PG&E Corporation key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, PG&E Corporation had return on equity of 8.3%, an operating margin of 19.0%, debt equal to 187.1% of equity and a current ratio of 0.97. 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 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.2% | 16.7% | 13.0% | 11.3% | 11.3% | 14.3% | 9.0% | 11.8% | 17.0% | −57.9% | −58.9% | 9.5% | 9.1% | 8.5% | 10.9% | 18.3% | 19.0% | 20.2% |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 7.9% | 5.6% | 5.4% | 5.2% | 8.4% | 5.2% | 7.9% | 9.6% | −40.9% | −44.7% | −7.1% | −0.5% | 8.3% | 9.2% | 10.1% | 10.4% | 11.6% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −6.9% | −4.3% | −2.0% | 1.7% | −11.4% | −6.7% | −8.3% | −7.4% | 2.0% | −10.5% | −8.7% | −145.2% | −26.3% | −27.0% | −20.3% | −9.6% | −12.3% | −19.3% |
| Return on equity | 11.8% | 10.2% | 7.2% | 6.5% | 5.9% | 9.5% | 5.4% | 8.1% | 8.9% | −43.0% | −86.1% | −10.1% | −0.5% | 8.2% | 9.4% | 9.0% | 8.3% | 8.9% |
| Return on assets | 2.8% | 2.5% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 2.5% | 1.4% | 2.1% | 2.4% | −9.4% | −9.4% | −1.4% | −0.1% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 2.1% |
| Asset turnover | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.18 |
| Current ratio | 0.83 | 0.77 | 0.84 | 0.82 | 0.80 | 1.08 | 0.91 | 0.81 | 0.88 | 0.22 | 1.33 | 0.71 | 0.64 | 0.81 | 0.83 | 1.05 | 0.97 | 1.03 |
| Debt to equity | 111.8% | 111.4% | 111.3% | 102.6% | 103.1% | 99.6% | 103.2% | 102.8% | 99.5% | 348.3% | 0.0% | 194.6% | 214.1% | 228.1% | 224.9% | 189.9% | 187.1% | 188.1% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 3.3x | 3.4x | 2.8x | 2.4x | 2.5x | 3.3x | 2.0x | 2.5x | 3.3x | n/m | n/m | 1.4x | 1.2x | 1.0x | 0.9x | 1.5x | 1.6x | 1.6x |
| Effective tax rate | 27.2% | 33.0% | 33.9% | 22.2% | 24.5% | 19.2% | −3.1% | 3.8% | 23.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — | −8.7% | −11.6% | −10.0% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 29.5% | 27.5% | 27.0% | 30.7% | 33.4% | 28.3% | 30.7% | 32.3% | 32.9% | 38.9% | 36.9% | 41.6% | 37.2% | 44.2% | 39.8% | 42.5% | 47.3% | 49.6% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | −75.3% | −54.2% | −35.4% | 31.6% | −218.7% | −79.6% | −159.4% | −93.3% | 20.4% | — | — | — | — | −325.7% | −221.5% | −94.3% | −118.4% | −166.9% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 50.9% | 64.2% | 83.4% | 91.4% | 96.1% | 57.7% | 97.9% | 66.1% | 62.0% | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.5% | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | 289.1% | — | — | — | — | 303.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.4% | 20.4% | 18.6% | 19.3% | 18.0% | 21.4% | 21.4% | 20.2% |
| Net margin | 9.8% | 10.1% | 8.8% | 13.2% | 9.4% | 12.5% | 12.4% | 12.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −13.5% | 3.6% | −34.0% | −1.3% | −17.6% | −13.5% | −34.9% | −12.8% |
| Current ratio | 1.05 | 0.95 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.97 | 1.20 | 1.22 | 1.03 |
| Debt to equity | 184.8% | 186.9% | 184.8% | 182.3% | 178.9% | 182.8% | 185.4% | 181.7% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $14.7bn of assets due within a year against $14.3bn 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 $902m of cash against $62.8bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 182% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 183% to 182% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $7.8bn of operating cash flow against $62.8bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $5.2bn against $3.2bn of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard PG&E'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 1.5% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 2 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 9.6%; its worst year was -92.8%.
- Cash conversion 1 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 1 of 10 years, at a median -16.0% of revenue.
- Discipline 10 / 20
The diluted share count rose 133.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.5% 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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