Generates, purchases, transmits, and distributes electricity to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. Now — the numbers.
That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
This is an established company with proven profits.
The gap is $3.4B. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
The market pays 23.5× for every dollar of annual profit — around what a business like this usually costs.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 53% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 1% below today's price.
Executives buying with their own money is usually read as confidence in the company’s future.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Profit indicators sit around the sector average.
A solid grade overall — yet the debt outweighs the cash. The strength here comes from earnings power.
The price isn’t cheap next to earnings — that’s why this grade sits in the middle.
The stock has been running stronger than the market lately.
No real weak spot in any of the five subjects — a balanced report card.
The stock trades near its peak today. For long-term holders the ride has paid off so far — though past performance guarantees nothing about the future.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 49 buys and 27 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
It pays out $2.67 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
Our checks did not surface a specific risk to flag here. That is not the same as there being none.
On our five-subject report card, NWE sits in the middle of the class: some subjects shine, others don’t. The grade moves as the numbers move.
The takeaway: NWE is an established business that has proven its profits for years. The real debate isn’t the quality of the business — it’s what that quality should cost.