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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Stocks - Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CERP Cereplast		$0.00	$0.00 ▼ $0.01	N/A	N/A	11,798 shs	225 shs
NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	$51.18 +0.4%	$49.47	$45.97 ▼ $60.29	$3.14B	0.43	276,210 shs	198,501 shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	+0.35%	+3.29%	+1.81%	+6.65%	-13.06%

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MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
CERP Cereplast	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	2.105 of 5 stars	1.0	0.0	4.2	1.9	2.7	2.5	1.9

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CERP Cereplast	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	2.00	Hold	$51.71	1.04% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest IGAS, UOG, CERP, NWE, and FZR Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Details
3/21/2024	NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$53.00 ➝ $54.00

(Data available from 5/4/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CERP Cereplast	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	$1.44B	2.17	$6.40 per share	8.00	$45.90 per share	1.12

Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CERP Cereplast	N/A	N/A	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	$194.13M	$3.23	15.85	13.87	N/A	13.62%	7.31%	2.69%	7/22/2024 (Estimated)

Latest IGAS, UOG, CERP, NWE, and FZR Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Details
4/25/2024	Q1 2024	NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	$1.39	$1.09	-$0.30	$1.12	$471.60 million	$475.30 million
2/15/2024	12/31/2023	NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	$1.19	$1.38	+$0.19	$1.39	$443.27 million	$356.00 million

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CERP Cereplast	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	$2.60	5.08%	+2.17%	80.50%	19 Years

Latest IGAS, UOG, CERP, NWE, and FZR Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
4/29/2024	NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	quarterly	$0.65	5.2%	6/14/2024	6/14/2024	6/28/2024
2/14/2024	NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	quarterly	$0.65	5.3%	3/14/2024	3/15/2024	3/29/2024

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CERP Cereplast	N/A	N/A	N/A
NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	0.99	0.89	0.55

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CERP Cereplast	N/A
NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	96.07%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CERP Cereplast	N/A
NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	0.94%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CERP Cereplast	N/A	N/A	N/A	Not Optionable
NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	1,573	61.29 million	60.71 million	Optionable

IGAS, UOG, CERP, NWE, and FZR Headlines

Source	Headline
	Insider Selling: NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE:NWE) Director Sells 687 Shares of Stock insidertrades.com - May 4 at 8:27 AM
	NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE:NWE) Director Britt E. Ide Sells 687 Shares marketbeat.com - May 3 at 1:06 PM
	Bobbi L. Schroeppel Sells 1,350 Shares of NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE:NWE) Stock americanbankingnews.com - May 3 at 5:18 AM
	Insider Selling: NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE:NWE) VP Sells 1,350 Shares of Stock insidertrades.com - May 2 at 6:37 AM
	NorthWestern Corporation (NASDAQ:NWE) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript finance.yahoo.com - April 30 at 2:35 PM
	NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE:NWE) Announces Quarterly Dividend of $0.65 marketbeat.com - April 29 at 4:53 PM
	Federated Hermes Inc. Raises Position in NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE:NWE) marketbeat.com - April 29 at 5:01 AM
	NorthWestern declares $0.65 dividend msn.com - April 27 at 1:23 PM
	Meritage Portfolio Management Cuts Stock Position in NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE:NWE) marketbeat.com - April 27 at 8:12 AM
	NorthWestern Energy Group (NYSE:NWE) Announces Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.30 EPS marketbeat.com - April 26 at 2:57 PM
	NorthWestern Energy Group Inc (NWE) Q1 2024 Earnings: Aligns with Analyst EPS Projections finance.yahoo.com - April 26 at 12:11 PM
	NorthWestern Energy Group (NYSE:NWE) Issues FY 2024 Earnings Guidance marketbeat.com - April 26 at 7:13 AM
	NorthWestern Corporation: NorthWestern Reports First Quarter 2024 Financial Results finanznachrichten.de - April 26 at 7:09 AM
	NorthWestern reports mixed Q1 results; reaffirms FY24 and beyond outlook msn.com - April 26 at 7:09 AM
	Louisiana State Employees Retirement System Invests $875,000 in NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE:NWE) marketbeat.com - April 26 at 4:54 AM
	NorthWestern (NWE) Q1 Earnings Lag Estimates zacks.com - April 25 at 9:41 PM
	NorthWestern Energy Group (NYSE:NWE) Releases FY24 Earnings Guidance marketbeat.com - April 25 at 9:08 PM
	NorthWestern Reports First Quarter 2024 Financial Results globenewswire.com - April 25 at 7:25 PM
	NorthWestern (NWE) Earnings Expected to Grow: What to Know Ahead of Next Week's Release zacks.com - April 18 at 11:07 AM
	River Road Asset Management LLC Has $110.34 Million Holdings in NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE:NWE) marketbeat.com - April 17 at 4:31 PM
	NorthWestern Energy Group (NYSE:NWE) Upgraded to Hold by StockNews.com marketbeat.com - April 16 at 11:04 PM
	NorthWestern to Host First Quarter 2024 Financial Results Webinar and Notice of Virtual Annual Stockholders Meeting globenewswire.com - April 9 at 6:05 PM
	Assenagon Asset Management S.A. Invests $1.65 Million in NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE:NWE) marketbeat.com - April 5 at 4:35 AM
	NWE: Raising target price to $53.00 finance.yahoo.com - April 4 at 10:49 PM

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Company Descriptions

Cereplast

OTCMKTS:CERP

Cereplast, Inc. designs and manufactures proprietary starch-based, and algae-based bio-plastic resins. Its bio-resins can replace a significant portion of the petroleum-based additives with bio-based material, such as starches from tapioca, corn, wheat and potatoes. The company was founded by Frederic Scheer on September 29, 2001 and is headquartered in Seymour, IN.

NorthWestern Energy Group

NYSE:NWE

NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. provides electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and various industrial customers. It generates, purchases, transmits, and distributes electricity; and produces, purchases, stores, transmits, and distributes natural gas, as well as owns municipal franchises to provide natural gas service in the communities. The company operates 6,600 miles of electric transmission and 18,674 miles of electric distribution lines with approximately 395 transmission and distribution substations; and 2,235 miles of natural gas transmission and 5,155 miles of natural gas distribution lines with approximately 133 city gate stations in Montana. It also operates 1,310 miles of electric transmission and 2,365 miles of electric distribution lines in South Dakota with approximately 124 transmission and distribution substations; and 55 miles of natural gas transmission and 2,573 miles of natural gas distribution lines in South Dakota and Nebraska. The company provides electricity and/or natural gas to approximately 775,300 customers in Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Yellowstone National Park. NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. was founded in 1923 and is based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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