NorthWestern Corporation (NWE) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review provides you an in-depth strategic SWOT analysis of the company’s businesses and operations. The profile has been compiled by GlobalData to bring to you a clear and an unbiased view of the company’s key strengths and weaknesses and the potential opportunities and threats. The profile helps you formulate strategies that augment your business by enabling you to understand your partners, customers and competitors better.
The profile contains critical company information including:
- Business description – A detailed description of the company’s operations and business divisions.
- Corporate strategy – Analyst’s summarization of the company’s business strategy.
- SWOT Analysis – A detailed analysis of the company’s strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats.
- Company history – Progression of key events associated with the company.
- Major products and services – A list of major products, services and brands of the company.
- Key competitors – A list of key competitors to the company.
- Key employees – A list of the key executives of the company.
- Executive biographies – A brief summary of the executives’ employment history.
- Key operational heads – A list of personnel heading key departments/functions.
- Important locations and subsidiaries – A list and contact details of key locations and subsidiaries of the company.
- Detailed financial ratios for the past five years – The latest financial ratios derived from the annual financial statements published by the company with 5 years history.
- Interim ratios for the last five interim periods – The latest financial ratios derived from the quarterly/semi-annual financial statements published by the company for 5 interims history.
Highlights
NorthWestern Corporation, doing business as NorthWestern Energy, is an integrated electric utility which generates, transmits, and distributes electricity and also carries out mid-stream operations. It produces energy from wind, hydro, natural gas, and coal-fired sources. The company has interconnection with other transmission system operators. Through these, NorthWestern Energy interchange, purchase, and sell power among electric systems in the west interconnecting with the winter-peaking northern and summer-peaking southern regions of the western power system. It serves residential, commercial, industrial, gas firms, cooperatives, and power marketers, and other customers in Upper Midwest and Northwest of the US. NorthWestern Energy is headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the US.
NorthWestern Corporation Key Recent Developments
Mar 10,2017: NorthWestern, City of Missoula Team Up on Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Feb 20,2017: NorthWestern Issues February 2017 Update on Hebgen Dam Project; Madison River Basin Snowpack in Good Shape
Feb 16,2017: NorthWestern Reports 2016 Financial Results
Feb 01,2017: NorthWestern Energy raises power tariffs due to increase in property tax
Jan 12,2017: NorthWestern Energy and The Missouri-Madison River Fund Trust announce funding for 2017 public recreation improvement projects
Key benefits of buying this profile include:
You get detailed information about the company and its operations to identify potential customers and suppliers.
- The profile analyzes the company’s business structure, operations, major products and services, prospects, locations and subsidiaries, key executives and their biographies and key competitors.
Understand and respond to your competitors’ business structure and strategies, and capitalize on their weaknesses. Stay up to date on the major developments affecting the company.
- The company’s core strengths and weaknesses and areas of development or decline are analyzed and presented in the profile objectively. Recent developments in the company covered in the profile help you track important events.
Equip yourself with information that enables you to sharpen your strategies and transform your operations profitably.
- Opportunities that the company can explore and exploit are sized up and its growth potential assessed in the profile. Competitive and/or technological threats are highlighted.
Scout for potential investments and acquisition targets, with detailed insight into the companies’ strategic, financial and operational performance.
- Financial ratio presented for major public companies in the profile include the revenue trends, profitability, growth, margins and returns, liquidity and leverage, financial position and efficiency ratios.
Gain key insights into the company for academic or business research.
- Key elements such as SWOT analysis, corporate strategy and financial ratios and charts are incorporated in the profile to assist your academic or business research needs.
Note: Some sections may be missing if data is unavailable for the company
Table of Contents
Table of Contents 3
List of Tables 5
List of Figures 5
Section 1 - About the Company 6
NorthWestern Corporation - Key Facts 6
NorthWestern Corporation - Key Employees 7
NorthWestern Corporation - Key Employee Biographies 8
NorthWestern Corporation - Key Operational Employees 9
NorthWestern Corporation - Major Products and Services 10
NorthWestern Corporation - History 11
NorthWestern Corporation - Company Statement 13
NorthWestern Corporation - Locations And Subsidiaries 16
Head Office 16
Other Locations & Subsidiaries 16
Section 2 – Company Analysis 17
NorthWestern Corporation - Business Description 17
NorthWestern Corporation - Corporate Strategy 18
NorthWestern Corporation - SWOT Analysis 19
SWOT Analysis - Overview 19
NorthWestern Corporation - Strengths 19
NorthWestern Corporation - Weaknesses 20
NorthWestern Corporation - Opportunities 21
NorthWestern Corporation - Threats 22
NorthWestern Corporation - Key Competitors 23
Section 3 – Company Financial Ratios 24
Financial Ratios - Capital Market Ratios 24
Financial Ratios - Annual Ratios 25
Performance Chart 27
Financial Performance 27
Financial Ratios - Interim Ratios 28
Financial Ratios - Ratio Charts 29
Section 4 – Company’s Power, Oil & Gas Financial Deals and Alliances 30
NorthWestern Corporation, Power, Deals By Year, 2011 to YTD 2017 30
NorthWestern Corporation, Power, Deals By Type, 2011 to YTD 2017 31
NorthWestern Corporation, Recent Deals Summary 32
Section 5 – Company’s Recent Developments 33
Mar 10, 2017: NorthWestern, City of Missoula Team Up on Electric Vehicle Charging Stations 33
Feb 20, 2017: NorthWestern Issues February 2017 Update on Hebgen Dam Project; Madison River Basin Snowpack in Good Shape 34
Feb 16, 2017: NorthWestern Reports 2016 Financial Results 35
Feb 01, 2017: NorthWestern Energy raises power tariffs due to increase in property tax 36
Jan 12, 2017: NorthWestern Energy and The Missouri-Madison River Fund Trust announce funding for 2017 public recreation improvement projects 37
Jan 09, 2017: NorthWestern Makes Changes to Customers Bills; Specific Tax Information Added 38
Dec 19, 2016: Low-cost qualifying facility to add 80-megawatts of wind to Montana portfolio 39
Dec 06, 2016: NorthWestern Welcomes New Director to Board, Tony Clark, Former Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 40
Oct 20, 2016: NorthWestern Reports Third Quarter 2016 Financial Results 41
Oct 03, 2016: NorthWestern Energy Seeks Montana Natural Gas Rate Adjustment 44
Section 6 – Appendix 45
Methodology 45
Ratio Definitions 45
About GlobalData 49
Contact Us 49
Disclaimer 49List of Tables
NorthWestern Corporation, Key Facts 6
NorthWestern Corporation, Key Employees 7
NorthWestern Corporation, Key Employee Biographies 8
NorthWestern Corporation, Key Operational Employees 9
NorthWestern Corporation, Major Products and Services 10
NorthWestern Corporation, History 11
NorthWestern Corporation, Subsidiaries 16
NorthWestern Corporation, Key Competitors 23
NorthWestern Corporation, Ratios based on current share price 24
NorthWestern Corporation 25
NorthWestern Corporation (Cont...1) 26
NorthWestern Corporation, Interim Ratios 28
NorthWestern Corporation, Power, Deals By Year, 2011 to YTD 2017 30
NorthWestern Corporation, Power, Deals By Type, 2011 to YTD 2017 31
NorthWestern Corporation, Recent Deals Summary 32
Currency Codes 45
Capital Market Ratios 45
Equity Ratios 46
Profitability Ratios 46
Cost Ratios 47
Liquidity Ratios 47
Leverage Ratios 48
Efficiency Ratios 48List of Figures
NorthWestern Corporation, Performance Chart (2012 - 2016) 27
NorthWestern Corporation, Ratio Charts 29
NorthWestern Corporation, Power, Deals By Year, 2011 to YTD 2017 30
NorthWestern Corporation, Power, Deals by Type, 2011 to YTD 2017 31
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
NV Energy, Inc.
NiSource Inc.
Exelon Corporation
Duke Energy Corporation
Ambit Energy Holdings, LLC
