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NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. (NWE)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.

NorthWestern Energy provides electricity and natural gas services to approximately 850,300 customers across Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Yellowstone National Park. The company operates electric utility and natural gas utility segments, including generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity and natural gas. It serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers through subsidiaries NW Corp and NWE Public Service.

Snapshot

Revenue
$1.61B
Revenue growth (YoY)
6.4%
Net income
$181.1M
Diluted EPS
$2.94
Gross margin
Operating margin
20.2%
Net margin
11.2%
FCF margin
-8.1%
ROE
6.3%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
25.4×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$4.33B
Long-term debt / equity
1.10×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at NorthWestern Energy Group

  • Revenue grew 6.4% to $1.6B in FY2025, in line with the 6.5% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 20.2% in FY2025, +0.1 pp against 20.1% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $393M, up 14.6% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was negative $130M in FY2025.
  • Net income fell 19.2% to $181M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where NorthWestern Energy Group’s fundamentals sit among the 98 Utilities companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Operating margin20.2%
46th percentile of 86
Net margin11.2%
44th percentile of 91
FCF margin-8.1%
40th percentile of 76
Revenue growth (YoY)+6.4%
39th percentile of 94
ROE6.3%
26th percentile of 89
P/E25.4×
78th percentile of 83
Long-term debt / equity1.10×
42nd percentile of 84
Short interest4.27d
39th percentile of 98

No reported insider transactions (codes P/S) in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 1 of the superinvestors we track (plus 5 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
1
+5 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
2
1 new, 1 added
Reduced / exited
5
4 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$108.7M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$76.2M1.1MReduced
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$16.7M232.5KReduced
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$10.4M145.7KReduced
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026$3.6M49.9KAdded
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$1.1M15.3KNew
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$770,91810.8KReduced

No longer held by: Point72 Asset Management (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
1.6M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+10.3%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
4.27
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
371.4K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-141.6M+10.3%4.27
2026-07-311.4M-10.6%4.11
2026-07-151.6M+9.9%4.36
2026-06-301.5M-11.3%2.25
2026-06-151.7M-13.6%2.45
2026-05-291.9M-13.0%4.75
2026-05-152.2M-4.3%5.21
2026-04-302.3M+6.6%5.99

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$1.61B$1.51B$1.42B$1.48B$1.37B
Gross profit
Operating income$325.8M$323.3M$300.5M$263.1M$275.7M
Net income$181.1M$224.1M$194.1M$183.0M$186.8M
Diluted EPS$2.94$3.65$3.22$3.25$3.60

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$8.8M$4.3M$9.2M$8.5M$2.8M
Current assets$503.9M$418.2M$407.0M$538.8M
Total assets$8.46B$8.00B$7.60B$7.32B$6.78B
Current liabilities$697.5M$802.2M$534.9M$620.8M
Long-term debt$3.18B$2.70B$2.68B$2.47B
Total liabilities$5.57B$5.14B$4.82B$4.65B$4.44B
Total equity$2.89B$2.86B$2.79B$2.67B$2.34B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$394.5M$406.7M$489.2M$307.2M$220.0M
Capital expenditure$524.5M$549.2M$566.9M$515.1M$434.3M
Free cash flow$-130.0M$-142.5M$-77.7M$-207.9M$-214.3M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$392.6M14.6%$25.0M$0.40
Q1 FY2026$497.6M6.6%$63.5M$1.03
Q4 FY2025$414.3M10.9%$44.7M$0.72
Q3 FY2025$387.0M12.1%$38.2M$0.62
Q2 FY2025$342.7M7.1%$21.2M$0.35
Q1 FY2025$466.6M-1.8%$76.9M$1.25
Q4 FY2024$373.5M4.9%$80.6M$1.31
Q3 FY2024$345.2M7.5%$46.8M$0.76

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorUtilities
SIC industryElectric & Other Services Combined
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2023
SEC CIK1993004

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-07-30
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10-Q2026-04-30
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8-K2026-07-30
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8-K2026-06-22
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8-K2026-06-02
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8-K2026-06-02
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.