Constellation Energy key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Constellation Energy had return on equity of 16.8%, an operating margin of 12.1%, debt equal to 62.4% of equity and a current ratio of 1.53. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.5% | −1.8% | 2.0% | 6.5% | 18.5% | 12.1% | 14.7% |
| Net margin | 3.3% | −1.0% | −0.7% | 6.5% | 15.9% | 9.1% | 11.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −6.6% | −13.6% | −16.5% | −31.0% | −21.3% | 5.0% | 1.0% |
| Return on equity | 4.0% | −1.6% | −1.4% | 14.8% | 31.1% | 16.8% | 14.9% |
| Return on assets | — | −0.4% | −0.3% | 3.3% | 7.2% | 4.2% | 4.5% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.41 | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.45 | 0.46 | 0.40 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.00 | 1.19 | 1.31 | 1.57 | 1.53 | 1.46 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 70.2% | 52.7% | 85.3% | 64.4% | 62.4% | 77.2% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 0.8x | n/m | 2.0x | 3.7x | 8.6x | 6.0x | 5.9x |
| Effective tax rate | 29.8% | — | — | 35.1% | 17.1% | 33.8% | 32.3% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 9.9% | 6.8% | 6.9% | 9.7% | 10.9% | 11.5% | 12.5% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | −197.5% | — | — | −475.8% | −134.1% | 55.5% | 8.9% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 0.0% | — | — | 22.6% | 11.8% | 21.0% | 15.9% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | 68.8% | 178.3% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 22.4% | 18.1% | 6.6% | 15.6% | 16.5% | 9.8% | 21.0% | 7.7% |
| Net margin | 18.3% | 15.8% | 1.7% | 13.8% | 14.2% | 7.1% | 14.3% | 6.8% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −10.1% | −32.4% | −10.3% | 11.6% | 22.2% | −3.0% | −7.6% | −1.6% |
| Current ratio | 1.70 | 1.57 | 1.47 | 1.48 | 1.56 | 1.53 | 1.36 | 1.46 |
| Debt to equity | 58.7% | 63.9% | 56.5% | 60.9% | 62.2% | 50.6% | 51.9% | 60.9% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $19.0bn of assets due within a year against $13.0bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $19.0bn short-term assets against $52.9bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $697m of cash against $19.5bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 61% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 41% to 61% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $4.2bn of operating cash flow against $19.5bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $4.6bn against $783m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Constellation Energy's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 5 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 3 / 20
Net income has been a median 3.5% of total assets over 5 years.
- Durability 5 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 12.0%; its worst year was 1.8%.
- Cash conversion 2 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 1 of 5 years, at a median -9.7% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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