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ETR vs XEL vs ELC

161 measures in 16 categories, one definition each, computed from filings and market data.
ETR37.0
Entergy Corporation
Utilities · Regulated Electric
$105.11 +1.12%$50.2B mkt cap
Score DNA
XEL24.9
Xcel Energy Inc.
Utilities · Regulated Electric
$76.31 +1.58%$47.7B mkt cap
Score DNA
ELC46.5
Entergy Louisiana, LLC COLLATERAL TR MT
Utilities · Regulated Electric
$18.18 −0.98%$45.8B mkt cap
Score DNA

Price, rebased to 100 three years ago

ETR   XEL   ELC   · weekly adjusted closes
50100150200250Jan 24Apr 24Jul 24Oct 24Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26ETR 243XEL 139ELC 101
● marks the highest or lowest value where that direction is plainly stronger (margins, returns, coverage, leverage); multiples and yields are left unmarked. Bars show each stock's percentile within its own industry. n/a: the measure does not apply to lenders and insurers.

Smart money

8 measures
MeasureETRXELELC
Insider open-market buys, 180d 1 0 0
Insider $ bought, 180d $0.11M — —
Congress purchases, 180d 0 0 0
Last Congress purchase — — —
13F net change in holders +50 +23 +1
ETFs adding shares, 30d 1,162 1,049 15
ETFs trimming, 30d 747 731 15
Net ETF funds, 30d +415 +318 0

Valuation

16 measures
MeasureETRXELELC
P/E (TTM) 27.6x
98th
21.3x
73rd
25.4x
93rd
PEG (P/E ÷ 3-yr EPS CAGR) 4.06
84th
5.00
90th
3.85
81st
Price / sales 3.7x
93rd
3.3x
77th
3.4x
84th
Price / book 2.7x
95th
2.0x
61st
3.7x
100th
Price / tangible book 3.0x
86th
2.1x
57th
0.7x
25th
Price / free cash flow — — —
Price / operating cash flow 8.3x
44th
69.3x
100th
9.6x
53rd
Enterprise value $81.0B
73rd
$86.0B
75th
$47.3B
48th
EV / sales 6.0x
93rd
5.9x
86th
3.5x
39th
EV / EBITDA 13.8x
86th
13.4x
80th
11.0x
45th
EV / EBIT 24.1x
89th
24.7x
95th
18.5x
41st
EV / free cash flow — — —
Earnings yield 3.6%
2nd
4.7%
27th
3.9%
7th
FCF yield -6.3%
34th
-7.9%
20th
-0.3%
55th
Operating cash flow yield 12.1%
58th
1.4%
2nd
10.4%
49th
Graham number (per share) $58.90
64th
$55.45
48th
$48.29
34th

Profitability (TTM)

12 measures
MeasureETRXELELC
Gross margin 38.9%
27th
48.8%
57th
68.2%
82nd
EBITDA margin 43.4%
66th
43.8%
68th
32.0%
20th
Operating margin 22.2%
52nd
21.0%
41st
22.3%
55th
EBIT margin 24.9%
59th
23.8%
50th
18.9%
20th
Net margin 13.5%
52nd
15.3%
66th
13.4%
48th
NOPAT margin 17.6%
41st
23.4%
86th
17.6%
39th
FCF margin -23.3%
9th
-25.6%
7th
-1.1%
55th
Operating cash flow margin 45.1%
95th
4.7%
5th
35.3%
84th
R&D / revenue 0.0%
0th
0.0%
0th
0.0%
0th
SG&A / revenue 5.0%
56th
0.0%
0th
0.0%
0th
Stock comp / revenue — 0.0%
71st
—
Effective tax rate 20.9%
77th
-11.5%
5th
21.3%
89th

Returns on capital

11 measures
MeasureETRXELELC
ROE (on average equity) 10.5%
50th
9.9%
41st
12.6%
80th
ROA 2.5%
30th
2.7%
57th
3.4%
84th
ROIC 4.8%
20th
5.5%
48th
16.9%
98th
ROCE 4.8%
32nd
4.4%
11th
7.7%
93rd
Return on tangible assets 4.6%
30th
4.3%
14th
4.9%
43rd
Cash ROIC (OCF / invested capital) 12.3%
89th
1.1%
2nd
34.0%
100th
Gross profitability (GP / assets) 6.6%
9th
4.3%
2nd
17.9%
93rd
ROIC, 3-yr average 4.0%
41st
5.0%
82nd
7.9%
93rd
ROIC, 5-yr average 4.3%
49th
4.5%
58th
6.5%
93rd
ROE, 5-yr average 10.8%
51st
10.0%
37th
11.7%
67th
Incremental ROIC 15.1%
30th
11.0%
18th
-3.2%
5th

Growth

17 measures
MeasureETRXELELC
Revenue growth (TTM YoY) 9.5%
57th
4.7%
14th
9.5%
57th
Revenue growth (QoQ) 10.5%
86th
-22.4%
34th
10.5%
86th
Revenue CAGR, 3 yr 0.4%
18th
-1.4%
5th
0.4%
18th
Revenue CAGR, 5 yr 4.3%
14th
2.8%
10th
4.3%
14th
Gross profit CAGR, 3 yr 0.1%
14th
-13.3%
5th
8.0%
50th
Operating income CAGR, 3 yr 4.5%
27th
7.9%
43rd
4.7%
30th
Net income growth (TTM YoY) 3.0%
43rd
7.7%
48th
2.4%
40th
Net income CAGR, 3 yr 10.2%
55th
8.8%
45th
10.0%
52nd
EPS growth (TTM YoY) -1.6%
36th
-0.0%
45th
-2.2%
33rd
EPS CAGR, 3 yr 6.8%
52nd
4.3%
39th
6.6%
50th
EPS CAGR, 5 yr 4.5%
60th
4.2%
52nd
4.4%
57th
FCF growth (TTM YoY) — — —
FCF CAGR, 3 yr — — —
Operating cash flow CAGR, 3 yr 19.1%
58th
-46.1%
2nd
9.8%
37th
Book value CAGR, 3 yr 8.2%
91st
7.8%
80th
-5.0%
7th
Dividend CAGR, 3 yr 0.7%
60th
-60.9%
5th
4.3%
98th
Sustainable growth rate 3.8%
50th
9.6%
91st
3.6%
41st

Margin history & stability

7 measures
MeasureETRXELELC
Gross margin, 3-yr average 44.5%
55th
39.2%
34th
47.9%
66th
Operating margin, 3-yr average 22.7%
64th
19.3%
36th
22.7%
66th
Net margin, 3-yr average 14.2%
55th
14.5%
61st
14.2%
52nd
FCF margin, 3-yr average -16.6%
14th
-14.6%
23rd
-9.2%
39th
Revenue stability (0-1) 0.49
18th
0.28
14th
0.49
18th
Earnings stability (0-1) 0.84
91st
0.97
100th
0.84
89th
Margin stability (0-1) 0.90
77th
0.79
36th
0.91
84th

Liquidity (latest quarter)

7 measures
MeasureETRXELELC
Cash & short-term investments $3.9B
98th
$2.0B
84th
$1.6B
80th
Net cash (− = net debt) −$30.8B
30th
−$38.3B
27th
−$1.5B
91st
Working capital −$1.1B
45th
−$2.6B
27th
−$64.1M
75th
Current ratio 0.88
61st
0.70
27th
0.98
77th
Quick ratio 0.66
50th
0.62
43rd
0.74
64th
Cash ratio (cash + ST investments / current liabilities) 0.43
93rd
0.23
86th
0.43
91st
Defensive interval (days) 903 days
90th
2,071 days
95th
241 days
38th

Leverage & solvency (latest quarter)

13 measures
MeasureETRXELELC
Total debt $34.6B
68th
$40.3B
73rd
$3.1B
14th
Debt / equity 1.88
59th
1.68
48th
0.25
5th
Net debt / equity 1.67
50th
1.59
34th
0.12
2nd
Debt / assets 43.8%
43rd
46.3%
59th
8.4%
5th
Debt / capital 65.2%
59th
62.6%
48th
19.8%
5th
Debt / EBITDA 5.92
61st
6.31
84th
0.71
2nd
Net debt / EBITDA 5.26
41st
5.99
68th
0.35
2nd
Interest coverage (EBIT / interest) 2.3x
27th
2.4x
41st
2.4x
36th
Cash interest coverage 4.1x
84th
0.5x
2nd
4.4x
91st
Debt payback (years of OCF) 5.7 yrs
19th
58.6 yrs
100th
0.6 yrs
2nd
Liabilities / assets 76.5%
82nd
72.4%
43rd
66.0%
14th
IS credit model rating B B- BB+
Implied credit spread (bps) 750
34th
900
75th
400
9th

Efficiency

11 measures
MeasureETRXELELC
Asset turnover 0.18
25th
0.18
20th
0.26
77th
Fixed asset turnover 0.24
26th
0.20
5th
0.56
98th
Inventory turnover 4.4
27th
15.3
80th
5.1
32nd
Receivables turnover 9.3
66th
9.1
55th
12.2
89th
Days sales outstanding 39 days
35th
40 days
47th
30 days
12th
Days inventory outstanding 82 days
74th
24 days
21st
71 days
70th
Days payables outstanding 107 days
79th
74 days
47th
93 days
67th
Cash conversion cycle (days) 14 days
49th
−11 days
21st
8 days
44th
Capex / revenue 68.4%
98th
30.3%
40th
35.1%
55th
Capex / depreciation 3.70
90th
1.52
33rd
2.69
60th
Operating expense ratio 6.1%
14th
30.3%
50th
45.3%
61st

Cash flow & earnings quality

7 measures
MeasureETRXELELC
Operating cash flow / net income 3.34
93rd
0.31
2nd
2.63
80th
FCF / net income −1.73
18th
−1.68
20th
−0.08
55th
FCF / operating cash flow -51.8%
34th
-544.5%
0th
-3.1%
56th
Capex / operating cash flow 151.8%
66th
644.5%
100th
99.6%
44th
Accruals ratio -5.8%
5th
1.9%
98th
-5.6%
7th
Sloan accruals ratio -2.8%
73rd
-6.5%
9th
-0.6%
93rd
Earnings quality score (0-1) 0.75
7th
0.25
0th
0.75
7th

Dividends & buybacks

9 measures
MeasureETRXELELC
Dividend yield 2.4%
11th
3.1%
27th
6.7%
100th
Dividend per share (TTM) $2.56
50th
$2.35
45th
$1.22
14th
Payout ratio (dividends / net income) 63.9%
39th
3.7%
7th
71.4%
80th
Dividends / FCF — — —
Dividend growth (YoY) 7.3%
80th
-93.7%
7th
19.1%
95th
Buyback yield 0.0%
0th
0.0%
0th
0.0%
0th
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) 2.3%
14th
0.2%
2nd
2.8%
25th
Share count change (YoY) 4.6%
86th
7.7%
98th
4.6%
86th
Buybacks, last 5 years $0
0th
$0
0th
$0
0th

Scores & forensic checks

15 measures
MeasureETRXELELC
IS score 37
30th
25
2nd
46
70th
IS profitability 45
45th
55
68th
59
82nd
IS growth 49
48th
48
43rd
48
45th
IS value 49
0th
54
30th
88
84th
IS momentum 78
52nd
47
2nd
77
50th
IS risk (safety) 15
0th
15
0th
15
0th
IS quality 63
32nd
42
2nd
84
100th
IS balance sheet 27
66th
28
68th
59
95th
IS earnings quality 76
27th
56
5th
83
95th
IS cash flow 35
20th
15
2nd
35
57th
Piotroski F-score (0-9) 6
32nd
3
0th
8
75th
Altman Z-score 1.1
75th
0.9
52nd
0.8
50th
Beneish M-score −2.39
77th
−2.35
81st
−3.64
0th
Ohlson O-score −7.06
50th
−7.16
45th
−7.64
16th
IS credit score 28
52nd
22
11th
48
91st

Per share

7 measures
MeasureETRXELELC
EPS, diluted (TTM) $3.90
50th
$3.56
43rd
$3.87
48th
Book value per share $39.56
61st
$38.37
55th
$26.75
18th
Tangible book per share $39.61
68th
$38.49
64th
$27.28
20th
Revenue per share $28.91
57th
$23.31
27th
$28.91
57th
FCF per share −$6.75
16th
−$5.97
23rd
−$0.31
55th
Operating cash flow per share $13.03
77th
$1.10
7th
$10.20
64th
Cash per share $8.27
95th
$3.21
84th
$3.36
86th

Size (TTM)

8 measures
MeasureETRXELELC
Market cap $50.2B
86th
$47.7B
84th
$45.8B
82nd
Revenue $13.5B
52nd
$14.6B
59th
$13.5B
52nd
EBITDA $5.9B
68th
$6.4B
70th
$4.3B
55th
Net income $1.8B
66th
$2.2B
73rd
$1.8B
64th
Free cash flow −$3.1B
7th
−$3.7B
5th
−$145.4M
55th
Total assets $79.0B
68th
$87.2B
73rd
$36.8B
30th
Shareholders' equity $18.4B
70th
$24.1B
73rd
$12.5B
50th
Employees 12,233
64th
11,534
59th
12,233
64th

Price performance

9 measures
MeasureETRXELELC
1 day +1.1% +1.6% −1.0%
1 week +2.3% +3.4% −1.0%
1 month +1.8% +3.6% −6.2%
3 months −6.1% −3.0% −9.1%
6 months −9.0% −5.9% −12.2%
Year to date +12.7% +2.2% −10.6%
1 year +8.4% −6.7% −13.9%
3 years, cumulative +139.8% +39.2% −1.6%
5 years, cumulative +138.3% +37.5% −8.9%

Technicals

4 measures
MeasureETRXELELC
RSI 14 58.6 65.9 32.3
From 52-week high −11.2% −9.3% −15.3%
From 52-week low +16.4% +11.0% +209.9%
Beta 0.45 0.37 0.33
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