Dividends

NWENorthWestern Energy Group

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+1.7% today · +34.4% over a year

1/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 25% of the instruments we score

Trend: among the best of its peers; Quality: among the weakest; priced higher than most peers (P/E 31.6). Dividend yield 3.17%.

NorthWestern Energy Group (NWE) dividends: trailing yield 3.17%, next ex-dividend date 17 Nov 2026, Dividend Safety 48/100, not lowered for 18 years, 5-year growth 1.7% a year.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
3.17%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
3.19%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$2.67
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
48 / 100
Borderline

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
3.17% → 2.61%
Forward
3.19% → 2.62%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (United States)
15.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
82.35%
  • Source country assumed: United States (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 2.61%

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

Ex-dividend date
17 Nov 2026
Payment date
01 Dec 2026
Amount per share
$0.67
Status
Announced

Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+1.7%
Years without a lower dividend
18
Years without a cut of over 10 %
18
Payout ratio (earnings)
101%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Caution. Dividends exceed earnings or free cash flow. More in the glossary →Dividends exceed earnings or free cash flow.

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2016 $0.50, 2017 $2.10, 2018 $2.20, 2019 $2.30, 2020 $2.40, 2021 $2.48, 2022 $2.52, 2023 $2.56, 2024 $2.60, 2025 $2.642016: $0.502017: $2.102018: $2.202019: $2.302020: $2.402021: $2.482022: $2.522023: $2.562024: $2.602025: $2.64

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
17 Nov 202601 Dec 2026$0.67RegularAnnounced1
17 Aug 202602 Sep 2026$0.67RegularVerified2
15 Jun 202601 Jul 2026$0.67RegularVerified2
13 Mar 202601 Apr 2026$0.67RegularVerified2

Each payment is checked against up to 2 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.

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