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NWE vs. LNT, AEE, ATO, AVA, BKH, IDA, NJR, OGE, POR, and SR

Should you be buying NorthWestern Energy Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NorthWestern Energy Group include Alliant Energy (LNT), Ameren (AEE), Atmos Energy (ATO), Avista (AVA), Black Hills (BKH), IDACORP (IDA), NewJersey Resources (NJR), OGE Energy (OGE), Portland General Electric (POR), and Spire (SR). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

NorthWestern Energy Group vs. Its Competitors

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

79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of NorthWestern Energy Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of NorthWestern Energy Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Alliant Energy has a net margin of 20.07% compared to NorthWestern Energy Group's net margin of 14.81%. Alliant Energy's return on equity of 12.25% beat NorthWestern Energy Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alliant Energy20.07% 12.25% 3.75%
NorthWestern Energy Group 14.81%7.40%2.68%

Alliant Energy has higher revenue and earnings than NorthWestern Energy Group. NorthWestern Energy Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alliant Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alliant Energy$4.14B4.06$690M$3.2420.20
NorthWestern Energy Group$1.53B2.32$224.11M$3.6715.72

Alliant Energy currently has a consensus target price of $65.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.10%. NorthWestern Energy Group has a consensus target price of $59.17, suggesting a potential upside of 2.55%. Given NorthWestern Energy Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NorthWestern Energy Group is more favorable than Alliant Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alliant Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30
NorthWestern Energy Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. NorthWestern Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Alliant Energy pays out 62.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NorthWestern Energy Group pays out 71.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Alliant Energy has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years and NorthWestern Energy Group has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years.

Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NorthWestern Energy Group has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Alliant Energy had 9 more articles in the media than NorthWestern Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Alliant Energy and 4 mentions for NorthWestern Energy Group. Alliant Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat NorthWestern Energy Group's score of 1.41 indicating that Alliant Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alliant Energy
8 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
NorthWestern Energy Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Alliant Energy beats NorthWestern Energy Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NWE vs. The Competition

MetricNorthWestern Energy GroupElectric & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.54B$1.77B$16.97B$21.36B
Dividend Yield4.69%4.69%4.69%3.52%
P/E Ratio15.819.3151.7929.10
Price / Sales2.322.2728.8379.58
Price / Cash7.445.3219.1824.47
Price / Book1.245.172.214.51
Net Income$224.11M$86.72M$748.44M$1.00B
7 Day Performance2.22%1.02%0.62%-1.28%
1 Month Performance-0.22%-13.37%1.35%2.07%
1 Year Performance1.34%-49.30%193.44%13.66%

NorthWestern Energy Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NWE
NorthWestern Energy Group
2.5528 of 5 stars
$57.33
-0.2%
$59.17
+3.2%
+1.0%$3.52B$1.53B15.711,573Positive News
LNT
Alliant Energy
3.9497 of 5 stars
$64.22
+0.1%
$65.50
+2.0%
+9.0%$16.49B$3.98B19.822,998Positive News
AEE
Ameren
4.4906 of 5 stars
$99.12
0.0%
$105.25
+6.2%
+18.1%$26.81B$7.62B21.788,981Positive News
ATO
Atmos Energy
4.2387 of 5 stars
$163.05
+0.1%
$160.27
-1.7%
+22.1%$26.15B$4.17B22.405,260Positive News
AVA
Avista
4.3339 of 5 stars
$36.64
+0.8%
$39.00
+6.5%
-4.1%$2.95B$1.94B16.501,950Positive News
BKH
Black Hills
4.1568 of 5 stars
$58.95
+0.6%
$66.00
+12.0%
-1.8%$4.27B$2.13B14.852,841Positive News
IDA
IDACORP
4.0484 of 5 stars
$126.18
+0.4%
$123.57
-2.1%
+25.1%$6.79B$1.83B22.212,141Dividend Announcement
NJR
NewJersey Resources
3.6019 of 5 stars
$46.58
-0.7%
$51.43
+10.4%
+0.8%$4.71B$1.80B11.391,372Positive News
Ex-Dividend
OGE
OGE Energy
3.7482 of 5 stars
$44.31
+0.4%
$47.00
+6.1%
+11.1%$8.89B$2.99B18.162,291Positive News
Dividend Increase
High Trading Volume
POR
Portland General Electric
2.0595 of 5 stars
$42.64
-0.4%
$45.40
+6.5%
-7.7%$4.69B$3.44B15.732,915
SR
Spire
3.3817 of 5 stars
$76.98
+0.7%
$79.20
+2.9%
+17.9%$4.51B$2.59B16.633,475Positive News

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