NWE vs. DTM, WTRG, ELPC, BEP, OKLO, KNTK, ENLC, CWEN, CIG, and ELP
Should you be buying NorthWestern stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NorthWestern include DT Midstream (DTM), Essential Utilities (WTRG), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel (ELPC), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), Oklo (OKLO), Kinetik (KNTK), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Clearway Energy (CWEN), Comp En De Mn Cemig ADS (CIG), and Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) (ELP). 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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and earnings.
NorthWestern presently has a consensus target price of $56.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.59%. DT Midstream has a consensus target price of $109.27, indicating a potential upside of 5.31%. Given NorthWestern's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe NorthWestern is more favorable than DT Midstream.
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 3.2%. 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 raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years and DT Midstream has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. NorthWestern is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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.
NorthWestern has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DT Midstream has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, DT Midstream had 7 more articles in the media than NorthWestern. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for DT Midstream and 1 mentions for NorthWestern. DT Midstream's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat NorthWestern's score of 0.00 indicating that DT Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
96.1% of NorthWestern shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of DT Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of NorthWestern shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of DT Midstream shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
DT Midstream beats NorthWestern on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NWE) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff