NorthWestern Energy's Q3 revenue beats results estimates on customer growth

NorthWestern Energy

30/10/2025 24:26

Overview

Utility firm NorthWestern's Q3 2025 revenue beats analyst expectations, reaching $387 mln

Adjusted EPS for Q3 2025 beats consensus, rising to $0.79 from $0.65 last year

Outlook

NorthWestern affirms 2025 EPS guidance of $3.53 to $3.65 per share

Company maintains long-term EPS growth rate of 4% to 6%

NorthWestern affirms $2.7 bln capital investment plan for 2025-2029

Result Drivers

OPERATING EXPENSES - Higher operating expenses, including merger-related costs

RETAIL VOLUMES - Favorable weather and customer growth increased electric and natural gas retail volumes

NEW RATES - New rates and customer usage supported adjusted EPS growth

Key Details

Metric
Beat/Miss
Actual
Consensus Estimate
Q3 Revenue
Beat
$387 mln
$376 mln (3 Analysts)
Q3 Adjusted EPS
Beat
$0.79
$0.74 (6 Analysts)
Q3 Net Income
$38.2 mln
Q3 Operating Expenses
$306.7 mln
Q3 Operating Income
$80.3 mln
Q3 Pretax Profit
$47 mln


Analyst Coverage

The current average analyst rating on the shares is "hold" and the breakdown of recommendations is 2 "strong buy" or "buy", 5 "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell"

The average consensus recommendation for the electric utilities peer group is "buy"

Wall Street's median 12-month price target for NorthWestern Energy Group Inc is $60.00, about 0.3% below its October 29 closing price of $59.83

The stock recently traded at 16 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 14 three months ago

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