NorthWestern (NWE) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DTM or NWE?

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

Do analysts rate DTM or NWE?

DT Midstream currently has a consensus price target of $115.08, indicating a potential upside of 2.77%. NorthWestern has a consensus price target of $56.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.08%. Given DT Midstream's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe DT Midstream is more favorable than NorthWestern.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DT Midstream	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
NorthWestern	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is DTM or NWE a better dividend stock?

DT Midstream pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. NorthWestern pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. DT Midstream pays out 87.9% 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 pays out 71.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DT Midstream has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and NorthWestern has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years. NorthWestern is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is DTM or NWE more profitable?

DT Midstream has a net margin of 33.90% compared to NorthWestern's net margin of 14.76%. DT Midstream's return on equity of 8.48% beat NorthWestern's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DT Midstream	33.90%	8.48%	4.13%
NorthWestern	14.76%	7.30%	2.61%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, DTM or NWE?

DT Midstream has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DT Midstream	$981M	11.60	$354M	$3.73	30.02
NorthWestern	$1.51B	2.39	$224.11M	$3.67	16.08

Which has more risk & volatility, DTM or NWE?

DT Midstream has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NorthWestern has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer DTM or NWE?

In the previous week, DT Midstream had 10 more articles in the media than NorthWestern. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for DT Midstream and 2 mentions for NorthWestern. DT Midstream's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat NorthWestern's score of 0.30 indicating that DT Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DT Midstream	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NorthWestern	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

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