NWE vs. TLN, DTM, WTRG, ELPC, OKLO, BEP, KNTK, CWEN, CIG, and TXNM
Should you be buying NorthWestern stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NorthWestern include Talen Energy (TLN), DT Midstream (DTM), Essential Utilities (WTRG), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel (ELPC), Oklo (OKLO), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), Kinetik (KNTK), Clearway Energy (CWEN), Comp En De Mn Cemig ADS (CIG), and TXNM Energy (TXNM). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
NorthWestern vs. Its Competitors
Talen Energy (NASDAQ:TLN) and NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
Talen Energy has higher revenue and earnings than NorthWestern. NorthWestern is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Talen Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Talen Energy has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NorthWestern has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
0.4% of Talen Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of NorthWestern shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Talen Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of NorthWestern shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Talen Energy had 14 more articles in the media than NorthWestern. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Talen Energy and 1 mentions for NorthWestern. Talen Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat NorthWestern's score of 0.67 indicating that Talen Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Talen Energy currently has a consensus target price of $260.67, indicating a potential downside of 1.55%. NorthWestern has a consensus target price of $56.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.21%. Given NorthWestern's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NorthWestern is more favorable than Talen Energy.
Talen Energy has a net margin of 28.51% compared to NorthWestern's net margin of 15.68%. Talen Energy's return on equity of 11.47% beat NorthWestern's return on equity.
Summary
Talen Energy beats NorthWestern on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:NWE) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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