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

NorthWestern Energy posted quarterly FCF Margin of 8.71% for Q1 2026, down 2116.0% year-on-year from 0.43% in Q1 2025, and up 108.17% on a QoQ basis from 106.6% in Q4 2025.

NorthWestern Energy (NWE) has 5 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 8.71% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Margin fell 2116.0% year-over-year to 8.71%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 13.77% (down 422.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 8.07%, up 134.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 8.71%, up from 106.6% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 98.9% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 123.29% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 10.22% (2025), against an average of 15.78%.
  • Peak annual rise in FCF Margin reached 17781 bps in 2024, while the deepest fall reached 9593 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 115.45% in 2022, then surged by 76 bps to 27.36% in 2023, then slumped by 351 bps to 123.29% in 2024, then climbed by 14 bps to 106.6% in 2025, then soared by 108 bps to 8.71% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 8.71% (Q1 2026), 106.6% (Q4 2025), and 34.12% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Fortis 645.09 Bn 644.83 Bn 1.70 Bn 44.17%
2 Enel Chile 264.22 Bn 263.80 Bn 1.12 Bn -
3 Dominion Energy 56.77 Bn 60.97 Bn 4.03 Bn 17.43%
4 Xcel Energy 47.77 Bn 45.88 Bn 3.35 Bn 9.50%
5 Wec Energy 35.40 Bn 35.76 Bn 2.83 Bn 35.48%
6 Ameren 29.12 Bn 29.24 Bn 1.69 Bn -52.99%
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 -6.12%
10 NorthWestern Energy 4.20 Bn 4.19 Bn 423.03 Mn 8.71%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 8.71%
Dec 31, 2025 -106.60%
Sep 30, 2025 34.12%
Jun 30, 2025 11.74%
Mar 31, 2025 29.87%
Dec 31, 2024 -123.29%
Sep 30, 2024 98.90%
Jun 30, 2024 -51.25%
Mar 31, 2024 29.57%
Dec 31, 2023 -27.36%
Sep 30, 2023 -78.91%
Jun 30, 2023 24.66%
Mar 31, 2023 44.33%
Dec 31, 2022 -115.45%