CIGCompanhia Energética de Minas Gerais - CEMIG

$2.40+20% 1Y

Is it safe?

Mixed

Nothing alarming, nothing pristine: comfortable debt (AA) and typical volatility.

1 good, 1 neutral, 4 without data
Credit gradeAAderived · Dec 31, 2024

Rock-solid balance sheet, low leverage. A rule of thumb on leverage, not a credit rating.

Drawdown risk32% volderived · Oct 9, 2026

Moderate price swings, typical volatility. Worst drawdown -66% · now 10% below its 52-week high.

Where this answer is blind. Altman sits structurally low for utilities and pipelines; Beneish runs high for fast growers, since sales growth alone lifts it; banks and REITs are excluded.

Can CIG take a bad year?

Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais - CEMIG carries $8.91B of net debt at 6.63× EBITDA: a heavy load to carry through a bad year.

$8.91B

Net debt · as at FY2024 · over four years of earnings before interest, tax and depreciation, heavy

Net debt / EBITDA
6.63×

Net debt / EBITDA

Interest cover
none

Interest cover · no operating profit to pay the interest bill from

Annualised volatility
32%

Annualised volatility · about as steady as the market itself

Details›
Total debtFY2024
$12.3B
Cash and short-term investments
$3.37B
Net debt
$8.91B
EBITDA, trailing twelve months
$1.34B
Operating profit, trailing twelve months
−$31M
Debt / equity
0.45×
Total debt / EBITDA
9.13×
Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
32%
Worst drawdown on file
−66%
Below its 52-week high
10%

Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.