Entergy key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Entergy had return on equity of 11.0% and a net margin of 13.6%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 11.5% | 10.9% | 12.0% | 8.2% | −5.4% | 3.7% | 7.7% | 11.4% | 13.7% | 9.5% | 8.0% | 19.4% | 8.9% | 13.6% | 13.3% |
| Return on equity | 14.3% | 14.6% | 15.4% | 9.3% | −6.8% | 5.1% | 10.1% | 13.0% | 13.1% | 9.9% | 9.0% | 17.1% | 7.1% | 11.0% | 10.2% |
| Return on assets | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 2.0% | −1.3% | 0.9% | 1.8% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 4.0% | 1.7% | 2.6% | 2.4% |
| Effective tax rate | 33.6% | 32.7% | 17.3% | 3.4% | — | 56.1% | — | −15.6% | −9.5% | 14.6% | −3.7% | −41.3% | 26.4% | 21.9% | 20.9% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 46.9% | 48.3% | 43.8% | 69.6% | — | 152.8% | 76.3% | 57.3% | 53.9% | 69.3% | 76.3% | 39.0% | 93.0% | 61.1% | 63.6% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $8.2bn of assets due within a year against $9.0bn 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 $3.9bn of cash against $33.1bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 181% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 213% to 181% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $6.1bn of operating cash flow against $33.1bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $3.1bn against $1.5bn of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Entergy'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 2.2% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 4 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 15.1%; its worst year was -13.3%.
- Cash conversion 12 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 10 years, at a median 12.3% of revenue.
- Discipline 5 / 20
The diluted share count rose 22.0% over five years.
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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