ELPCCompanhia Paranaense de Energia

$11.31

Is the business good?

How good a business is ELPC?

Companhia Paranaense de Energia earns −3.0% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.

−3.0%

Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 12 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value

Operating margin
−3.6%

Operating margin · Utilities - Regulated Electric median 22% · fiscal year to FY2024

Cash conversion
1.16×

Cash conversion · 1.32× a year ago · every dollar of reported profit arrived as cash, and more

Gross margin
22%

Gross margin

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY2019−6.8%
FY2020−5.5%
FY20213.1%
FY2022−9.7%
FY2023−5.6%
FY2024−3.6%
Details
Gross marginfiscal year to FY2024
22%
Operating marginfiscal year to FY2024
−3.6%
Net marginfiscal year to FY2024
12%
Free cash flow margin
14%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$22.7B
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$3.25B
Net income, trailing twelve months
$2.80B
Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
−3.0%

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.