Evergy key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Evergy had return on equity of 8.5%, an operating margin of 25.7%, debt equal to 144.8% of equity and a current ratio of 0.49. 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.

Evergy: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMJun 2026
Operating margin	27.4%	26.4%	21.8%	23.0%	23.3%	24.3%	21.6%	23.3%	25.1%	25.7%	26.2%
Net margin	13.5%	12.6%	12.5%	13.0%	12.6%	15.7%	12.8%	13.3%	14.9%	14.4%	15.2%
Free-cash-flow margin	−11.1%	5.8%	10.0%	10.5%	3.9%	−11.1%	−6.2%	−6.4%	−6.0%	−12.6%	−23.1%
Return on equity	9.0%	8.4%	7.7%	7.2%	7.1%	9.8%	8.0%	7.6%	8.9%	8.5%	9.1%
Return on assets	—	2.8%	2.9%	2.6%	2.3%	3.2%	2.6%	2.4%	2.8%	2.6%	2.7%
Asset turnover	—	0.22	0.23	0.20	0.19	0.20	0.20	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.18
Current ratio	—	0.88	0.59	0.63	0.69	0.55	0.53	0.51	0.50	0.49	0.36
Debt to equity	0.0%	94.4%	73.2%	105.0%	110.2%	104.8%	109.1%	132.5%	137.3%	144.8%	135.1%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	4.3x	4.0x	3.3x	3.2x	3.0x	3.6x	3.1x	2.4x	2.6x	2.5x	2.5x
Effective tax rate	34.2%	31.4%	9.8%	12.6%	14.1%	11.7%	5.9%	2.1%	3.3%	3.4%	3.1%
Capital spending as % of revenue	42.4%	29.7%	25.0%	23.5%	31.8%	35.3%	37.0%	42.4%	40.0%	46.9%	55.6%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	−81.7%	45.7%	79.9%	80.4%	31.3%	−70.6%	−48.4%	−48.4%	−40.4%	−87.9%	−151.8%
Dividends ÷ net income	58.9%	68.9%	88.7%	69.0%	75.2%	56.6%	71.1%	77.9%	68.3%	71.7%	67.4%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	—	150.6%	354.4%	388.0%	240.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Evergy: financial ratios, quarterly
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	34.6%	17.7%	21.2%	23.9%	36.4%	17.8%	22.1%	25.4%
Net margin	25.7%	6.2%	9.1%	11.9%	26.2%	6.3%	10.5%	14.3%
Free-cash-flow margin	23.6%	−9.4%	−10.4%	−21.1%	12.5%	−39.6%	−33.9%	−40.8%
Current ratio	0.55	0.50	0.55	0.50	0.52	0.49	0.45	0.36
Debt to equity	119.5%	125.2%	131.5%	131.0%	127.0%	131.2%	133.1%	135.1%

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

0 of 6 checks passed · June 30, 2026

What it owns · $35.4bn

Short-term assets $2.1bnLonger-term assets $33.3bn

What it owes, and who funded it · $16.0bn

Short-term liabilities $5.8bnShareholders' equity $10.2bn

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $2.1bn of assets due within a year against $5.8bn 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 $22m of cash against $13.8bn of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 135% of equity.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 101% to 135% over five years.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $2.0bn of operating cash flow against $13.8bn of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $1.6bn against $650m of interest.

From Evergy'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

47 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Evergy's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 9 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 2.5% of total assets over 9 years.
Durability 17 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 23.4%; its worst year was 17.5%.
Cash conversion 3 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 3 of 9 years, at a median -3.9% of revenue.
Discipline 16 / 20

The diluted share count rose 3.2% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.3% of revenue.

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 Evergy'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 Evergy.