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NORTHWESTERN CORP (NYSE)
NWE 24.35 -0.02 (-0.08%) Vol.  245,993 16:04 ET

Day Low - High 24.12 - 24.44
52wk Low - High 17.02 - 25.39
Avg Volume 274,119
Industry UTIL-ELEC PWR
Market Cap 875.19 M
Div - Yield 1.34 - 5.50
PE (forward) 12.38
PEG Ratio 1.43
Current Year Est. 1.97
EPS Last Year 1.57
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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 2.00
ABR (Last Week) 2.00
# of Recs in ABR 7
Average Target Price 29.25
Industry Rank by ABR 141 out of 217
Rank in Industry 23 out of 85
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ZACKS COMMENTARY FOR NWE
Zacks Equity Research: Report for NWE
Oct 27, 2009
Zacks Blog: NorthWestern Pressuring 200-day MA
Jan 21, 2009
Momentum: Northwestern Corp.
Jan 20, 2009
Value: NorthWestern Corporation
Dec 23, 2008
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NEWS
Conference Calls Today: 11 A.M. EDT
Oct 29, 2009
NorthWestern Revises Guidance for Tax Accounting Change
Oct 28, 2009
NorthWestern Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results
Oct 28, 2009
NorthWestern Energy Submits Delivery Services General Rate Case Filing to the Montana Public Service Commission
Oct 19, 2009
NorthWestern to Host Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results Conference Call
Oct 09, 2009
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
12/2009
Next Quarter
03/2010
This Year
12/2009
Next Year
12/2010
Average Estimate 0.53 0.70 1.97 1.98
Number of Estimates 6 2 4 6
Low Estimates 0.17 0.68 1.94 1.85
High Estimate 0.66 0.72 2.00 2.12
Year Ago EPS 0.59 0.63 1.77 1.97
EPS Growth -10.73% 11.11% 11.16% 0.38%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Northwestern Corporation d/b/a NorthWestern Energy is an investor-owned utility and one of the largest providers of electricity and natural gas in the northwest quadrant of the United States. NorthWestern was incorporated in Delaware in November 1923, and since has generated and distributed electricity in South Dakota and distributed natural gas in South Dakota and Nebraska through their energy division, NorthWestern Energy.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM 1.57
Sales 1260.79
Net Income 69.08
Price/Earnings 15.51
Price/Book 1.13
Price/Cash Flow 5.53
Price/Sales .75


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