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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · NorthWestern Energy (NWE)

NorthWestern Q2 net income falls to $21.2 million; revenue rises to $342.7 million

Mixed Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

NorthWestern reported second quarter 2025 net income of $21.2 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, down from $31.7 million, or $0.52, a year earlier, even though total revenue rose to $342.7 million from $319.9 million. The company attributed the decline mainly to lower retail usage driven by weather, a delay in implementing updated Montana interim rates, and higher operating and interest costs, and it initiated 2025 diluted EPS guidance of $3.53 to $3.65.

Key points

  • Q2 2025 net income $21.2 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, versus $31.7 million, or $0.52, in Q2 2024
  • Q2 2025 adjusted non-GAAP diluted EPS $0.40, versus $0.53 in Q2 2024
  • 2025 diluted EPS guidance range of $3.53 to $3.65, with a $0.66 quarterly dividend payable September 30, 2025
  • Montana electric and natural gas rate review: final briefs due August 2025; an outcome is expected early in the fourth quarter of 2025

The filing

CompanyNorthWestern Energy (NWE)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJul 31, 2025, 9:31 AM ET
Accession number0001993004-25-000122

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:05 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on July 31, 2025.

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