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Profile - NorthWestern Corporation (NYSE:NOR)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Sep  1Dividend payment of $0.298
Aug 22Price hit new 52-week high ($23.10)
July 31Price hit new 52-week low ($21.00)
Location
125 South Dakota Ave., Suite 1100
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
Phone: (605) 978-2908
Fax: (605) 978-2910
Email: shareholder@northwestern.com
Employees (last reported count): 4,000
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 ·Industry: Electric Utilities
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 600 SmallCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 11%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 61 insider buys; 11.0K shares (0.4% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 38% (43% of float)
(194 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 232.0K shares (+2.51%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
NorthWestern Corporation and its partner entities are providers of value-added energy and communications services and solutions to residential and business customers nationwide. NorthWestern's strategic focus is on direct customer relationships where it can provide value-added service integration. NorthWestern and its partner entities include: Expanets Inc., which provides integrated communication and data solutions and network services to small and medium-sized businesses; NorthWestern Public Service, which provides electric and natural gas service and other value-added services to approximately 140,000 customers in the upper Midwest; CornerStone Propane Partners, L.P, which provides services to more than 480,000 residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural customers; and Blue Dot Services, Inc., which provides air conditioning, heating, plumbing and related services.
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Financial Summary
NOR provides services and solutions such as a/c, heating and plumbing services through Blue Dot; propane distribution through CornerStone; networked communication solutions through Expanets; and electric and natural gas service through NorthWestern Services Group. For the six months ended 6/01, revenues fell 15% to $2.53 billion. Net income applicable to Com. rose 25% to $25.8 million. Results reflect the sale of the Canadian crude oil operations, offset by lower cost of sales.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Pay

Merle Lewis, 52
Chairman and CEO
$1.5M
Richard Hylland, 39
Pres, COO
1.1M
Kipp Orme, 41
CFO, VP-Fin.
--  
Walter Bradley, lll, 41
VP and CIO
386K
Michael Childers, 41
VP, Customer Strategies
--  
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-1999 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:NORAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 31-July-2001
$21.00 
Recent Price$22.15 
52-Week High
on 22-Aug-2001
$23.10 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)48.0K
Stock Performance
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4-Week Change+4.6%
4-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+12.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$525.3M
Shares Outstanding23.7M
Float21.1M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$1.19 
Dividend Yield5.37%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 28-May-1997
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$13.97 
Earnings (ttm)$2.08 
Earnings (mrq)$0.38 
Sales (ttm)$283.75 
Cash (mrq)$3.23 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.58 
Price/Earnings (ttm)10.66 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.08 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$6.69B
EBITDA (ttm)$112.2M
Income available to common (ttm)$49.0M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-1.0%
Operating Margin (ttm)-0.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-2.65%
Return on Equity (ttm)15.39%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.76 
Debt/Equity (mrq)2.90 
Total Cash (mrq)$76.6M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short811.0K
Percent of Float3.8%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
550.0K
Short Ratio17.63 
Daily Volume46.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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