Northwestern Energy Group, Inc.

Utilities
Power Generation
www.northwesternenergy.com

Earnings Score
Moat Score
Safety Score

Market Cap $3.56B
PE 15
Debt $3.13B
Cash $80.07M
EV $6.61B
FCF -$134.16M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	$235.97M
EBIT	$345.97M
ROE	8%
ROA	4%
FCF	-$134.16M
Equity	$2.90B
Growth Stability	100%
PE	15.09
PEG	0.3
PB	1.23
P/FCF	-26.55
P/S	2.37
Price/Cash	0.02
Debt/Equity	1.08
Debt/FCF	-23.34
Net Margins	16%
Op. Margins	23%
Earnings CAGR	50%
Sales Growth YoY	-2%
Sales Growth QoQ	25%
Sales CAGR	20%
Equity CAGR	6%
Earnings Stability	-0.52
Earnings Growth YoY	18%
Earnings Growth QoQ	-4%

Earnings CAGR 5Y	50%
Sales CAGR 5Y	20%
Equity CAGR 5Y	6%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	20%
Sales CAGR 3Y	20%
Equity CAGR 3Y	6%
Market Cap	$3.56B
Revenue	$1.51B
Dividend Yield	4%
Payout Ratio	67%
Assets	$8.10B
Total Debt	$3.13B
Cash	$80.07M
Shares Outstanding	61.34M
EV	6.61B
Earnings Score	6%
Moat Score	76%
Safety Score	68%
Final Score	50%
Working Capital	75.19M
Current Ratio	1.19
Shares Growth 3y	5%
Equity Growth QoQ	1%
Equity Growth YoY	3%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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NorthWestern Corp provides electricity and natural gas services in the Upper Midwest and Northwest of the U.S. in the states of Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Yellowstone National Park. The primary segments of the company include Electric operations, which includes the generation, purchase, transmission and distribution of electricity, and Natural Gas operations, which includes the production, purchase, transmission, storage, and distribution of natural gas. The company uses thermal, wind, hydro, or renewable energy in varying quantities, depending on the location of the facilities, in order to generate power. The company derives the majority of retail electric utility revenue from commercial and residential sales.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Northwestern Energy Group, Inc. (NWE) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2025
- 10-Q Mar 31
2024
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2023
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30

Sector Comparison

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Peter Lynch's Chart

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CAGR 50%

Stability -52%

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Northwestern Energy Group, Inc. Discounted Cash Flow

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= -$1.3B

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	-$134M	-$134M	-$134M	-$134M	-$134M	-$134M	-$134M	-$134M	-$134M	-$134M	-$134M	-$1.3B
DCF		-$122M	-$111M	-$101M	-$92M	-$83M	-$76M	-$69M	-$63M	-$57M	-$52M	-$517M
Value	-$1.3B

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Net Margins	14%	12%	14%	15%	16%
ROA	-	-	4%	4%	4%
ROE	-	-	7%	8%	8%

Good Net Margins (16.49%)

Net Margins are high enough to offer a good protection on the profits in case of higher costs or higher interests. Furthermore higher margins reduce earnings’ volatility.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	-	-37.14	-23.12	-23.34
Debt over Equity	-	1.04	1.04	1.15	1.08
Growth Stability	-	-	-	100%	100%

Good Debt/FCF ratio (-23.34)

Net Margins are high enough to offer a good protection on the profits in case of higher costs or higher interests. Furthermore higher margins reduce earnings’ volatility.

Neutral Debt/Equity ratio (1.08)

The company has a balance between equity and debt that is not too good nor too bad.

Good Graham’s Stability (100%)

The company has a good stability in its earnings, which is a sign of a good competitive advantage.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	8%	-4%	6%	20%
Earnings YoY growth	-	-2%	6%	15%	50%
Equity YoY growth	-	14%	5%	3%	6%
FCF YoY growth	-	-3%	-63%	84%	-