Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
43/100RyuScore 43 out of 100, Below average
43
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
-50%-40%-30%-20%-10%today+10%+20%+30%
Below average. NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. scores higher than 37% of the 2,231 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by cycle position and earnings quality, held back by return on capital and capital allocation.
Utilities median 50 · all companies 55
How the score has moved
At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time
51
45
43
20242025today
The biggest move was down 6 points from 2024 to 2025, mostly valuation.
Valuation
26% of the score
47median 53
NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. is valued at 26.2x its operating profit, including debt: a rich multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
26.2x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
Return on capital
18% of the score
16median 24
Over 3 years the business earned 4.2% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
4.2%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
3 years agolatest 4%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
55median 33
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 5 years, yearly profit grew by 4 cents.
-5%
12%
4.4%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
35median 63
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 4.4% a year over 4 years: new shares
8
5%
-3%
4.4%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 5.7% a year, sales 4.1%
74
12%
-2%
1.6%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
74median 63
Today's operating margin of 19% is 0.92x its normal 20%: close to its usual level. Normal is half the 5 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.9x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
5 years agonow 19%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
3median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA6.2x a year of EBITDA
0
4.5x
0.5x
6.2x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 2x
5
1.5x
12x
2x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
87median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 2.15x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
2.2x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 2.6% of assets
73
8%
0%
-8%
-2.6%
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.