Williams Capital reaffirmed their hold rating on shares of NorthWestern Corp (NYSE:NWE) in a research report sent to investors on Monday morning, AnalystRatings.NET reports.

Other institutional investors have bought and sold shares of the company. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company acquired a new position in NorthWestern Corp during the fourth quarter worth approximately $0. Capstone Asset Management Company boosted its position in NorthWestern Corp by 1.1% in the fourth quarter. Capstone Asset Management Company now owns 15,050 shares of the company’s stock worth $816,000 after buying an additional 160 shares during the period. Personal Capital Advisors Corp boosted its position in NorthWestern Corp by 12.6% in the fourth quarter. Personal Capital Advisors Corp now owns 259,574 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,082,000 after buying an additional 29,067 shares during the period. Finally, First Premier Bank acquired a new position in NorthWestern Corp during the fourth quarter worth approximately $9,253,000.

A number of other analysts also recently weighed in on NWE. Zacks Investment Research upgraded NorthWestern Corp from a sell rating to a hold rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 28th. Ladenburg Thalmann downgraded NorthWestern Corp from a buy rating to a neutral rating and set a $57.00 target price for the company. in a research report on Wednesday, October 21st.

NorthWestern Corp (NYSE:NWE) opened at 53.43 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $2.57 billion and a PE ratio of 17.28. NorthWestern Corp has a one year low of $48.44 and a one year high of $59.03. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $53.84 and its 200-day moving average price is $53.44.

North-Western Corporation, doing business as North-Western Energy, provides electricity and natural gas. The Company operates its business under segments: Electric operations, Natural gas operations and All other, which primarily consists of unallocated corporate costs. Electric operations segment consists of an electric utility business in Montana, which includes generation, transmission and distribution. The Company also transmits electricity for non-regulated entities owning generation facilities, other utilities and power marketers serving the Montana electricity market. The Company’s South Dakota electric utility business operates as a vertically integrated generation, transmission and distribution utility. Natural gas operations segment consists of a natural gas utility business in Montana, which includes production, storage, transmission and distribution.

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