NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Earns “Buy (B-)” Rating from Weiss Ratings

NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE)‘s stock had its “buy (b-)” rating reiterated by stock analysts at Weiss Ratings in a report issued on Saturday,Weiss Ratings reports.

Separately, Barclays upgraded shares of NorthWestern to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 21st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, NorthWestern has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $56.00.

NorthWestern Trading Up 1.0%

Shares of NWE opened at $62.32 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $3.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.98, a PEG ratio of 2.53 and a beta of 0.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.05, a quick ratio of 0.52 and a current ratio of 0.75. The company’s fifty day moving average is $57.90. NorthWestern has a 1-year low of $50.43 and a 1-year high of $62.43.

NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October 27th. The company reported $0.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $335.07 million during the quarter. NorthWestern had a net margin of 14.76% and a return on equity of 7.30%.

About NorthWestern

NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc provides electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and various industrial customers. It generates, purchases, transmits, and distributes electricity; and produces, purchases, stores, transmits, and distributes natural gas, as well as owns municipal franchises to provide natural gas service in the communities.