NORTHWESTERN ENERGY GROUP, INC.
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $70.32, NORTHWESTERN ENERGY GROUP, INC. (NWE) is priced for -3.6% growth. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed June 27, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
• NorthWestern Energy is a regulated electric and gas utility serving Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska, earning a return set by regulators on a growing base of infrastructure, and it targets 4% to 6% long-term earnings and rate-base growth. [Source: NorthWestern Energy Q1 2026 results, 2026] • The defining event is the pending all-stock merger with Black Hills to form a larger eight-state utility, which has cleared FERC and shareholders but still needs state approvals before an expected secon
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360 institutional managers reported holding NWE in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. 45 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, State Street, among others. On the short side, 1.7M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 3% of shares outstanding (2.5 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (4 and counting), raised 3 years straight; the current rate is $2.64 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $438.98M in dividends.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at NWE over the trailing three years: 2024: 1 buy totaling $49k. 19 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
NWE's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-16 | +4.6% | +2.7% |
| 2024-04-27 | -0.7% | +1.1% |
| 2024-08-01 | -0.1% | +4.7% |
| 2025-02-14 | -4.0% | +13.1% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
NWE's latest 8-K filings: 2026-07-30 (items 2.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-06-22 (items 1.01, 2.03, 9.01); 2026-06-02 (items 1.01, 2.03, 9.01); 2026-06-02 (items 7.01, 9.01); 2026-05-27 (items 7.01, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: June 27, 2026
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