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Eversource Energy earns 5.5% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.
5.5%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 3.5 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value
- Operating margin
- 22%
Operating margin · Utilities - Regulated Electric median 22% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Cash conversion
- 0.20×
Cash conversion · −1.17× a year ago · some of the reported profit has not turned into cash yet
- Share count, year on year
- +2.2%
Share count, year on year · shareholders own a smaller slice than a year ago
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 22% |
| FY2021 | 20% |
| FY2022 | 18% |
| FY2023 | 20% |
| FY2024 | 20% |
| FY2025 | 22% |
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- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 22%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 10%
- Free cash flow margin
- 2.1%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $14.0B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $298M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $1.46B
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 5.5%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
Ranks #6 of 37 by Smart Score