---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001993004-25-000186"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NWE"
cik: "0001993004"
company_name: "NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-10-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T01:26:18.642921+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NorthWestern Energy Q3 adjusted EPS $0.79 vs $0.65 YoY; affirms FY2025 guidance $3.53-$3.65

## Summary
- Q3 GAAP EPS $0.62 vs $0.76 YoY; net income $38.2M vs $46.8M.
- Adjusted non-GAAP EPS $0.79 vs $0.65; adjusted net income $48.4M.
- Reaffirmed FY2025 EPS guidance $3.53-$3.65 and $531M capital plan; long-term EPS and rate base growth 4%-6%.
- Quarterly dividend declared $0.66 per share, payable Dec 31, 2025.
- Higher operating expenses including merger-related costs and depreciation drove GAAP decline.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001993004-25-000186
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NWE
- cik: 0001993004
- company_name: NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-10-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1993004/000199300425000186/0001993004-25-000186-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1993004/000199300425000186/nwe-20251029.htm

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