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NWE Relative to the S&P 500

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Seasonal Chart Analysis

Analysis of the NorthWestern Corp. (NASD:NWE) seasonal charts above shows that a Buy Date of November 18 and a Sell Date of April 12 has resulted in a geometric average return of 2.55% above the benchmark rate of the S&P 500 Total Return Index over the past 18 years. This seasonal timeframe has shown positive results compared to the benchmark in 14 of those periods. This is a good rate of success and the return strongly outperforms the relative buy-and-hold performance of the stock over the past 18 years by an average of 2.83% per year.

The seasonal timeframe correlates Poorly with the period of seasonal strength for the Utilities sector, which runs from July 23 to October 3. The seasonal chart for the broad sector is available via the following link: Utilities Sector Seasonal Chart.

NorthWestern Corp provides electricity and natural gas services in the Upper Midwest and Northwest of the U.S. in the states of Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Yellowstone National Park. The primary segments of the company include Electric operations, which includes the generation, purchase, transmission and distribution of electricity, and Natural Gas operations, which includes the production, purchase, transmission, storage, and distribution of natural gas. The company uses thermal, wind, hydro, or renewable energy in varying quantities, depending on the location of the facilities, in order to generate power. The company derives the majority of retail electric utility revenue from commercial and residential sales.

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