Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc had return on equity of 8.2%, an operating margin of 7.6%, debt equal to 142.3% of equity and a current ratio of 1.32. 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 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.1% | 9.6% | 8.9% | 8.4% | 9.8% | 10.3% | 12.4% | 14.9% | 13.5% | 11.7% | 12.1% | 12.1% | 13.5% | 8.2% | 8.4% | −53.0% | 7.6% | 11.5% |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 4.3% | 4.3% | 4.1% | 5.0% | 5.2% | 6.1% | 10.4% | 6.5% | 7.1% | 7.6% | 7.7% | 8.7% | 7.1% | 6.1% | −44.2% | 4.1% | 6.9% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −0.9% | 6.0% | 0.5% | −2.7% | −0.9% | −1.2% | −0.3% | 7.0% | −2.9% | −1.3% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 3.4% | 3.3% | 4.4% | 1.6% | −17.2% |
| Return on equity | 5.8% | 7.8% | 9.2% | 8.9% | 9.7% | 9.6% | 8.6% | 12.4% | 7.9% | 9.5% | 9.8% | 8.6% | 10.5% | 10.6% | 8.8% | −74.5% | 8.2% | 13.4% |
| Return on assets | 0.9% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 2.1% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.7% | −17.1% | 1.4% | 2.6% |
| Asset turnover | 0.26 | 0.30 | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.23 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.27 | 0.39 | 0.35 | 0.38 |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.61 | 1.32 | 0.99 |
| Debt to equity | 97.8% | 93.9% | 92.2% | 94.6% | 92.6% | 90.8% | 87.2% | 78.3% | 85.9% | 90.4% | 86.1% | 96.2% | 99.4% | 116.1% | 120.5% | 185.2% | 142.3% | 128.5% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 1.6x | 2.5x | 3.0x | 3.2x | 3.7x | 3.8x | 3.6x | 4.0x | 3.8x | 3.2x | 3.2x | 3.1x | 3.9x | 2.4x | 1.3x | n/m | 2.0x | 2.8x |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | 35.1% | 35.4% | 34.5% | 36.0% | 36.5% | 33.1% | 39.6% | 20.0% | 19.0% | 17.0% | 20.2% | 19.3% | 18.9% | — | 24.4% | 23.7% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 12.5% | 6.8% | 7.3% | 11.0% | 12.0% | 11.3% | 14.0% | 13.9% | 19.4% | 18.8% | 15.9% | 14.9% | 11.0% | 9.9% | 13.5% | 10.7% | 11.1% | 12.8% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | −24.4% | 139.7% | 11.0% | −66.2% | −17.2% | −23.4% | −4.3% | 66.7% | −45.2% | −18.9% | 25.2% | 22.8% | 24.7% | 47.4% | 54.1% | — | 39.5% | −250.5% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 116.7% | 81.9% | 77.3% | 69.4% | 60.8% | 75.2% | 82.4% | 47.2% | 81.6% | 66.9% | 64.0% | 72.2% | 59.9% | 45.8% | 36.8% | — | 0.0% | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | 58.7% | 700.4% | — | — | — | — | 70.8% | — | — | 253.8% | 316.6% | 243.1% | 96.6% | 68.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 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 | −18.0% | 6.7% | 8.4% | 7.2% | 6.6% | 8.3% | 7.2% | 21.7% |
| Net margin | −12.5% | −8.5% | 3.6% | 3.5% | 3.9% | 5.1% | 4.1% | 13.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 9.5% | 6.2% | −5.0% | 8.0% | 0.8% | 2.6% | −5.7% | −58.5% |
| Current ratio | — | 1.61 | 1.25 | 1.07 | 1.35 | 1.32 | 1.34 | 0.99 |
| Debt to equity | 179.9% | 189.3% | 173.8% | 130.8% | 155.9% | 150.1% | 146.9% | 128.5% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.3bn of assets due within a year against $1.3bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.3bn short-term assets against $5.4bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $239m of cash against $2.3bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 129% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 97% to 129% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt −$144m of operating cash flow against $2.3bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $377m against $135m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Hawaiian Electric Industries'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 0 / 20
Net income has been a median 1.4% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 3 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 11.5%; its worst year was -45.5%.
- Cash conversion 7 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 7 of 10 years, at a median 0.6% of revenue.
- Discipline 10 / 20
The diluted share count rose 58.3% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.2% 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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