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

81.89 0.11 −0.13%
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) P/E ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, NorthWestern Corporation (NWE) trades at a P/E ratio of 30.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 12.0× (March 2020) to 30.8× (November 2026); the current reading is higher than 100% of that period. That is above the Utilities Regulated Electric industry median of 19.5× and above the Utilities sector median of 19.5×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 22.0× 50.29%
FY2024 14.6× (8.07%)
FY2023 15.9× (12.84%)
FY2022 18.2× 15.13%
FY2021 15.8× (16.64%)
FY2020 19.0× 6.27%
FY2019 17.9× 18.47%
FY2018 15.1× (13.31%)
FY2017 17.4× 4.43%
FY2016 16.7× (1.70%)

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Sep 2026 25.7× (0.22%)
Jun 2026 25.8× 6.27%
Mar 2026 24.2× 10.43%
Dec 2025 22.0× 32.59%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 12.0× High 30.8×
Ten-year median 17.0×
Current reading's percentile 100

P/E ratio against peers

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KEP Korea Electric Power Corporation compare 2.6×
CIG Comp En De Mn Cemig ADS compare 6.1×
MGEE MGE Energy Inc. compare 18.1×
PNW Pinnacle West Capital Corporation compare 19.0×
OGE OGE Energy Corporation compare 19.0×
POR Portland General Electric Company compare 19.5×
IDA IDACORP, Inc. compare 22.1×
TXNM TXNM Energy, Inc. compare 27.3×
NWE NorthWestern Corporation 30.8×
Utilities Regulated Electric industry median 19.5×
Utilities sector median 19.5×
Market median 17.9×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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