Q3 Earnings Estimate for NorthWestern Issued By KeyCorp

NorthWestern Corporation (NASDAQ:NWE) – Analysts at KeyCorp issued their Q3 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for NorthWestern in a report issued on Wednesday, July 22nd. KeyCorp analyst S. Karp anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.79 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for NorthWestern’s current full-year earnings is $3.75 per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for NorthWestern’s Q4 2026 earnings at $1.24 EPS.

NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The company reported $1.31 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 revenue was up 6.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.22 earnings per share.

Other equities research analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. Barclays increased their price objective on shares of NorthWestern from $62.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, April 20th. LADENBURG THALM/SH SH upgraded shares of NorthWestern from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $56.00 to $75.50 in a research report on Wednesday, April 1st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on NorthWestern from $73.00 to $76.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 9th. Wall Street Zen raised NorthWestern to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, April 25th. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded NorthWestern from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 15th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $70.10.

NorthWestern Stock Performance

Shares of NWE opened at $72.86 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.48 billion, a PE ratio of 26.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.85 and a beta of 0.34. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $71.08 and its 200 day moving average price is $69.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.10, a current ratio of 0.70 and a quick ratio of 0.52. NorthWestern has a 12-month low of $51.92 and a 12-month high of $75.18.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NorthWestern

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of NWE. UBS Group AG raised its holdings in shares of NorthWestern by 479.9% during the fourth quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 707,822 shares of the company’s stock worth $45,683,000 after acquiring an additional 585,768 shares in the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC grew its stake in NorthWestern by 536.6% in the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 26,325 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,699,000 after purchasing an additional 22,190 shares in the last quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp increased its position in NorthWestern by 11,652.2% in the 1st quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 67,928 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,479,000 after purchasing an additional 67,350 shares during the last quarter. Passumpsic Savings Bank purchased a new stake in shares of NorthWestern during the 4th quarter worth about $720,000. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of NorthWestern by 69.3% during the 1st quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 225,164 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,847,000 after buying an additional 92,134 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.07% of the company’s stock.

NorthWestern Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th were given a $0.67 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.7%. NorthWestern’s dividend payout ratio is presently 98.53%.

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.