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NorthWestern Energy (NWE) EBT Margin (2022 - 2026)

NorthWestern Energy posted quarterly EBT Margin of 15.53% for Q1 2026, down 422.0% year-on-year from 4.82% in Q1 2025, and up 170.38% on a QoQ basis from 5.74% in Q4 2025.

NorthWestern Energy (NWE) has 5 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 15.53% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBT Margin fell 422.0% year-over-year to 15.53%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 10.52% (down 485.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 11.65%, down 253.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 15.53%, up from 5.74% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 21.52% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 5.74% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 12.65% (2024), against an average of 12.91%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when EBT Margin jumped 650 bps; it then tumbled 1024 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 15.01% in 2022, then surged by 43 bps to 21.52% in 2023, then declined by 26 bps to 15.99% in 2024, then sank by 64 bps to 5.74% in 2025, then jumped by 170 bps to 15.53% in 2026.
  • The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 15.53% (Q1 2026), 5.74% (Q4 2025), and 12.15% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Fortis 645.09 Bn 644.83 Bn 1.70 Bn 19.81%
2 Enel Chile 264.22 Bn 263.80 Bn 1.12 Bn 20.20%
3 Dominion Energy 56.77 Bn 60.97 Bn 4.03 Bn 18.57%
4 Xcel Energy 47.77 Bn 45.88 Bn 3.35 Bn 12.66%
5 Wec Energy 35.40 Bn 35.76 Bn 2.83 Bn 25.02%
6 Ameren 29.12 Bn 29.24 Bn 1.69 Bn 19.21%
7 Korea Electric Power 28.73 Bn 13.96 Bn - -
8 Energy Co Of Parana 27.30 Bn 26.65 Bn - -
9 Edison International 26.69 Bn 26.53 Bn 3.85 Bn 49.97%
10 NorthWestern Energy 4.20 Bn 4.19 Bn 423.03 Mn 15.53%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 15.53%
Dec 31, 2025 5.74%
Sep 30, 2025 12.15%
Jun 30, 2025 7.18%
Mar 31, 2025 19.75%
Dec 31, 2024 15.99%
Sep 30, 2024 12.65%
Jun 30, 2024 11.22%
Mar 31, 2024 15.87%
Dec 31, 2023 21.52%
Sep 30, 2023 9.66%
Jun 30, 2023 7.32%
Mar 31, 2023 16.01%
Dec 31, 2022 15.01%
Sep 30, 2022 8.09%