorthWestern Energy Group pay? NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. paid $2.66 per share over the last four reported quarters. The most recent declaration was $0.67 for Jun 2026. At today's price of $79.95 that is a yield of 3.33%, based on dividends already paid, not a forecast. ## Which stock lists is NorthWestern Energy Group on? NorthWestern Energy Group is not in the Nasdaq 100, the S&P 500 or the Dow Jones 30, and is not on the US tech stocks list. ## Is NorthWestern Energy Group profitable? NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. earned $25.0 M of net profit in the Jun 2026 quarter, +17.7% on the same quarter a year earlier. Full-year FY25 profit was $181 M. Over 4 years profit has grown −0.8% a year on average. That is 6.4% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned $21.2 M. For the full year, FY25 profit was $181 M (−19.2% on the year before). Why profit moved: revenue changed +14.6% on a year earlier and the margin moved −0.4 percentage points. Sales did the work, and the margin was about flat. On average over the last four quarters, profit changed −15.6% and revenue +11.1%. Profit is growing slower than sales: rising costs are taking part of the growth. ## How much revenue does NorthWestern Energy Group make, and is it growing? NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. reported $393 M of revenue in the Jun 2026 quarter, +14.6% on the same quarter a year earlier. That is the 5th quarter in a row with growth on the year before. Over 4 years it has grown 4.1% a year on average. The last full year, FY25, came in at $1.6 B. The last four reported quarters add to $1.7 B. FY25 revenue was $1.6 B, +6.4% on the year before. Recent pace: the last four quarters grew +11.1% on average, against 4.1% a year over the longer run, so this year is growing faster than its own long-run rate. Is growth speeding up? Revenue over the last 12 months grew +10.7%, against +7.2% a year over the last 8 quarters (accelerating); profit over the last 12 months grew −24.0%, against −9.5% a year (rolling over). ## How much of every $100 of sales does NorthWestern Energy Group keep? NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.'s operating margin was 17.3% in the Jun 2026 quarter, 0.4 percentage points lower than the same quarter a year ago. Across 5 years it has been between 18.4% and 21.6%. The latest quarter is below every full year in that period. Why: the operating margin move is clear, but the cost details behind it are not in our data, so we show the move without guessing the reason. ## Is NorthWestern Energy Group's profit turning into cash? Over the last 3 years, 215% of NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.'s reported profit came in as cash from its operations, so the profit is backed by cash. In FY25 it brought in $394 M of operating cash against $181 M of profit. After $524 M of spending on assets, free cash was −$130 M: it spent more than its operations brought in. Cash-flow figures here are yearly, because quarterly cash statements are not published, so this section changes once a year. Why: the cash figure is clear, but the day counts behind it are not in our data, so we show it without guessing the reason. What to look at next: the main use of cash is spending on assets. The next section checks what that spending is building. ## Where does NorthWestern Energy Group's cash go? NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. does not report the customer, stock and supplier day counts a cash cycle needs, so this section looks at its spending on assets instead. It spent $1.6 B on assets over the last 3 years. Averaged over those years that is 34.0% of FY25 revenue a year. Nothing is estimated in place of the missing day counts, so no cash-cycle chart is drawn. Spending on assets: $1.6 B over the last 3 years. In short: the cash is going into new capacity, not getting stuck in the daily cycle. The question is whether the new capacity earns. ## What is NorthWestern Energy Group's P/E ratio, and how does it compare with its own history? NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.'s P/E is 28.9×, about the highest it has ever been. Its usual P/E (the middle reading) is 16.9×, over 4.6 years of weekly prices. This compares the share price with the company’s own past. It does not say what the business is worth. Why the multiple is where it is: over the past year earnings per share moved −19.5% while the price moved +34.0%. The price did better than earnings, which pushed the multiple up within its own range. Where the price move came from: over 3 years the price moved +15.5% a year; about −3.0% a year came from earnings growth and about +18.5 percentage points from the multiple (the market paying more). The split is approximate (price return minus earnings growth). It shows how much of the move came from the market paying a different multiple. In short: the multiple is high against its own past, so the earnings trend underneath matters more than the multiple. ## Is the NorthWestern Energy Group business getting better or worse? NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.'s business is getting worse. Profit and EPS growth are shrinking: profit growth is −24.0% in the latest quarter, against +27.6% at its best in 12 quarters, with ROCE steady at 4.3%. This is based on 12 quarters of 4 measures. Why it matters: falling lines mean any ratio below that looks low should be read with that direction in mind. ## How much does NorthWestern Energy Group earn on its capital? NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. earned a ROE of 6% in FY25. Its return on capital used (ROIC) is 2.0 percentage points below its cost of capital, so growth here does not yet pay for the capital it uses. It comes from a 11.2% net margin and 0.19× asset turnover (sales divided by assets). Why the return is what it is (FY25): a 11.2% net margin × 0.19× asset turnover × 2.93× leverage (assets divided by equity) ≈ 6.2% on equity. The margin does its share; borrowing is a big part of it. The key test, return on capital used minus the cost of capital: 3.3% − 5.3% = −2.0 percentage points. The 5.3% is an estimate of this company's own cost of capital. Read the sign and size of the gap, not the decimals. Negative: growth at these returns loses value until returns improve. ## Does NorthWestern Energy Group have too much debt? NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. has total debt of $3.6 B against shareholder equity of $2.9 B as of Jun 2026, so its debt is 1.24× its equity. Year by year, that ratio went from 1.09 in FY21 to 1.19 in FY25. Keep that borrowing in mind when reading the returns on this page. ## What is the NorthWestern Energy Group shareholding pattern? 3.5% of NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.'s tradable shares are in short positions, which are bets that the price will fall, so some traders are betting against it. At normal trading volumes, closing those positions would take about 3.5 days. US companies do not publish a quarter-by-quarter list of owners, so this page uses short interest instead. It is a single reading at one point in time; we do not have its history. Why it is at this level: the figure does not say who holds the short positions or why, so we show the level without guessing the story. ## How far is NorthWestern Energy Group from balance-sheet trouble? For NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., the Z-score is not available, so we say so rather than guess one. It estimates how far the balance sheet is from trouble; it is not a forecast of failure. The debt, cash-flow and return sections show the balance-sheet figures we do have, each with its own date. ## How does NorthWestern Energy Group rank in its industry? There is no score against its industry: NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. is not among the largest members shown in this industry comparison for Utilities - Regulated Electric. The score ranks a company within its industry: each measure is scored against the other members. Without that group there is no score, so none is shown. ## Which companies is NorthWestern Energy Group compared with? No sector comparison is shown here, not among the largest members shown in this industry comparison. ## Which companies are close to NorthWestern Energy Group in size? NorthWestern Energy Group is the 35th largest of 40 Utilities - Regulated Electric companies on Sector Alpha by market value (scores of 3 November 2026). Just above it: Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais - CEMIG, Enel Chile S.A. and Portland General Electric Company. Just below it: MGE Energy, Inc., Central Puerto S.A. and Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. ### Utilities - Regulated Electric companies close in size

1. [Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais - CEMIG](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/cig) $6.2 billion
2. [Enel Chile S.A.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/enic) $5.9 billion
3. [Portland General Electric Company](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/por) $5.4 billion
4. NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. $4.9 billion
5. [MGE Energy, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/mgee) $2.8 billion
6. [Central Puerto S.A.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/cepu) $1.7 billion
7. [Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/he) $1.4 billion

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## What else do people ask about NorthWestern Energy Group? ### What were NorthWestern Energy Group's latest quarterly results? NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. reported revenue of $393 M and net profit of $25.0 M for the Jun 2026 quarter. Revenue rose 14.6% and profit rose 17.7% compared with a year earlier. Earnings per share were $0.40. The operating margin was 17.3%, 0.4 percentage points lower than a year earlier (as of 3 November 2026). ### What is NorthWestern Energy Group's market cap? NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.'s market capitalisation is $4.9 B at a stock price of $79.95. Market cap is the share price times the number of shares, so it changes whenever the price moves (as of 3 November 2026). ### How is NorthWestern Energy Group performing? NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.'s share price has been rising for 5 weeks. In its latest quarter, revenue rose 14.6% and profit rose 17.7% compared with a year earlier. Over the past 13 weeks it has done better than the S&P 500, for 4 weeks running (as of 3 November 2026). ### Will NorthWestern Energy Group's stock price go up? This page does not forecast NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.'s stock price. What it shows instead: the stock price is $79.95, and it has been rising for 5 weeks. Its P/E of 28.9× is higher than 100% of its own last 5 years (as of 3 November 2026). ### Where is NorthWestern Energy Group in its business cycle? NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.'s FY25 operating margin was 20.7%, against a 5-year range of 18.4% to 21.6%: the middle of its own range, neither a peak nor a low. The latest quarter was 17.3%. Comparing margins with a company's own long history is a good way to see where it is in its cycle (as of 3 November 2026). ### What could break the NorthWestern Energy Group story? The main question: the share price moved +34.0% in a year while yearly earnings per share moved −19.5%. The difference came from the market paying a higher multiple. On price, this page treats a rise as over when the share price closes below its 200-day average on two Fridays in a row (as of 3 November 2026). ### Is NorthWestern Energy Group a stock worth studying right now? What the numbers show: NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.'s share price has risen faster than its earnings: +34.0% in a year, against −19.5% for earnings per share. The main open question: whether earnings grow into a price that has already moved. Every number on this page is worked out by code from the published figures, with no forecasts and no price opinions (as of 3 November 2026). This is research, not advice. We’re not SEBI-registered.