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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ALCE Alternus Clean Energy	$0.01 +5.3%	$0.02	$0.01 ▼ $8.00	$718K	-1.04	744,099 shs	1.30 million shs
NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	$57.53 -1.0%	$53.64	$50.43 ▼ $59.89	$3.53B	0.35	473,830 shs	200,760 shs
NWN Northwest Natural Gas	$41.39 -0.3%	$40.80	$38.03 ▼ $44.38	$1.66B	0.55	274,647 shs	134,231 shs
SPKE Spark Energy		$11.38	$7.79 ▼ $12.40	$404.93M	1.09	182,452 shs	91,751 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ALCE Alternus Clean Energy	-12.31%	-60.69%	-62.00%	-75.22%	-99.91%
NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	+0.55%	+1.08%	+11.53%	+5.58%	+8.33%
NWN Northwest Natural Gas	+1.10%	+2.14%	+2.38%	+1.48%	+2.67%
SPKE Spark Energy	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
ALCE Alternus Clean Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	2.4855 of 5 stars	1.3	0.0	5.0	1.8	3.4	1.7	1.3
NWN Northwest Natural Gas	3.993 of 5 stars	2.2	2.0	4.2	0.0	4.2	2.5	2.5
SPKE Spark Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ALCE Alternus Clean Energy	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	2.50	Moderate Buy	$60.00	4.30% Upside
NWN Northwest Natural Gas	2.33	Hold	$48.00	15.96% Upside
SPKE Spark Energy	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest SPKE, ALCE, NWE, and NWN Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/12/2025	NWN Northwest Natural Gas	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold
6/13/2025	NWN Northwest Natural Gas	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$45.00 ➝ $49.00
6/2/2025	NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	LADENBURG THALM/SH SH Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Neutral	$57.50 ➝ $56.00

(Data available from 8/28/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ALCE Alternus Clean Energy	$17.36M	0.04	N/A	N/A	($21.99) per share	0.00
NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	$1.53B	2.31	$7.73 per share	7.44	$46.60 per share	1.23
NWN Northwest Natural Gas	$1.15B	1.45	$6.24 per share	6.63	$36.20 per share	1.14
SPKE Spark Energy	$554.89M	0.00	N/A	6.55	$2.50 per share	0.00

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ALCE Alternus Clean Energy	-$69.46M	N/A	0.00	∞	N/A	-447.25%	N/A	-56.54%	N/A
NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	$224.11M	$3.67	15.77	14.86	2.40	14.81%	7.40%	2.68%	N/A
NWN Northwest Natural Gas	$78.87M	$2.53	16.32	14.22	N/A	8.34%	8.60%	2.25%	11/11/2025 (Estimated)
SPKE Spark Energy	$29.29M	N/A	18.44	N/A	N/A	3.43%	22.13%	4.69%	N/A

Latest SPKE, ALCE, NWE, and NWN Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Details
8/5/2025	Q2 2025	NWN Northwest Natural Gas	-$0.07	$0.01	+$0.08	-$0.06	$252.70 million	$236.19 million
7/31/2025	N/A	NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	$0.38	$0.40	+$0.02	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ALCE Alternus Clean Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	$2.64	4.59%	N/A	71.93%	21 Years
NWN Northwest Natural Gas	$1.96	4.73%	N/A	77.47%	70 Years
SPKE Spark Energy	$0.73	6.62%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest SPKE, ALCE, NWE, and NWN Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/30/2025	NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	quarterly	$0.66	4.9%	9/15/2025	9/15/2025	9/30/2025
7/10/2025	NWN Northwest Natural Gas	quarterly	$0.49	4.68%	7/31/2025	7/31/2025	8/15/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ALCE Alternus Clean Energy	N/A	0.34	0.34
NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	0.94	0.52	0.37
NWN Northwest Natural Gas	1.43	0.68	0.52
SPKE Spark Energy	2.89	2.46	2.45

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ALCE Alternus Clean Energy	N/A
NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	96.07%
NWN Northwest Natural Gas	75.13%
SPKE Spark Energy	20.05%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ALCE Alternus Clean Energy	44.07%
NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	0.94%
NWN Northwest Natural Gas	0.93%
SPKE Spark Energy	66.37%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ALCE Alternus Clean Energy	N/A	119.72 million	4.37 million	N/A
NWE NorthWestern Energy Group	1,573	61.39 million	60.75 million	Optionable
NWN Northwest Natural Gas	1,452	40.31 million	39.94 million	Optionable
SPKE Spark Energy	159	35.43 million	N/A	Optionable

SPKE, ALCE, NWE, and NWN Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Spark Energy Minerals reports positive assay results from Brazil’s Lithium Valley

June 23, 2025 | msn.com

Spark Energy Minerals Inc.: Spark Energy Announces Closing of Second and Final Tranche of Private Placement

May 20, 2025 | finanznachrichten.de

Spark Energy Announces Closing of Second and Final Tranche of Private Placement

May 20, 2025 | finance.yahoo.com

Spark Energy Minerals Announces Upsize of Previously Announced Private Placement and Amended and Restated Offering Document

May 16, 2025 | juniorminingnetwork.com

Spark Energy Announces Upsize of Previously Announced Private Placement and Amended and Restated Offering Document

May 16, 2025 | finance.yahoo.com

Spark Energy Minerals Reports Encouraging Rare Earth Element Results from Its Caladão Target at the Arapaima Project in Brazil

May 9, 2025 | juniorminingnetwork.com

Spark Energy Announces Private Placement Securing $1.85 Million from Sorbie Bornholm LP

April 15, 2025 | finance.yahoo.com

Spark Energy Minerals Announces Private Placement Securing $1.85 Million from Sorbie Bornholm LP

April 14, 2025 | juniorminingnetwork.com

Spark Energy raises $1.85M via private placement

April 14, 2025 | msn.com

Spark Energy Minerals Sampling Results Add 17 Prospective Drainage Basins for Lithium

March 21, 2025 | juniorminingnetwork.com

Spark Energy Minerals Further Validates the Combined 21.5km Pegmatite Trend at Arapaima Lithium Project in Brazil

February 14, 2025 | juniorminingnetwork.com

CORRECTION FROM SOURCE: Spark Energy Confirms Lithium-Bearing Pegmatites Along a Combined 21.5km Strike at its Arapaima Lithium Project

February 10, 2025 | finance.yahoo.com

Spark Energy Expands Priority Targets Over a Combined 31km Pegmatite Trend at the Arapaima Lithium Project

January 31, 2025 | finance.yahoo.com

Illinois sues Spark Energy, claiming deceptive practices, consumer fraud

January 17, 2025 | msn.com

Spark Energy Minerals Inc.: Spark Energy Identifies Pegmatite Corridor at Its Arapaima Lithium Project in Brazil's Lithium Valley

December 4, 2024 | finanznachrichten.de

Spark Energy Minerals Exploration Team Enters Lithium Valley and Begins Field Program

November 27, 2024 | juniorminingnetwork.com

Spark Energy Minerals Surpasses Fundraising Target

November 9, 2024 | markets.businessinsider.com

Spark Energy Provides Update on Spodumene Targets at Arapaima Lithium Project and Recent Funding

November 1, 2024 | finance.yahoo.com

Spark Energy Advances Lithium Exploration in Brazil

November 1, 2024 | markets.businessinsider.com

Rates Spark: Issuance Pressure Remains A Thing Too

October 30, 2024 | seekingalpha.com

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SPKE, ALCE, NWE, and NWN Company Descriptions

Alternus Clean Energy NASDAQ:ALCE

$0.0060 +0.00 (+5.26%)

As of 01:40 PM Eastern

Alternus Clean Energy, Inc. operates as a power producer. It develops, installs, owns and operates utility scale solar parks in America and Europe. It operates through the United States and Europe geographical segments. The company was founded by Vincent Browne in 2017 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

NorthWestern Energy Group NYSE:NWE

$57.53 -0.59 (-1.02%)

As of 03:52 PM Eastern

NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. provides electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and various industrial customers. It generates, purchases, transmits, and distributes electricity; and produces, purchases, stores, transmits, and distributes natural gas, as well as owns municipal franchises to provide natural gas service in the communities. The company operates 6,600 miles of electric transmission and 18,674 miles of electric distribution lines with approximately 395 transmission and distribution substations; and 2,235 miles of natural gas transmission and 5,155 miles of natural gas distribution lines with approximately 133 city gate stations in Montana. It also operates 1,310 miles of electric transmission and 2,365 miles of electric distribution lines in South Dakota with approximately 124 transmission and distribution substations; and 55 miles of natural gas transmission and 2,573 miles of natural gas distribution lines in South Dakota and Nebraska. The company provides electricity and/or natural gas to approximately 775,300 customers in Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Yellowstone National Park. NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. was founded in 1923 and is based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Northwest Natural Gas NYSE:NWN

$41.39 -0.11 (-0.26%)

As of 03:52 PM Eastern

Northwest Natural Holding Company, through its subsidiary, Northwest Natural Gas Company, provides regulated natural gas distribution services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the United States. The company operates a mist gas storage facility contracted to other utilities, third-party marketers, and electric generators; offers natural gas asset management services; and operates an appliance retail center. It also engages in gas storage, water and wastewater, non-regulated renewable natural gas, and other investment businesses. In addition, the company provides natural gas service in Oregon and southwest Washington; and water and wastewater connections. Northwest Natural Holding Company was founded in 1859 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

Spark Energy NASDAQ:SPKE

Via Renewables, Inc. is an independent retail energy services company. It operates through the following segments: Retail Natural Gas and Retail Electricity. The Retail Natural Gas segment purchases natural gas through physical and financial transactions with market counterparts. The Retail Electricity segment obtains electricity through independent system operators and supply to residential and commercial consumers. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

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