Northwestern corp (NWE)
CashFlow / TTM
Mar'20Dec'19Sep'19Jun'19Mar'19Dec'18Sep'18Jun'18Mar'18Dec'17Sep'17Jun'17Mar'17Dec'16Sep'16Jun'16Mar'16Dec'15Sep'15Jun'15Mar'15Dec'14Sep'14Jun'14Mar'14Dec'13Sep'13Jun'13Mar'13Dec'12Sep'12Jun'12Mar'12Dec'11Sep'11Jun'11Mar'11Dec'10Sep'10Jun'10Mar'10
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent

180,018

202,120

208,630

215,142

211,267

196,960

178,362

186,592

164,635

162,703

158,940

167,133

180,872

164,172

165,054

144,247

139,651

151,209

143,365

149,758

126,531

120,686

109,610

95,066

101,661

93,983

126,587

107,168

104,265

98,406

73,825

92,492

92,024

92,556

81,028

80,512

81,233

77,376

0

0

0

Items not affecting cash:
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization

172,604

172,923

173,365

173,780

176,305

174,476

172,533

170,477

168,431

166,137

164,266

162,504

160,907

159,336

157,014

152,944

148,773

144,702

139,876

134,635

129,277

123,776

119,285

116,886

113,931

112,831

111,365

109,817

108,829

106,044

104,728

103,404

102,044

100,926

98,634

96,278

94,209

91,769

0

0

0

Amortization of debt issue costs, discount and deferred hedge gain

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

Stock-based compensation costs

8,631

8,007

7,526

7,542

7,605

7,683

5,500

5,475

5,727

5,563

7,255

7,196

6,821

6,731

6,281

6,112

6,078

5,082

4,299

4,062

3,684

3,262

2,816

2,686

2,559

2,404

2,386

2,370

2,353

2,759

2,683

2,705

2,648

2,133

2,007

1,827

1,692

1,622

0

0

0

Equity portion of allowance for funds used during construction

5,694

5,768

5,546

4,952

4,516

4,165

4,340

4,934

5,335

5,701

5,634

5,279

4,921

4,589

5,169

6,321

7,629

8,684

8,729

7,984

7,182

6,554

5,871

5,397

4,895

5,050

5,107

5,209

5,150

4,846

4,228

3,156

2,546

1,877

2,927

4,531

5,977

6,564

0

0

0

Loss (gain) on disposition of assets

17

188

34

100

92

-87

79

3

314

415

391

1,470

46

15

7

-1,121

-13

20

1,011

1,310

1,359

1,330

307

123

780

721

861

915

276

332

271

-702

-755

-811

-145

630

-89

-11

0

0

0

Deferred income taxes

-14,402

-13,864

-35,826

-34,755

-14,624

-13,189

9,130

11,062

9,096

12,363

7,869

-5,586

-5,851

-8,184

334

17,689

27,956

33,886

-12,130

-22,268

-27,465

-9,612

42,995

54,799

54,241

54,617

71,386

57,216

58,931

51,890

54,418

65,575

64,664

64,065

48,880

54,209

51,452

48,783

0

0

0

Changes in current assets and liabilities:
Restricted cash

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-7,583

-6,978

-6,558

-6,920

-3,143

-2,244

520

6,408

8,946

7,492

3,932

196

251

211

-348

-6,016

-3,689

-6,164

-3,561

-146

307

-791

-812

-746

0

0

0

Accounts receivable

-13,729

5,032

-1,557

-3,950

-630

-19,909

-1,741

6,050

27,718

22,726

12,850

8,092

7,569

5,146

-633

-7,055

-13,860

-9,069

-3,259

-8,642

-23,495

-12,622

-10,096

13,390

27,438

30,792

19,732

13,595

11,774

-3,456

2,351

-3,586

-13,213

3,847

8,470

14,532

10,444

-455

0

0

0

Inventories

5,681

3,110

2,430

5,083

3,841

-1,617

-3,789

-3,901

1,437

3,226

2,216

676

-4,356

-4,252

-4,381

-1,139

-1,404

-1,636

-4,506

-2,095

9,726

-747

-1,286

3,686

-2,398

-181

3,247

4,598

-2,828

-5,371

-12,671

-1,282

14,823

8,831

7,351

2,229

-1,283

3,396

0

0

0

Other current assets

1,654

3,140

1,210

-3,582

1,056

-1,218

309

-1,267

-1,699

-827

45

-1,740

-3,376

2,384

599

811

-1,136

-5,514

-3,121

-531

-2,438

-4,201

-4,129

-6,697

-1,896

2,940

3,127

7,778

5,078

1,856

2,367

495

-367

3,551

-238

-1,140

-3,176

-8,155

0

0

0

Accounts payable

-12,154

-1,821

1,343

361

21,754

-3,805

-2,490

-446

-2,184

3,615

7,222

1,446

-864

3,639

-6,082

1,422

707

-11,169

-922

-13,428

-14,564

-9,565

-4,551

3,529

2,173

6,235

1,068

4,576

12,957

10,976

1,276

-245

-658

-1,928

5,797

-2,661

-12,668

-12,766

0

0

0

Accrued expenses

-7,994

-16,023

-20,224

-18,185

-6,159

7,862

11,208

14,963

13,340

4,844

10,939

19,485

20,407

25,124

18,807

8,929

2,632

-22,738

1,580

-8,851

-12,877

8,530

5,848

-2,919

11,984

1,949

7,368

20,246

18,362

14,149

-5,996

-20,714

-4,795

1,883

26,974

26,785

35,861

31,064

0

0

0

Regulatory assets

-5,517

16,028

16,301

23,778

25,462

554

-1,356

-8,347

-8,576

-12,372

-4,125

-5,149

-8,325

-1,871

6,112

13,688

10,194

3,974

-8,481

-24,766

-15,432

8,952

20,678

27,569

23,058

2,846

-6,365

-6,325

405

6,285

7,121

8,433

-2,279

-1,684

-211

-417

7,864

13,575

0

0

0

Regulatory liabilities

23,972

-7,796

-686

-8,443

-180

25,534

7,071

8,997

-1,484

-11,019

-8,933

-8,706

-58,988

-54,629

-44,749

-35,182

21,010

24,821

16,295

8,777

8,653

9,763

12,397

3,429

-1,361

-2,019

-3,541

19,864

17,327

15,241

23,930

9,213

9,212

16,020

2,765

-935

-3,716

-12,449

0

0

0

Other noncurrent assets

11,266

11,680

6,868

8,684

9,244

9,533

10,186

11,907

12,984

14,780

15,702

10,993

9,127

7,311

7,578

7,669

6,287

5,584

-35,263

-27,076

-27,069

-2,853

46,066

43,615

45,223

43,714

46,260

39,400

37,134

27,362

39,997

39,234

41,014

30,048

9,042

4,839

-1,772

-5,332

0

0

0

Other noncurrent liabilities

-6,809

-6,528

-18,507

-25,535

-36,637

-26,760

-12,004

-1,597

13,753

7,387

12,281

-1,531

1,635

1,820

1,674

2,826

6,535

6,890

7,676

4,701

-2,063

987

-1,304

4,494

6,402

7,755

3,012

3,534

277

1,052

6,561

2,104

3,947

2,583

1,220

16,725

2,126

530

0

0

0

Cash Provided by Operating Activities

343,458

296,720

289,428

279,471

320,381

381,985

365,979

390,879

338,565

322,738

331,993

324,796

301,869

286,804

293,329

290,474

355,153

339,818

349,550

315,815

264,605

250,039

227,344

188,467

194,071

193,716

199,903

235,937

243,148

251,193

245,880

215,364

231,602

233,757

241,115

249,922

234,730

218,920

0

0

0

INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Property, plant, and equipment additions

328,810

316,016

333,435

314,537

297,538

283,966

272,858

273,771

276,924

276,438

280,888

285,778

288,102

287,901

284,379

273,781

278,485

283,705

287,623

289,534

275,245

270,384

262,588

253,925

244,017

230,454

215,326

209,971

210,241

219,234

222,105

214,685

198,257

188,730

174,710

183,997

208,157

228,373

0

0

0

Proceeds from Life Insurance Policy

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

379

381

1,596

1,379

1,354

1,352

30,266

30,180

30,209

31,354

1,468

1,521

1,535

269

3,166

3,860

3,766

3,887

860

182

262

262

149

289

209

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

Acquisitions

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Change in restricted cash

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-16,108

-16,580

7,205

11,552

16,358

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cash Used in Investing Activities

-328,945

-316,151

-335,936

-316,953

-318,471

-304,899

-291,290

-292,288

-276,621

-276,059

-280,507

-284,182

-286,723

-286,547

-282,017

-382,736

-383,671

-384,056

-1,287,957

-1,218,960

-1,208,473

-1,206,949

-368,967

-317,970

-307,368

-295,354

-296,296

-312,352

-313,300

-322,213

-240,227

-214,536

-197,968

-188,521

-186,873

-196,091

-220,460

-240,676

0

0

0

FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Repayment of long-term debt

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

150,025

150,034

150,049

57

90

116

133

152

149

187

185

187

3,945

3,874

6,796

6,761

6,589

6,597

6,375

231,379

231,152

0

0

0

Line of credit borrowings

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

80,000

221,000

373,000

574,000

695,000

0

0

0

Line of credit repayments

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

233,000

330,000

459,000

610,000

608,000

0

0

0

(Repayments) issuances of short-term borrowings, net

-

-

-

-

-

-319,556

-269,738

-303,658

-228,901

18,745

47,427

46,852

66,988

70,937

4,368

36,897

-47,991

-37,966

47,998

73,957

124,927

126,890

66,965

80,958

40,992

18,016

102,980

-64,975

-68,993

-44,000

-112,993

39,981

26,989

166,934

112,993

89,988

85,989

0

0

0

0

Treasury stock activity

-1,857

1,432

1,413

1,475

1,472

2,249

2,240

2,445

3,529

1,083

1,065

1,464

355

-561

-562

-1,270

-461

-664

-762

-865

-1,793

-814

-816

-820

-805

-1,042

-979

-984

-1,753

-429

-235

-346

283

153

-481

-222

-215

-185

0

0

0

Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Dividends on common stock

116,431

115,127

113,822

112,511

111,038

109,202

107,360

105,127

103,021

101,270

99,582

98,296

97,037

95,765

94,729

93,163

91,604

90,058

85,738

78,839

71,941

65,019

61,007

59,997

58,968

57,684

56,765

55,946

55,058

54,246

53,563

52,884

52,292

51,909

51,199

50,455

49,741

48,997

0

0

0

Line of credit borrowings (repayments), net

9,000

-19,000

232,000

315,000

286,000

308,000

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Financing costs

1,116

1,115

1,074

866

6

91

16,317

16,340

16,605

16,382

1,980

3,225

8,283

8,432

6,566

5,743

11,141

12,082

16,540

16,792

6,271

5,248

8,425

7,737

7,662

7,593

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

8,020

0

0

0

Cash Used in Financing Activities

39,596

16,190

46,516

37,029

-1,776

-73,804

-75,516

-108,146

-68,329

-44,155

-48,263

-33,750

-13,522

-9,366

-16,384

68,363

25,436

35,856

930,811

919,079

936,496

960,715

148,433

138,644

125,894

108,373

89,118

76,103

69,244

74,914

6,549

2,737

-33,022

-45,542

-54,809

-55,440

-14,218

23,646

0

0

0

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

54,109

-3,241

8

-453

134

3,282

-827

-9,555

-6,385

2,524

3,223

6,864

1,624

-9,109

-5,072

-23,899

-3,082

-8,382

-7,596

15,934

-7,372

3,805

6,810

9,141

12,597

6,735

-7,275

-312

-908

3,894

12,202

3,565

612

-306

-567

-1,609

52

1,890

0

0

0

Cash paid during the period for:
Income taxes

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

Interest

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

Significant non-cash transactions:
Capital expenditures included in accounts payable

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0