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Consolidated Edison key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Consolidated Edison had return on equity of 8.8%, an operating margin of 17.3%, debt equal to 113.2% of equity and a current ratio of 1.02. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Consolidated Edison: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Operating margin14.6%15.9%17.4%19.2%18.2%17.1%19.3%23.0%23.1%21.6%21.3%21.7%20.7%16.7%21.8%17.5%17.3%18.0%
Net margin6.7%7.5%8.2%9.4%8.6%8.5%9.5%10.3%12.7%11.2%10.7%9.0%9.8%10.6%17.2%11.9%12.0%12.5%
Free-cash-flow margin18.9%17.7%23.7%20.1%19.0%20.5%22.2%−14.7%−2.0%−20.7%−4.3%−15.4%−9.0%−3.4%14.7%23.7%28.4%22.4%
Return on equity8.4%9.2%9.3%9.7%8.8%8.8%9.3%9.1%10.3%8.6%7.7%6.0%6.9%8.2%12.0%8.4%8.8%8.9%
Return on assets2.6%2.9%2.8%2.8%2.6%2.6%2.7%2.7%3.2%2.7%2.4%1.8%2.1%2.5%3.7%2.7%2.8%2.9%
Asset turnover0.380.380.340.300.300.310.280.260.250.240.220.200.220.240.220.220.230.23
Current ratio1.101.451.220.870.820.990.810.890.720.620.680.721.021.141.011.041.021.27
Debt to equity101.2%94.7%91.6%95.3%101.5%102.6%109.4%110.7%107.7%118.9%120.2%127.6%122.4%126.1%115.9%122.4%113.2%102.2%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)3.2x3.6x3.8x3.9x3.1x3.8x3.8x4.1x3.8x3.3x2.7x2.6x3.1x3.1x3.1x2.2x2.4x2.6x
Effective tax rate33.4%35.3%36.1%34.5%30.9%34.2%33.6%35.9%23.6%22.5%17.1%7.3%13.7%23.7%16.2%14.9%22.1%23.6%
R&D as % of revenue0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.1%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%————
Capital spending as % of revenue0.1%0.2%0.6%1.2%1.6%1.4%3.9%43.4%30.0%42.5%29.2%33.4%29.0%28.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Free cash flow ÷ net income279.5%234.6%287.9%214.5%221.6%242.8%233.4%−142.7%−15.7%−184.8%−40.4%−171.4%−91.5%−31.9%85.6%198.6%237.3%178.4%
Dividends ÷ net income68.4%62.7%65.3%62.1%67.9%67.7%61.4%61.3%52.7%60.9%68.8%88.6%76.5%65.6%43.5%60.4%57.6%54.8%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow24.5%26.7%21.7%29.3%31.0%28.3%26.3%———————97.2%30.4%24.3%30.7%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

1 of 2 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $76.5bn
Short-term assets $6.8bnLonger-term assets $69.7bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $31.1bn
Short-term liabilities $5.4bnShareholders' equity $25.7bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $6.8bn of assets due within a year against $5.4bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $3.2bn against $1.2bn of interest.

From Consolidated Edison's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

46 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Consolidated Edison's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 1 / 20

    Net income has been a median 2.6% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Durability 16 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 21.1%; its worst year was 16.9%.

  • Cash conversion 10 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 7 of 10 years, at a median 6.5% of revenue.

  • Discipline 9 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 6.9% over five years.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Consolidated Edison's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Consolidated Edison.