Capula Management Ltd Invests $2.10 Million in NorthWestern Corporation $NWE

Capula Management Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of NorthWestern Corporation (NASDAQ:NWE) in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 35,778 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,097,000. Capula Management Ltd owned 0.06% of NorthWestern at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the business. Clearstead Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of NorthWestern by 1,220.0% in the 3rd quarter. Clearstead Advisors LLC now owns 528 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 488 shares during the last quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. grew its position in NorthWestern by 34.3% during the 2nd quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 845 shares of the company’s stock valued at $43,000 after purchasing an additional 216 shares during the last quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. grew its position in NorthWestern by 299.5% during the 3rd quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 803 shares of the company’s stock valued at $47,000 after purchasing an additional 602 shares during the last quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC increased its stake in NorthWestern by 838.4% during the 3rd quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 807 shares of the company’s stock valued at $47,000 after purchasing an additional 721 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of NorthWestern by 96.8% in the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 982 shares of the company’s stock worth $58,000 after buying an additional 483 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 96.07% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on NWE. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of NorthWestern from $61.00 to $62.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of NorthWestern in a report on Monday, December 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on NorthWestern from $60.00 to $61.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, December 12th. BMO Capital Markets upped their price target on NorthWestern from $65.00 to $70.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on NorthWestern from $53.00 to $52.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, NorthWestern currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $60.20.

NorthWestern Stock Up 1.7%

Shares of NWE stock opened at $68.42 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.10, a current ratio of 0.72 and a quick ratio of 0.53. NorthWestern Corporation has a one year low of $50.46 and a one year high of $72.21. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $68.26 and its 200-day moving average price is $64.02. The company has a market capitalization of $4.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.27, a PEG ratio of 2.85 and a beta of 0.33.

NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $1.17 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.19 by ($0.02). NorthWestern had a net margin of 11.24% and a return on equity of 7.62%. NorthWestern’s revenue was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.13 earnings per share. NorthWestern has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.680-3.830 EPS.

NorthWestern Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be paid a $0.67 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.9%. NorthWestern’s payout ratio is presently 91.16%.

NorthWestern Profile

NorthWestern Corporation (NASDAQ: NWE) is a regulated energy company that delivers electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers. Through its Electric Operations and Gas Operations segments, the company operates an extensive network of distribution lines, substations and pipelines. NorthWestern’s services encompass the delivery of power sourced from regional transmission systems and the procurement, storage and distribution of natural gas to end users.

Electric delivery services include the management of distribution infrastructure, customer metering and system reliability programs.