NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. (NWE)Utilities | Utilities - Regulated Electric | Sioux Falls, United States | NasdaqGS
72.48 USD
-0.82
(-1.119%) ⇩
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 72.55 +0.07 (0.094%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 5:48 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★★☆ |
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 2:58 p.m. EDT
NorthWestern Energy Group (NWE) is currently showing a stable price trend with a strong dividend yield and consistent payouts, making it an attractive option for income-focused investors. The recent merger with Black Hills Corp. adds strategic value, but the stock is trading near its 52-week high, which may limit short-term upside. The options data indicates a cautious outlook with a slight bullish bias, suggesting potential for a short-term rally or consolidation. Long-term investors should consider the merger's impact on fundamentals and growth prospects, while short-term traders may look for momentum opportunities or call options around the 70 strike. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.023233 |
| AutoTheta | 0.024241 |
| AutoETS | 0.027469 |
| MSTL | 0.032302 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 43% |
| H-stat | 13.86 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.527 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.58 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Utilities |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-03-12 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-03-12 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 119.133 |
| Revenue per Share | 26.239 |
| Market Cap | 4,457,452,544 |
| Trailing P/E | 24.65 |
| Forward P/E | 18.18 |
| Beta | 0.34 |
| Profit Margins | 11.24% |
| Previous Name | NorthWestern Corporation |
| Website | https://www.northwesternenergy.com |
As of April 11, 2026, 2:58 p.m. EDT: Options speculators are showing a mixed sentiment. Calls are concentrated around the 70 strike, indicating potential bullish sentiment, especially with higher open interest and implied volatility. However, puts are showing limited activity, with significant OI on the 45 and 60 strikes, suggesting some bearish positioning. The overall options activity suggests a cautious outlook with a slight bias towards potential upside.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.98% | 4.49% | 5.08% | 5.12% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | 0.670 | 0.979246 |
| 2025-12-15 | 0.660 | 1.000813 |
| 2025-09-15 | 0.660 | 1.188753 |
| 2025-06-13 | 0.660 | 1.319368 |
| 2025-03-14 | 0.660 | 1.229394 |
| 2024-12-13 | 0.650 | 1.349641 |
| 2024-09-13 | 0.650 | 1.244449 |
| 2024-06-14 | 0.650 | 1.419876 |
| 2024-03-14 | 0.650 | 1.478072 |
| 2023-12-14 | 0.640 | 1.367829 |
| 2023-09-14 | 0.640 | 1.401865 |
| 2023-06-14 | 0.640 | 1.257223 |
| 2023-03-14 | 0.640 | 1.305126 |
| 2022-12-14 | 0.630 | 1.267475 |
| 2022-09-14 | 0.630 | 1.364131 |
| 2022-06-14 | 0.630 | 1.359438 |
| 2022-03-14 | 0.630 | 1.286316 |
| 2021-12-14 | 0.620 | 1.366032 |
| 2021-09-14 | 0.620 | 1.235265 |
| 2021-06-14 | 0.620 | 1.200799 |
| 2021-03-12 | 0.620 | 1.234047 |
| 2020-12-14 | 0.600 | 1.366992 |
| 2020-09-14 | 0.600 | 1.538100 |
| 2020-06-12 | 0.600 | 1.401529 |
| 2020-03-12 | 0.600 | 1.275854 |
| 2019-12-12 | 0.575 | 1.091136 |
| 2019-09-12 | 0.575 | 1.045880 |
| 2019-06-13 | 0.575 | 1.066927 |
| 2019-03-14 | 0.575 | 1.109695 |
| 2018-12-13 | 0.550 | 1.166131 |
| 2018-09-13 | 0.550 | 1.260481 |
| 2018-06-14 | 0.550 | 1.428746 |
| 2018-03-14 | 0.550 | 1.512240 |
| 2017-12-14 | 0.525 | 1.224588 |
| 2017-09-14 | 0.525 | 1.270088 |
| 2017-06-13 | 0.525 | 1.214014 |
| 2017-03-13 | 0.525 | 1.343613 |
| 2016-12-13 | 0.500 | 1.284397 |
| 2016-09-13 | 0.500 | 1.311453 |
| 2016-06-13 | 0.500 | 1.237822 |
| 2016-03-11 | 0.500 | 1.254332 |
| 2015-12-11 | 0.480 | 1.387214 |
| 2015-09-11 | 0.480 | 1.483169 |
| 2015-06-11 | 0.480 | 1.460158 |
| 2015-03-11 | 0.480 | 1.474746 |
| 2014-12-11 | 0.400 | 1.178934 |
| 2014-09-11 | 0.400 | 1.320514 |
| 2014-06-11 | 0.400 | 1.338194 |
| 2014-03-12 | 0.400 | 1.422526 |
| 2013-12-11 | 0.380 | 1.491524 |
| 2013-09-11 | 0.380 | 1.517756 |
| 2013-06-12 | 0.380 | 1.571789 |
| 2013-03-13 | 0.380 | 1.639120 |
| 2012-12-12 | 0.370 | 1.808556 |
| 2012-09-12 | 0.370 | 1.784481 |
| 2012-06-13 | 0.370 | 1.792730 |
| 2012-03-13 | 0.370 | 1.824667 |
| 2011-12-13 | 0.360 | 1.869883 |
| 2011-09-13 | 0.360 | 1.999259 |
| 2011-06-13 | 0.360 | 2.040946 |
| 2011-03-11 | 0.360 | 2.239880 |
| 2010-12-13 | 0.340 | 2.205247 |
| 2010-09-13 | 0.340 | 2.264038 |
| 2010-06-11 | 0.340 | 2.477862 |
| 2010-03-11 | 0.340 | 2.515579 |
| 2009-12-11 | 0.335 | 2.476070 |
| 2009-09-11 | 0.335 | 2.734041 |
| 2009-06-11 | 0.335 | 3.044656 |
| 2009-03-11 | 0.335 | 3.605188 |
| 2008-12-11 | 0.330 | 3.311639 |
| 2008-09-11 | 0.330 | 2.687424 |
| 2008-06-11 | 0.330 | 2.655527 |
| 2008-03-12 | 0.330 | 2.837034 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.26248705 |
| Address1 | 3,010 W. 69th Street |
| All Time High | 80.52 |
| All Time Low | 16.47 |
| Ask | 72.68 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 4 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.8 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 575,180 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 605,144 |
| Average Volume | 605,144 |
| Average Volume10Days | 575,180 |
| Beta | 0.336 |
| Bid | 72.37 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 1 |
| Book Value | 46.985 |
| City | Sioux Falls |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 1 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 72.48 |
| Current Ratio | 0.723 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 73.79 |
| Day Low | 72.13 |
| Debt To Equity | 119.133 |
| Display Name | NorthWestern Energy |
| Dividend Date | 1,774,915,200 |
| Dividend Rate | 2.65 |
| Dividend Yield | 3.66 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,777,577,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,777,577,400 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.448 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.445 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,777,492,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,777,492,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,777,492,800 |
| Ebitda | 583,537,984 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.36231998 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 13.508 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 4.894 |
| Enterprise Value | 7,882,524,672 |
| Eps Current Year | 3.78183 |
| Eps Forward | 3.98752 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 2.94 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,773,360,000 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 605 978 2910 |
| Fifty Day Average | 68.571 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 3.9090042 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.05700667 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 26.248705 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 75.18 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -2.699997 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.035913765 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 50.46 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 22.020004 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.43638533 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 50.46 - 75.18 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,198,852,200,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 4.53 |
| Float Shares | 61,041,165 |
| Forward Eps | 3.98752 |
| Forward P E | 18.176712 |
| Free Cashflow | -188,033,872 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 1,667 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.56867003 |
| Gross Profits | 915,880,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00651 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.99341005 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 61,499,066 |
| Industry | Utilities - Regulated Electric |
| Industry Disp | Utilities - Regulated Electric |
| Industry Key | utilities-regulated-electric |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,773,360,000 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.67 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., doing business as NorthWestern Energy, provides electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and diversified industrial customers. It generates, purchases, transmits, and distributes electricity; and produces, purchases, stores, transmits, and distributes natural gas, as well as owns municipal franchises to provide natural gas service in the communities. The company operates 6,596 miles of electric transmission and 18,946 miles of electric distribution lines with approximately 397 transmission and distribution substations; and 2,133 miles of natural gas transmission and 5,939 miles of natural gas distribution lines with approximately 134 city gate stations in Montana. It also operates 1,344 miles of electric transmission and 2,386 miles of electric distribution lines in South Dakota with approximately 123 transmission and distribution substations; and 55 miles of natural gas transmission, 1,853 miles of natural gas distribution lines in South Dakota, and 836 miles of natural gas distribution lines Nebraska. The company provides electricity and/or natural gas to approximately 850,300 customers in Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Yellowstone National Park. NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. was incorporated in 1923 and is based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. |
| Long Name | NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 4,457,452,544 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_184841 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Name Change Date | 2,026-04-18 |
| Net Income To Common | 181,092,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 4,457,452,303 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 5 |
| Open | 73.79 |
| Operating Cashflow | 394,455,008 |
| Operating Margins | 0.16738 |
| Overall Risk | 3 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.898 |
| Peg Ratio | 2.68 |
| Phone | 605 978 2900 |
| Post Market Change | 0.067993164 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.093809545 |
| Post Market Price | 72.548 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,462,488 |
| Prev Name | NorthWestern Corporation |
| Previous Close | 73.3 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 19.165325 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.5426201 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.7676432 |
| Profit Margins | 0.112440005 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.313 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.83333 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.82 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -1.11869 |
| Regular Market Day High | 73.79 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 72.13 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 72.13 - 73.79 |
| Regular Market Open | 73.79 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 73.3 |
| Regular Market Price | 72.48 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,000 |
| Regular Market Volume | 348,484 |
| Return On Assets | 0.02537 |
| Return On Equity | 0.06306 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.109 |
| Revenue Per Share | 26.239 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.36506534 |
| Sector | Utilities |
| Sector Disp | Utilities |
| Sector Key | utilities |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 7 |
| Shares Outstanding | 61,499,066 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.044 |
| Shares Short | 2,707,001 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,788,287 |
| Short Name | NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0583 |
| Short Ratio | 5.47 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | SD |
| Symbol | NWE |
| Target High Price | 80.5 |
| Target Low Price | 52.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 65.7 |
| Target Median Price | 64.0 |
| Total Cash | 8,781,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.143 |
| Total Debt | 3,437,872,128 |
| Total Revenue | 1,610,558,976 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 2.64 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.03601637 |
| Trailing Eps | 2.94 |
| Trailing P E | 24.653063 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 2.6482 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 62.43585 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 10.044155 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.16087161 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 348,484 |
| Website | https://www.northwesternenergy.com |
| Zip | 57,108 |