NWE · CIK 0001993004 · FY2025 live · 2025-12-31
NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.
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Model
Z″
FY2025
1.00
Zone
Distress
Prior
—
Market DD
—
1y PD
—
1.00
Classic Z 0.75
Z″ 1.00 · distress below 1.10, grey to 2.60, safe above.
Z″ factor contributions
X1 Working capital / assets
Short-term liquidity. Carries more weight in Z″ than in classic Z.
−0.026.56 × = −0.15X2 Retained earnings / assets
Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.
0.113.26 × = 0.35X3 EBIT / assets
Operating return on assets. Highest weight in Z″.
0.046.72 × = 0.26X4 Book equity / liabilities
Book equity versus the liability stack. Sales / assets is omitted so asset-light names keep turnover from dragging the score.
0.521.05 × = 0.54
Five-year path
Need two annual 10-Ks to draw a path. The desk will pull this issuer’s filings.
Meridian Rank
48.91
0–100 · Z″ family
Book standing
47
Year change
—
Market PD
—
O-score
54
Events on this name
Same published rows as Today.
No published events on this print.
Overview
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NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. is on Z″ at 1.00 (distress) for FY2025, from an SEC 10-K. Book equity / liabilities is the line that sets the print. This is the first live year on the desk. No market tape loaded. Z″ omits sales/assets so asset-light names keep turnover from dragging the score. X4 is book equity on every name.
Book screen Distress; market PD —. Market PD has not been priced on this name.
Market DD · naive Merton
No market tape yet.
Pull a year of closes (Yahoo, Nasdaq if Yahoo is limited) and size equity from Nasdaq cap or EDGAR shares. Distance-to-default and 1-year PD stay blank until then.
Sector peers
Closest Z″ scores · 56th percentile in Utilities.
Filing line items
Current assets
$504M
Total assets
$8.5B
Current liabilities
$697M
Total liabilities
$5.6B
Working capital
−$194M
Retained earnings
$897M
EBIT
$326M
Total sales
$1.6B
Book equity
$2.9B
Accession 0001993004-26-000006. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2025, period 2025-12-31). Z″ is the live score. View as is a display overlay. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.