Public Service Enterprise Group key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Public Service Enterprise Group had return on equity of 12.8%, an operating margin of 24.5%, debt equal to 141.8% of equity and a current ratio of 0.80. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 67.6% | 69.5% | 66.7% | 66.5% | 68.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | 25.9% | 24.9% | 24.7% | 23.3% | 23.1% | 24.1% | 28.4% | 17.8% | 15.7% | 23.7% | 19.3% | 23.6% | −8.8% | 14.1% | 32.8% | 22.9% | 24.5% | 21.6% |
| Net margin | 13.2% | 13.3% | 13.6% | 13.0% | 12.5% | 13.9% | 16.1% | 9.9% | 17.3% | 14.8% | 16.8% | 19.8% | −6.7% | 10.5% | 22.8% | 17.2% | 17.3% | 14.3% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 0.5% | 0.0% | 13.3% | 2.2% | 3.5% | 3.1% | 0.5% | −9.9% | −10.2% | −10.3% | 2.1% | 1.9% | −10.1% | −14.1% | 4.3% | −12.1% | 0.2% | −1.4% |
| Return on equity | 18.1% | 17.0% | 15.1% | 12.1% | 11.1% | 12.8% | 13.3% | 6.8% | 11.7% | 10.2% | 11.5% | 12.3% | −4.3% | 7.3% | 17.6% | 11.2% | 12.8% | 10.3% |
| Return on assets | 5.6% | 5.3% | 5.0% | 4.1% | 3.9% | 4.5% | 4.6% | 2.3% | 3.8% | 3.3% | 3.6% | 3.9% | −1.3% | 2.1% | 5.2% | 3.4% | 3.8% | 3.0% |
| Asset turnover | 0.42 | 0.40 | 0.37 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.23 | 0.20 | 0.22 | 0.21 |
| Current ratio | 1.28 | 1.45 | 1.32 | 1.02 | 1.18 | 1.18 | 0.98 | 0.99 | 0.79 | 0.71 | 0.64 | 0.66 | 0.88 | 0.64 | 0.67 | 0.65 | 0.80 | 1.01 |
| Debt to equity | 99.0% | 93.5% | 78.8% | 76.1% | 75.0% | 75.1% | 76.0% | 89.7% | 98.3% | 107.7% | 107.5% | 107.9% | 134.6% | 147.6% | 130.7% | 140.9% | 141.8% | 147.6% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 6.0x | 6.2x | 5.8x | 5.4x | 5.7x | 6.7x | 7.5x | 4.2x | 3.7x | 4.8x | 3.4x | 3.8x | n/m | 2.2x | 4.9x | 2.7x | 3.0x | 2.5x |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | 39.5% | 38.2% | 37.4% | 31.7% | −24.1% | 22.5% | 13.2% | 17.2% | — | −2.9% | 16.8% | 2.9% | 11.1% | 8.8% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 14.9% | 18.3% | 18.8% | 26.3% | 28.2% | 25.9% | 37.1% | 46.8% | 46.1% | 40.3% | 31.4% | 30.4% | 28.0% | 29.5% | 29.6% | 32.8% | 26.9% | 27.8% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 3.8% | 0.3% | 98.1% | 16.7% | 27.9% | 22.4% | 3.3% | −99.9% | −59.1% | −69.5% | 12.6% | 9.4% | — | −134.3% | 18.8% | −70.4% | 1.2% | −9.8% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 42.3% | 44.3% | 46.1% | 56.3% | 58.6% | 49.3% | 47.0% | 93.6% | 55.3% | 63.3% | 56.1% | 52.0% | — | 104.7% | 44.4% | 67.5% | 59.6% | 74.6% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | >999% | >999% | 47.0% | 337.1% | 209.8% | 220.0% | >999% | — | — | — | 446.0% | 553.6% | — | — | 236.4% | — | >999% | — |
| 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 | 18.1% | 24.7% | 29.1% | 26.5% | 17.5% | 27.9% | 18.1% | 20.6% |
| Net margin | 11.6% | 18.3% | 20.9% | 19.3% | 10.8% | 19.3% | 13.1% | 12.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −24.8% | 13.1% | −11.0% | 10.0% | −14.0% | 15.0% | −8.5% | −4.2% |
| Current ratio | 0.65 | 0.82 | 1.00 | 0.93 | 0.80 | 0.97 | 0.88 | 1.01 |
| Debt to equity | 131.0% | 140.5% | 135.8% | 132.5% | 132.8% | 133.4% | 136.1% | 141.5% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $5.2bn of assets due within a year against $5.1bn 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 $837m of cash against $24.6bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 141% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 125% to 141% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $3.3bn of operating cash flow against $24.6bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $2.7bn against $1.1bn of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Public Service Enterprise Group'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 3 / 20
Net income has been a median 3.3% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 7 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 22.4%; its worst year was -14.6%.
- Cash conversion 2 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 2 of 10 years, at a median -5.0% of revenue.
- Discipline 12 / 20
The diluted share count fell 1.0% 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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