Northwestern Energy Group, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Northwestern Energy Group, Inc. had return on equity of 6.3%, an operating margin of 20.2%, debt equal to 119.1% of equity and a current ratio of 0.72. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Northwestern Energy Group, Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMJun 2026
Operating margin	20.1%	17.8%	21.1%	21.4%	20.2%	18.8%
Net margin	13.6%	12.4%	13.7%	14.8%	11.2%	10.1%
Free-cash-flow margin	−15.6%	−14.1%	−5.5%	−9.4%	−8.1%	−11.4%
Return on equity	8.0%	7.3%	7.1%	7.9%	6.3%	5.9%
Return on assets	2.8%	2.6%	2.6%	2.9%	2.2%	2.0%
Asset turnover	0.20	0.21	0.19	0.19	0.20	0.20
Current ratio	—	0.87	0.76	0.52	0.72	0.83
Debt to equity	0.0%	103.7%	100.0%	108.3%	119.1%	123.9%
Effective tax rate	1.8%	−0.3%	3.7%	−4.4%	3.5%	2.9%
Capital spending as % of revenue	31.6%	34.9%	39.9%	36.3%	32.6%	36.0%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	−114.7%	−113.6%	−40.0%	−63.6%	−71.8%	−112.1%
Dividends ÷ net income	68.8%	76.5%	79.4%	70.8%	89.1%	95.0%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Northwestern Energy Group, Inc.: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2024 Q3Sept 2024	2024 Q4Dec 2024	2025 Q1Mar 2025	2025 Q2Jun 2025	2025 Q3Sept 2025	2025 Q4Dec 2025	2026 Q1Mar 2026	2026 Q2Jun 2026
Operating margin	19.7%	24.6%	26.7%	17.7%	20.7%	14.5%	22.9%	16.4%
Net margin	13.6%	21.6%	16.5%	6.2%	9.9%	10.8%	12.8%	6.4%
Free-cash-flow margin	−9.6%	−23.0%	13.1%	−20.6%	−6.9%	−22.6%	8.7%	−29.3%
Current ratio	0.45	0.52	1.19	0.75	0.65	0.72	0.70	0.83
Debt to equity	101.8%	104.8%	108.1%	107.3%	109.3%	113.9%	112.8%	120.4%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

0 of 5 checks passed · June 30, 2026

What it owns · $8.7bn

Short-term assets $482mLonger-term assets $8.2bn

What it owes, and who funded it · $8.7bn

Short-term liabilities $583mLonger-term liabilities $5.2bnShareholders' equity $2.9bn

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $482m of assets due within a year against $583m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $482m short-term assets against $5.2bn of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $4m of cash against $3.5bn of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 120% of equity.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $416m of operating cash flow against $3.5bn of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Northwestern Energy Group, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

Not assessed: fewer than five years of comparable figures in the filings. AI disruption exposure for this industry: Low.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Northwestern Energy Group, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Northwestern Energy Group, Inc.