NWENorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.

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RyuScore

Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.

RyuScore 31 out of 100, Below average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.

Below average. NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. scores higher than 26% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by cycle position and earnings quality, held back by valuation and return on capital.

Utilities median 40 · all companies 50

Valuation

26% of the score

0median 13

NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. is valued at 25x its operating profit, including debt: past the 25 times where this criterion gives nothing.

25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
25x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score

16median 34

Over 3 years the business earned 4.2% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
4.2%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
3 years agolatest 4%

Return on new capital

16% of the score

55median 49

For every dollar of operating profit earned over 5 years, yearly profit grew by 4 cents.

-5%
12%
4.4%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score

35median 64

How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.

Share countUp 4.4% a year over 4 years: new shares
8
5%
-3%
4.4%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 5.7% a year, sales 4.1%
74
12%
-2%
1.6%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score

74median 62

Today's operating margin of 19% is 0.92x its normal 20%: close to its usual level. Normal is half the 5 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.

2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.9x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
5 years agonow 19%

Balance sheet

8% of the score

3median 50

What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.

Net debt to EBITDA6.2x a year of EBITDA
0
4.5x
0.5x
6.2x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 2x
5
1.5x
12x
2x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score

87median 90

Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 2.15x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
2.2x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 2.6% of assets
73
8%
0%
-8%
-2.6%
0 pointsfull points

How the RyuScore works

Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.

Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.