Entergy
ETR · Electric Utilities
$107.34
0.8%PPL
PPL · Electric Utilities
$34.98
1.0%The short version
- Entergy is the larger business, with $12.9B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $9.0B for PPL.
- Entergy grew revenue faster (9.0%, against 6.9%).
- Entergy kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (24.7% operating margin, against 23.6% operating margin).
- PPL turned more of its sales into free cash flow (−15.5% FCF margin, against −19.6% FCF margin).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Entergy’s earnings: a P/E of 27.4x against 22.0x for PPL.
| Latest fiscal year | ETR · FY25 | PPL · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $49.6B | $26.5B |
| Revenue | $12.9B | $9.0B |
| Free cash flow | −$2.5B | −$1.4B |
| Net income | $1.8B | $1.2B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 9.0% | 6.9% |
| 5-year growth | 5.1% | 10.6% |
| Share count change | 4.3% | 0.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Operating margin | 24.7% | 23.6% |
| Net margin | 13.7% | 13.1% |
| FCF margin | −19.6% | −15.5% |
| Return on capital | 5.6% | 5.4% |
| Return on equity | 11.1% | 8.2% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $29.1B | $18.3B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.3x | 5.3x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.1B | $794M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 27.4x | 22.0x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 6 |
FY16
ETR $10.8B
PPL $7.5B
FY17
ETR $11.1B
PPL $7.4B
FY18
ETR $11.0B
PPL $7.8B
FY19
ETR $10.9B
PPL $5.6B
FY20
ETR $10.1B
PPL $5.5B
FY21
ETR $11.7B
PPL $5.8B
FY22
ETR $13.8B
PPL $7.9B
FY23
ETR $12.1B
PPL $8.3B
FY24
ETR $11.9B
PPL $8.5B
FY25
ETR $12.9B
PPL $9.0B
ETR
PPL
FY16
ETR −7.5%
PPL 39.1%
FY17
ETR 12.3%
PPL 39.0%
FY18
ETR 4.3%
PPL 36.6%
FY19
ETR 12.8%
PPL 27.2%
FY20
ETR 17.5%
PPL 29.0%
FY21
ETR 15.7%
PPL 24.6%
FY22
ETR 14.9%
PPL 17.4%
FY23
ETR 21.6%
PPL 19.6%
FY24
ETR 22.3%
PPL 20.6%
FY25
ETR 24.7%
PPL 23.6%
ETR
PPL
FY16
ETR $218M
PPL −$30.0M
FY17
ETR −$984M
PPL −$672M
FY18
ETR −$1.6B
PPL −$417M
FY19
ETR −$1.4B
PPL $184M
FY20
ETR $2.4B
PPL $476M
FY21
ETR $2.1B
PPL $297M
FY22
ETR −$2.5B
PPL −$425M
FY23
ETR −$146M
PPL −$632M
FY24
ETR −$350M
PPL −$465M
FY25
ETR −$2.5B
PPL −$1.4B
ETR
PPL
FY16
ETR −3.0%
PPL 7.6%
FY17
ETR 3.0%
PPL 5.7%
FY18
ETR 1.5%
PPL 7.1%
FY19
ETR 5.0%
PPL 3.6%
FY20
ETR 5.6%
PPL 3.3%
FY21
ETR 4.4%
PPL 2.8%
FY22
ETR 5.3%
PPL 4.4%
FY23
ETR 6.5%
PPL 4.6%
FY24
ETR 4.6%
PPL 4.6%
FY25
ETR 5.6%
PPL 5.4%
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