NWE vs. TLN, DTM, WTRG, OKLO, ELPC, BEP, KNTK, ENLC, CWEN, and ELP
Should you be buying Northwestern Energy Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northwestern Energy Group include Talen Energy (TLN), DT Midstream (DTM), Essential Utilities (WTRG), Oklo (OKLO), Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELPC), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), Kinetik (KNTK), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Clearway Energy (CWEN), and Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Northwestern Energy Group vs. Its Competitors
Northwestern Energy Group (NASDAQ:NWE) and Talen Energy (NASDAQ:TLN) are both transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Talen Energy had 27 more articles in the media than Northwestern Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Talen Energy and 0 mentions for Northwestern Energy Group. Talen Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Northwestern Energy Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Talen Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Talen Energy received 221 more outperform votes than Northwestern Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.14% of users gave Talen Energy an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Northwestern Energy Group an outperform vote.
96.1% of Northwestern Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Talen Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Northwestern Energy Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Talen Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Northwestern Energy Group has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Talen Energy has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Talen Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Northwestern Energy Group. Northwestern Energy Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Talen Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Talen Energy has a net margin of 50.48% compared to Northwestern Energy Group's net margin of 0.00%. Talen Energy's return on equity of 8.59% beat Northwestern Energy Group's return on equity.
Northwestern Energy Group currently has a consensus target price of $56.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.49%. Talen Energy has a consensus target price of $246.33, indicating a potential downside of 11.12%. Given Northwestern Energy Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Northwestern Energy Group is more favorable than Talen Energy.
Summary
Talen Energy beats Northwestern Energy Group on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NWE) was last updated on 6/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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