NorthWestern Corporation

NWE Utilities Utilities Regulated Electric

NorthWestern Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.6 billion, up 6.38% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+9.51%
EPS
−19.4%
Free cash flow
−5.54%
Total debt
+13.3%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

81.97 0.05 −0.06%
Market cap
$5.1B
P/E
30.8×
Fwd P/E
23.6×
Dividend yield
3.26%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
0.86
Beneish M
−2.57
Dividend safety
31/100

NorthWestern Corporation (NWE) Current ratio

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NorthWestern Corporation's current ratio at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 0.9×, up 0.2× from fiscal 2025 (0.7×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.5× (fiscal 2016) to 1.2× (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is in line with the Utilities Regulated Electric industry median of 0.9× and in line with the Utilities sector median of 0.9×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2025 0.7× 38.60%
FY2024 0.5× (31.49%)
FY2023 0.8× (12.33%)
FY2022 0.9× (24.74%)
FY2021 1.2× 74.25%
FY2020 0.7× (26.69%)
FY2019 0.9× 12.81%
FY2018 0.8× 70.73%
FY2017 0.5× 2.67%
FY2016 0.5× (9.05%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Sep 2026 0.9× 9.28%
Jun 2026 0.8× 17.66%
Mar 2026 0.7× (2.82%)
Dec 2025 0.7× 11.43%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.5× High 1.2×
Ten-year median 0.7×
Current reading's percentile 55

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
IDA IDACORP, Inc. compare 1.2×
POR Portland General Electric Company compare 1.1×
MGEE MGE Energy Inc. compare 1.1×
CIG Comp En De Mn Cemig ADS compare 0.9×
NWE NorthWestern Corporation 0.9×
OGE OGE Energy Corporation compare 0.8×
TXNM TXNM Energy, Inc. compare 0.8×
PNW Pinnacle West Capital Corporation compare 0.7×
KEP Korea Electric Power Corporation compare 0.4×
Utilities Regulated Electric industry median 0.9×
Utilities sector median 0.9×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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