NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Issues FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) updated its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Friday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.680-3.830 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 3.740. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on NWE shares. Wall Street Zen raised NorthWestern to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, April 25th. LADENBURG THALM/SH SH upgraded shares of NorthWestern from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $56.00 to $75.50 in a research report on Wednesday, April 1st. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of NorthWestern in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Barclays upped their price target on shares of NorthWestern from $62.00 to $75.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, April 20th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reiterated an “underweight” rating and issued a $54.00 price objective on shares of NorthWestern in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, NorthWestern presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $68.30.

NorthWestern Trading Up 0.9%

NorthWestern stock opened at $69.88 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.10, a quick ratio of 0.52 and a current ratio of 0.70. NorthWestern has a fifty-two week low of $50.54 and a fifty-two week high of $75.18. The stock has a market cap of $4.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.69, a PEG ratio of 3.66 and a beta of 0.34. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $70.97 and its 200-day moving average price is $68.52.

NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The company reported $1.31 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $516.60 million during the quarter. NorthWestern had a return on equity of 7.80% and a net margin of 10.21%.NorthWestern’s quarterly revenue was up 6.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.22 earnings per share. Equities research analysts forecast that NorthWestern will post 3.75 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NorthWestern Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th will be given a $0.67 dividend. This represents a $2.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 15th. NorthWestern’s dividend payout ratio is 98.53%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NorthWestern

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in NWE. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. raised its position in shares of NorthWestern by 5,851.3% during the 4th quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 1,005,886 shares of the company’s stock valued at $64,920,000 after buying an additional 988,984 shares in the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC increased its stake in NorthWestern by 1,214.4% in the fourth quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 920,554 shares of the company’s stock valued at $59,413,000 after acquiring an additional 850,517 shares during the last quarter. Adage Capital Partners GP L.L.C. bought a new position in shares of NorthWestern during the 4th quarter valued at about $52,439,000. AQR Arbitrage LLC grew its position in NorthWestern by 2,434.9% during the fourth quarter. AQR Arbitrage LLC now owns 607,028 shares of the company’s stock valued at $39,178,000 after acquiring an additional 583,081 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Hudson Bay Capital Management LP purchased a new position in shares of NorthWestern during the fourth quarter worth approximately $32,238,000. Institutional investors own 96.07% of the company’s stock.

NorthWestern Company Profile

NorthWestern Corporation (NASDAQ: NWE) is a regulated energy company that delivers electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers. Through its Electric Operations and Gas Operations segments, the company operates an extensive network of distribution lines, substations and pipelines. NorthWestern’s services encompass the delivery of power sourced from regional transmission systems and the procurement, storage and distribution of natural gas to end users.

Electric delivery services include the management of distribution infrastructure, customer metering and system reliability programs.