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$52.62 +0.51 (+0.98%)
As of 07/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

NWE vs. DTM, WTRG, OKLO, ELPC, BEP, KNTK, CWEN, TXNM, BEPC, and CIG

Should you be buying NorthWestern stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NorthWestern include DT Midstream (DTM), Essential Utilities (WTRG), Oklo (OKLO), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel (ELPC), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), Kinetik (KNTK), Clearway Energy (CWEN), TXNM Energy (TXNM), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), and Comp En De Mn Cemig ADS (CIG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

NorthWestern vs. Its Competitors

NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) and DT Midstream (NYSE:DTM) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

NorthWestern has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DT Midstream has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

DT Midstream has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NorthWestern. NorthWestern is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DT Midstream, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NorthWestern$1.51B2.13$224.11M$3.8413.70
DT Midstream$981M10.36$354M$3.6727.27

NorthWestern pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. DT Midstream pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. NorthWestern pays out 68.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DT Midstream pays out 89.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NorthWestern has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years and DT Midstream has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. NorthWestern is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

96.1% of NorthWestern shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of DT Midstream shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of NorthWestern shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of DT Midstream shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, DT Midstream had 7 more articles in the media than NorthWestern. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for DT Midstream and 0 mentions for NorthWestern. DT Midstream's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat NorthWestern's score of 0.00 indicating that DT Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
NorthWestern Neutral
DT Midstream Positive

NorthWestern presently has a consensus target price of $56.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.42%. DT Midstream has a consensus target price of $109.27, suggesting a potential upside of 9.18%. Given DT Midstream's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DT Midstream is more favorable than NorthWestern.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NorthWestern
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
DT Midstream
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36

DT Midstream has a net margin of 34.96% compared to NorthWestern's net margin of 15.68%. DT Midstream's return on equity of 8.46% beat NorthWestern's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NorthWestern15.68% 7.63% 2.74%
DT Midstream 34.96%8.46%4.12%

Summary

DT Midstream beats NorthWestern on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NWE vs. The Competition

MetricNorthWesternUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.20B$24.97B$16.14B$9.51B
Dividend Yield5.07%3.70%5.31%4.01%
P/E Ratio13.7034.8620.3620.06
Price / Sales2.134.23207.9588.51
Price / Cash7.248.9219.0958.56
Price / Book1.132.262.165.87
Net Income$224.11M$1.43B$751.46M$258.55M
7 Day Performance0.63%1.95%0.90%3.73%
1 Month Performance2.83%3.29%22.52%11.75%
1 Year PerformanceN/A19.16%174.89%18.02%

NorthWestern Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NWE
NorthWestern
3.2653 of 5 stars
$52.62
+1.0%
$56.00
+6.4%
N/A$3.20B$1.51B13.701,585Upcoming Earnings
DTM
DT Midstream
2.5825 of 5 stars
$104.36
+1.9%
$109.27
+4.7%
+34.7%$10.60B$981M28.44360Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.8395 of 5 stars
$37.42
+0.3%
$43.50
+16.2%
-8.8%$10.48B$2.26B16.783,291News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
OKLO
Oklo
1.9783 of 5 stars
$68.97
+2.7%
$60.25
-12.6%
+796.2%$9.62BN/A-12.7578Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
ELPC
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel
N/A$7.88
-1.1%
N/A+24.2%$8.44B$4.20B11.256,320News Coverage
BEP
Brookfield Renewable Partners
2.636 of 5 stars
$27.19
+1.3%
$29.67
+9.1%
+13.4%$7.72B$5.96B-26.925,270News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
KNTK
Kinetik
3.3855 of 5 stars
$42.76
+3.0%
$55.56
+29.9%
-1.8%$6.76B$1.58B45.01200
CWEN
Clearway Energy
2.9827 of 5 stars
$32.94
+1.8%
$35.50
+7.8%
+22.2%$6.67B$1.37B41.1860News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
TXNM
TXNM Energy
1.9616 of 5 stars
$56.89
+0.4%
$54.86
-3.6%
N/A$5.27B$1.97B25.281,695Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
BEPC
Brookfield Renewable
3.0671 of 5 stars
$36.34
+2.9%
$31.67
-12.9%
+29.6%$5.27B$5.88B-40.831,890News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CIG
Comp En De Mn Cemig ADS
N/A$1.83
-1.6%
N/A+0.0%$5.24B$40.60B3.945,028

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This page (NASDAQ:NWE) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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