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Northwestern Corp. (NWE)At 4:03PM ET: 25.97  Down 0.03 (0.12%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday)5:934.48M
Enterprise Value (8-Jan-10)3:1.86B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):13.63
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-10) 1:13.46
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):1.88
Price/Sales (ttm):0.80
Price/Book (mrq):1.21
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:1.59
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:7.718
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Sep-09
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):5.93%
Operating Margin (ttm):13.06%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):3.56%
Return on Equity (ttm):9.03%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):1.17B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):32.434
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):-14.50%
Gross Profit (ttm):562.05M
EBITDA (ttm):240.61M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):69.08M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.91
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):41.30%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):6.04M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.168
Total Debt (mrq):927.47M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):N/A
Current Ratio (mrq):0.726
Book Value Per Share (mrq):21.556
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):150.89M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):-4.83M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.67
52-Week Change3:16.72%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:25.50%
52-Week High (30-Dec-09)3:26.85
52-Week Low (09-Mar-09)3:18.48
50-Day Moving Average3:26.10
200-Day Moving Average3:24.60
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:226,758
Average Volume (10 day)3:150,962
Shares Outstanding5:35.98M
Float:35.69M
% Held by Insiders1:0.29%
% Held by Institutions1:102.30%
Shares Short (as of 15-Dec-09)3:2.22M
Short Ratio (as of 15-Dec-09)3:9.7
Short % of Float (as of 15-Dec-09)3:6.20%
Shares Short (prior month)3:2.49M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.34
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:5.20%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:1.34
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:5.20%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4: N/A
Payout Ratio4:70%
Dividend Date3:30-Dec-09
Ex-Dividend Date4:11-Dec-09
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:N/A
Last Split Date3:N/A


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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Sep-09)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Sep-09)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 30-Sep-09)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-08)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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3 = Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance;
4 = Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.;
5 = Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report
and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.