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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

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

Entergy: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin11.5%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 equity14.3%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 assets3.3%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 rate33.6%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 income46.9%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%

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 6 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $79.0bn
Short-term assets $8.2bnLonger-term assets $70.8bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $27.2bn
Short-term liabilities $9.0bnShareholders' equity $18.2bn
  • 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.

From Entergy'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

27 /100

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.

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 Entergy's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 1, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Entergy.