ES · Utilities(electric services) · 10 years of annual accounts filed with the SEC · latest fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
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Eversource Energy reported revenue of $13.5 billion in fiscal 2025, after growing 6.6% a year over the previous 9 years. Its operating margin narrowed from 24.1% in 2016 to 22.1%. Of the $22.0 billion its operations generated over 10 years, 146.9% went back into the business and 35.9% to dividends; the share count rose 16.6%. On the accounting screens, it passes 6 of 8 Piotroski tests and its Altman Z'' of 0.62 is in the distress zone; 1 of the six cross-checks between its statements fires.
Revenue, fiscal 202513.5B+6.6% a year over 9 years
Operating margin22.1%gross margin —
Return on invested capital—
Free cash flow after stock pay-78.7M-0.6% of revenue
Net debt ÷ EBITDA5.2×net debt 28.1B
Piotroski F-score6/8tests of improvement passed
Is it growing?
Revenue and the operating income it turns into. Growth that does not reach operating income is growth bought with margin.
RevenueOperating income
05.0B10.0B15.0B
2016Revenue 7.6BOperating income 1.8B
2017Revenue 7.8BOperating income 1.9B
2018Revenue 8.4BOperating income 1.7B
2019Revenue 8.5BOperating income 1.6B
2020Revenue 8.9BOperating income 2.0B
2021Revenue 9.9BOperating income 2.0B
2022Revenue 12.3BOperating income 2.2B
2023Revenue 11.9BOperating income 2.4B
2024Revenue 11.9BOperating income 2.4B
2025Revenue 13.5BOperating income 3.0B
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Compound growth a year
3 yrs
5 yrs
9 yrs
Revenue
+3.3%
+8.8%
+6.6%
Operating income
+10.8%
+8.5%
+5.5%
Net income
+6.4%
+7.0%
+6.7%
Earnings per share
+4.0%
+5.1%
+4.9%
Dividend per share
+5.9%
+6.1%
+5.8%
Shares
+2.3%
+1.8%
+1.7%
Falling shares are buybacks: each remaining share owns more of the company.
Does it earn more than its capital costs?
Margins say how much of each sale is kept; return on invested capital says how much the business earns on the money it needs to operate. Growth only creates value when that return is above the cost of the capital.
GrossOperatingNetFree cash flow
-40.0%-20.0%0.0%20.0%40.0%
2016Operating 24.1%Net 12.4%Free cash flow 3.0%
2017Operating 24.4%Net 12.8%Free cash flow -4.5%
2018Operating 20.1%Net 12.3%Free cash flow -8.8%
2019Operating 18.7%Net 10.7%Free cash flow -10.6%
2020Operating 22.3%Net 13.6%Free cash flow -14.2%
2021Operating 20.2%Net 12.5%Free cash flow -12.3%
2022Operating 17.9%Net 11.5%Free cash flow -8.5%
2023Operating 20.1%Net -3.6%Free cash flow -22.6%
2024Operating 20.2%Net 6.9%Free cash flow -19.5%
2025Operating 22.1%Net 12.5%Free cash flow -0.3%
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Return on invested capital
Economic profit
Needs a cost of capital, which comes from the valuation below.
Return on equity
10.5%
Return on assets
2.7%
Asset turnover
0.21×
Is the profit cash, and where does the cash go?
Net income is an accounting opinion; free cash flow is what was left in the bank after investing. Stock-based pay does not leave the bank — shareholders pay it through dilution — so it is shown taken off as well.
Net incomeFree cash flowAfter stock-based pay
-4.0B-2.0B02.0B
2016Net income 949.8MFree cash flow 231.4MAfter stock-based pay 207.8M
2017Net income 995.5MFree cash flow -351.9MAfter stock-based pay -371.6M
2018Net income 1.0BFree cash flow -739.4MAfter stock-based pay -760.8M
2019Net income 916.6MFree cash flow -901.9MAfter stock-based pay -929.2M
2020Net income 1.2BFree cash flow -1.3BAfter stock-based pay -1.3B
2021Net income 1.2BFree cash flow -1.2BAfter stock-based pay -1.2B
2022Net income 1.4BFree cash flow -1.0BAfter stock-based pay -1.1B
2023Net income -434.7MFree cash flow -2.7BAfter stock-based pay -2.7B
2024Net income 819.2MFree cash flow -2.3BAfter stock-based pay -2.4B
2025Net income 1.7BFree cash flow -45.1MAfter stock-based pay -78.7M
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Where 10 years of operating cash went, 2016–2025
22.0B generated by the business. Each band is its share of that total.
Reinvested in the business 147%32.3B
Acquisitions 0%0
Dividends 36%7.9B
Share buybacks 0%0
More than it generated: funded with cash or new debt -83%-18.2B
Over the same years it paid 278.9M in stock. The share count rose 16.6%.
Per share
Earnings per shareFree cash flow per shareDividend per share
$-10.00$-5.00$0.00$5.00
2016Earnings per share $2.98Free cash flow per share $0.73Dividend per share $1.77
2017Earnings per share $3.13Free cash flow per share $-1.11Dividend per share $1.89
2018Earnings per share $3.27Free cash flow per share $-2.33Dividend per share $2.01
2019Earnings per share $2.84Free cash flow per share $-2.79Dividend per share $2.05
2020Earnings per share $3.57Free cash flow per share $-3.71Dividend per share $2.19
2021Earnings per share $3.56Free cash flow per share $-3.52Dividend per share $2.34
2022Earnings per share $4.07Free cash flow per share $-3.00Dividend per share $2.48
2023Earnings per share $-1.24Free cash flow per share $-7.69Dividend per share $2.63
2024Earnings per share $2.29Free cash flow per share $-6.49Dividend per share $2.80
2025Earnings per share $4.58Free cash flow per share $-0.12Dividend per share $2.94
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Shares outstanding
Diluted shares
300.0M320.0M340.0M360.0M380.0M
2016Diluted shares 318.5M
2017Diluted shares 318.0M
2018Diluted shares 318.0M
2019Diluted shares 322.9M
2020Diluted shares 339.8M
2021Diluted shares 344.6M
2022Diluted shares 347.2M
2023Diluted shares 349.8M
2024Diluted shares 357.8M
2025Diluted shares 371.3M
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
How strong is the balance sheet?
Debt is not bad in itself; debt the business cannot service in a bad year is. Net debt is debt minus cash, and below zero the company holds more cash than it owes.
Net debt
010.0B20.0B30.0B
2016Net debt 9.5B
2017Net debt 12.2B
2018Net debt 12.9B
2019Net debt 14.0B
2020Net debt 15.9B
2021Net debt 18.1B
2022Net debt 20.7B
2023Net debt 24.4B
2024Net debt 26.7B
2025Net debt 28.1B
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Net debt ÷ EBITDA
5.2×
Interest coverage
2× operating income ÷ interest
Current ratio
0.65 current assets ÷ current liabilities
Cash conversion cycle
— collects in 50d
Three classic screens of the accounts
Each asks a different question of the same statements — is it improving, does it look like a company heading for distress, do the accounts resemble ones that were manipulated. None is a verdict; each shows what moves it.
Piotroski F-score
Is the business improving? Nine yes-or-no tests, this year against last.
6of 8 tests passed
✓ProfitableReturn on assets above zeropassed
✓Cash from operationsOperating cash flow above zeropassed
✓Profitability improvedReturn on assets higher than a year beforepassed
✓Profit backed by cashOperating cash flow above net income (low accruals)passed
✓Less long-term debtLong-term debt as a share of assets fellpassed
✕More liquidCurrent ratio higher than a year beforefailed
✕No new sharesShare count did not growfailed
–Better gross marginGross margin higher than a year before — not reportedno data
✓Sells more per assetAsset turnover higher than a year beforepassed
Where it misleads: it measures change, not level. An excellent business that stood still for a year scores low; a poor one recovering from a disaster scores high.
Altman Z''-score
Does the balance sheet look like those of companies that went bankrupt?
0.62distress zone
1.12.6
Working capital ÷ assets -0.04 × 6.56-0.28
Retained earnings ÷ assets 0.07 × 3.26+0.23
Operating income ÷ assets 0.05 × 6.72+0.31
Equity ÷ liabilities 0.34 × 1.05+0.36
Where it misleads: buybacks. A company that returns so much cash that its equity turns small or negative sinks the last two ratios without being anywhere near bankruptcy. Banks and insurers do not fit the model at all.
Beneish M-score
Do the accounts resemble those of companies that manipulated their earnings?
The accounts lack too many of the lines it needs.
Where the statements disagree
Cross-checks between the income statement, the balance sheet and the cash flow for the latest year, each with the benign reading and the worrying one.
Net debt is 5.2 times EBITDA.
Benign
A stable sector with predictable cash flows and comfortable maturities.
Worrying
Little room if earnings fall; the maturity schedule is what to check.
What is it worth, under which assumptions?
A company is worth the cash it will generate, brought back to today. This model projects revenue with growth that fades over the years, applies a free cash flow margin, and discounts the result at the cost of capital. Every assumption says where it came from, and all of them can be changed.
The SEC accounts lack the lines needed for revenue, free cash flow or the share count, so there is no DCF for this company.
What it has filed lately
The last twelve months at the SEC, most important first: annual and quarterly reports, events, large holders and insiders.
Every Form 4 filed in the last twelve months, read line by line: 6 filings by 5 people. Open-market purchases and sales are counted apart from awards, option exercises and shares withheld for taxes.
Bought on the open market$49,8641 purchase(s) by 1 insider(s)
Sold on the open market$808,0604 sale(s) by 2 insider(s)
Under pre-arranged plans0%of the sales followed a 10b5-1 plan set months earlier
A Form 4 says what happened, when, how many shares and at what price. It does not say why: a sale can be diversification, a tax bill or a plan fixed months earlier, and an award is pay, not a purchase. Nothing here is a reason to buy or sell anything.
Which large funds report holding it
From the Form 13F of the 28 institutions followed on this site, as of the end of their last reported quarter. A 13F is filed up to 45 days later and shows only long positions in US-listed shares.
Accounts from the company's own SEC filings; lines some companies do not report are shown as a dash rather than estimated. The risk-free rate is the 10-year US Treasury yield. A DCF is a way of making assumptions explicit, not a forecast: it states what the company would be worth if the assumptions held. The scores are screens that point where to look, not verdicts. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell.