Northwestern corp (NWE)
CashFlow / Yearly
Dec'19Dec'18Dec'17Dec'16Dec'15Dec'14Dec'13Dec'12Dec'11Dec'10Dec'09Dec'08
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent

202,120

196,960

162,703

164,172

151,209

120,686

93,983

98,406

92,556

77,376

73,420

67,601

Items not affecting cash:
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization

172,923

174,476

166,137

159,336

144,702

123,776

112,831

106,044

100,926

91,769

89,039

85,071

Amortization of debt issuance costs, discount and deferred hedge gain

4,648

4,645

4,794

2,117

2,258

5,033

2,039

369

1,032

1,827

2,168

2,444

Stock-based compensation costs

8,007

7,683

5,563

6,731

5,082

3,262

2,404

2,759

2,133

1,622

1,627

3,088

Equity portion of allowance for funds used during construction

5,768

4,165

5,701

4,589

8,684

6,554

5,050

4,846

1,877

6,564

2,113

641

Loss (gain) on disposition of assets

188

-87

415

15

20

1,330

721

332

-811

-11

287

214

Deferred income taxes

-13,864

-13,189

12,363

-8,184

33,886

-9,612

54,617

51,890

64,065

48,783

47,014

42,587

Mountain States Transmission Intertie impairment

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

24,039

0

0

-

-

Gain on CELP arbitration decision

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

47,894

0

0

-

-

Changes in current assets and liabilities:
Restricted cash

-

-

-

-

-6,920

6,408

196

-6,016

-146

-746

-1,119

245

Accounts receivable

5,032

-19,909

22,726

5,146

-9,069

-12,622

30,792

-3,456

3,847

-455

-11,913

12,150

Inventories

3,110

-1,617

3,226

-4,252

-1,636

-747

-181

-5,371

8,831

3,396

-23,436

7,155

Other current assets

3,140

-1,218

-827

2,384

-5,514

-4,201

2,940

1,856

3,551

-8,155

667

1,336

Accounts payable

-1,821

-3,805

3,615

3,639

-11,169

-9,565

6,235

10,976

-1,928

-12,766

-9,224

3,218

Accrued expenses

-16,023

7,862

4,844

25,124

-22,738

8,530

1,949

14,149

1,883

31,064

-48,396

-9,883

Regulatory assets

16,028

554

-12,372

-1,871

3,974

8,952

2,846

6,285

-1,684

13,575

-1,109

-9,248

Regulatory liabilities

-7,796

25,534

-11,019

-54,629

24,821

9,763

-2,019

15,241

16,020

-12,449

-19,601

10,522

Other noncurrent assets

11,680

9,533

14,780

7,311

5,584

-2,853

43,714

27,362

30,048

-5,332

3,928

-28,348

Other noncurrent liabilities

-6,528

-26,760

7,387

1,820

6,890

987

7,755

1,052

2,583

530

-49,825

-22,177

Cash Provided by Operating Activities

296,720

381,985

322,738

286,804

339,818

250,039

193,716

251,193

233,757

218,920

116,804

198,326

INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Property, plant, and equipment additions

316,016

283,966

276,438

287,901

283,705

270,384

230,454

219,234

188,730

228,373

189,360

124,563

Acquisitions

0

18,504

0

0

146,668

903,573

68,666

103,241

0

12,372

0

-

Proceeds from Life Insurance Policy

0

71

379

1,354

30,209

1,535

3,766

262

209

69

326

-200

Investment in equity securities

135

2,500

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Change in restricted cash

-

-

-

-

-16,108

16,358

0

0

-

-

-

-

Investment in New Market Tax Credit program

-

-

-

-

-

18,169

0

0

-

-

-

-

Cash Used in Investing Activities

-316,151

-304,899

-276,059

-286,547

-384,056

-1,206,949

-295,354

-322,213

-188,521

-240,676

-189,034

-124,363

FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Issuance of long-term debt

150,000

0

250,000

249,660

270,000

505,789

100,000

150,000

0

225,000

304,833

55,000

Repayment of long-term debt

0

0

250,000

225,205

150,025

90

149

3,945

6,589

231,152

137,800

96,355

Line of credit borrowings

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

80,000

695,000

348,000

254,000

Line of credit repayments

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

233,000

608,000

390,000

158,000

(Repayments) issuances of short-term borrowings, net

0

-319,556

18,745

70,937

-37,966

126,890

18,016

-44,000

166,934

0

0

-

Treasury stock activity

1,432

2,249

1,083

-561

-664

-814

-1,042

-429

153

-185

741

78,706

Dividends on common stock

115,127

109,202

101,270

95,765

90,058

65,019

57,684

54,246

51,909

48,997

48,186

49,833

Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net

0

44,796

53,669

0

56,651

399,207

56,825

28,477

0

0

-

-

Line of credit borrowings (repayments), net

-19,000

308,000

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Financing costs

1,115

91

16,382

8,432

12,082

5,248

7,593

943

1,131

8,020

10,824

1,550

Cash Used in Financing Activities

16,190

-73,804

-44,155

-9,366

35,856

960,715

108,373

74,914

-45,542

23,646

65,282

-75,444

Increase (Decrease) in Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash

-3,241

3,282

2,524

-9,109

-8,382

3,805

6,735

3,894

-306

1,890

-6,948

-1,481