Share count
300Mpeak FY2025
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EMA, Emera Incorporated
Revenue is led by Florida Electric Utility (49%) and Canadian Electric Utilities (22%), with 3 more segments behind.
The business
What it sells, where the money comes from, the kind of company it is.
Revenue · FY2025
C$8.8B
+21.9% YoY · 10% 5-yr CAGR
Vital signs · TTM, with 5-yr average
Revenue C$8.8B 5-yr avg C$7.4B
The business in brief
read the 10-K →What this business is and what moves its needle, from its own SEC filings.
- What it is
- A regulated utility, earning a set return on the capital it sinks into its network.
- Situation
- Regulated utility. Returns are set by regulation on an approved rate base; the capital spending regulators approve becomes the growth, recovered through allowed rates.
- What moves the needle
- Operating margin has run about 21% through the cycle, a solid margin the cost base and competition set as much as the price does. Capital spending runs about 39% of sales, well above depreciation, so the return earned on what it sinks into that plant weighs as much as the margin. Read this kind of business on rate base and the allowed return. On its own account, the filing leans hardest on concentrated dependence, set against the numbers in what the filing emphasizes, below.
- Is it a good business?
- Return on capital has rarely cleared the cost of capital (median 4%, above 15% in 0 of 10 years). By owner earnings: roughly 10% of revenue reaches owners as cash, consistently. This is price-taker territory, where the balance sheet and the cycle matter more than any multiple; the rest is in the 10-K.
Every line is arithmetic on the company's filings, shown in full in the sections below.
Where the money comes from
read the 20-F →Revenue spreads across 5 segments, the largest Florida Electric Utility at 49%.
Revenue by reportable segment, FY2025
- Florida Electric Utility49%C$4.3B
- Canadian Electric Utilities22%C$1.9B
- Gas Utilities and Infrastructure20%C$1.7B
- Other Electric Utilities7%C$577M
- Other2%C$182M
By geographyUnited States70%Canada23%Barbados5%Bahamas2%
From the segment footnote of the company's own 20-F. Shares are of total revenue; the profit bar shows each segment's share of segment operating profit, before unallocated corporate costs.
The record
Ten years of arithmetic, read across the cycle.
The record, 2016–2025
realized figures from each filing · older years to the left| 2016’16 | 2017’17 | 2018’18 | 2019’19 | 2020’20 | 2021’21 | 2022’22 | 2023’23 | 2024’24 | 2025’25 | TTMTTMDec 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | |||||||||||
| C$4.3B | C$6.2B | C$6.5B | C$6.1B | C$5.5B | C$5.8B | C$7.6B | C$7.6B | C$7.2B | C$8.8B | C$8.8B | RevenueRevenue |
| C$555M | C$1.4B | C$1.4B | C$1.3B | C$1.1B | C$930M | C$1.6B | C$1.8B | C$1.1B | C$2.0B | C$2.0B | Operating incomeOp. inc. |
| 13.0% | 22.8% | 21.4% | 22.0% | 20.8% | 16.1% | 21.5% | 23.7% | 15.0% | 22.5% | 22.5% | Operating marginOp. mgn |
| C$266M | C$299M | C$747M | C$710M | C$984M | C$561M | C$1.0B | C$1.0B | C$568M | C$1.1B | C$1.1B | Net incomeNet inc. |
| -9% | — | 8% | 8% | 26% | -1% | 15% | 11% | — | 7% | 7% | Effective tax rateTax rate |
| Cash flow & returns | |||||||||||
| C$1.1B | C$1.2B | C$1.7B | C$1.5B | C$1.6B | C$1.2B | C$913M | C$2.2B | C$2.6B | C$1.8B | C$1.8B | Operating cash flowOp. cash |
| C$588M | C$856M | C$928M | C$911M | C$899M | C$915M | C$959M | C$1.1B | C$1.2B | C$1.3B | C$1.3B | DepreciationDeprec. |
| C$199M | C$38M | C$15M | (C$96M) | (C$246M) | (C$291M) | (C$1.1B) | C$136M | C$913M | (C$586M) | (C$586M) | Working capital & otherWC & other |
| C$1.1B | C$1.5B | C$2.2B | C$2.5B | C$2.6B | C$2.4B | C$2.6B | C$2.9B | C$3.2B | C$3.5B | C$3.5B | CapexCapex |
| 25.3% | 24.6% | 33.1% | 40.8% | 47.6% | 40.9% | 34.2% | 38.8% | 43.8% | 40.2% | 40.2% | Capex / revenueCapex/rev |
| C$465M | C$337M | C$762M | C$614M | C$738M | C$270M | (C$46M) | C$1.2B | C$1.5B | C$504M | C$504M | Owner earningsOwner earn. |
| 10.9% | 5.4% | 11.7% | 10.0% | 13.4% | 4.7% | −0.6% | 15.6% | 20.6% | 5.7% | 5.7% | Owner earnings marginOE mgn |
| (C$27M) | (C$336M) | (C$472M) | (C$970M) | (C$986M) | (C$1.2B) | (C$1.7B) | (C$696M) | (C$505M) | (C$1.7B) | (C$1.7B) | Free cash flowFCF |
| −0.6% | −5.4% | −7.2% | −15.9% | −17.9% | −20.4% | −22.2% | −9.2% | −7.0% | −19.7% | −19.7% | Free cash flow marginFCF mgn |
| C$221M | C$287M | C$346M | C$378M | C$409M | C$443M | C$472M | C$488M | C$538M | C$576M | C$576M | Dividends paidDiv. paid |
| 3% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 6% | 6% | ROICROIC |
| 4% | 4% | 9% | 8% | 11% | 6% | 9% | 9% | 4% | 8% | 8% | Return on equityROE |
| 1% | 0% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 1% | 5% | 5% | 0% | 4% | 4% | Retained to equityRetained/eq |
| Balance sheet | |||||||||||
| C$674M | C$725M | C$43M | C$0 | C$0 | C$157M | C$8M | C$8M | C$5M | C$5M | C$508M | Cash & investmentsCash+inv |
| C$472M | C$418M | C$474M | C$467M | C$453M | C$538M | C$769M | C$790M | C$781M | C$821M | C$821M | InventoryInvent. |
| C$1.2B | C$1.2B | C$1.3B | C$1.1B | C$1.1B | C$1.5B | C$2.0B | C$1.5B | C$2.0B | C$1.9B | C$1.9B | Accounts payablePayables |
| C$202M | (C$743M) | (C$815M) | (C$651M) | (C$695M) | (C$947M) | (C$1.3B) | (C$664M) | (C$1.2B) | (C$1.1B) | (C$155M) | Operating working capitalOper. WC |
| C$2.5B | C$2.5B | C$2.8B | C$2.5B | C$2.2B | C$3.1B | C$4.9B | C$3.7B | C$3.7B | C$4.4B | C$4.4B | Current assetsCur. assets |
| C$3.7B | C$3.9B | C$4.6B | C$4.2B | C$4.9B | C$4.9B | C$7.3B | C$4.5B | C$5.1B | C$6.6B | C$6.6B | Current liabilitiesCur. liab. |
| 0.7× | 0.6× | 0.6× | 0.6× | 0.4× | 0.6× | 0.7× | 0.8× | 0.7× | 0.7× | 0.7× | Current ratioCurr. ratio |
| C$6.2B | C$5.8B | C$6.3B | C$5.8B | C$5.7B | C$5.7B | C$6.0B | C$5.9B | C$5.9B | C$5.6B | C$5.6B | GoodwillGoodwill |
| C$29.2B | C$28.8B | C$32.3B | C$31.8B | C$31.2B | C$34.2B | C$39.7B | C$39.5B | C$43.0B | C$44.8B | C$44.8B | Total assetsAssets |
| C$14.7B | C$13.9B | C$15.4B | C$14.2B | C$13.7B | C$14.7B | C$16.3B | C$18.4B | C$18.4B | C$19.7B | C$19.7B | Total debtDebt |
| C$14.1B | C$13.2B | C$15.4B | C$14.2B | C$13.7B | C$14.5B | C$16.3B | C$18.4B | C$18.4B | C$19.6B | C$19.1B | Net debt / (cash)Net debt |
| 0.9× | 2.0× | 1.9× | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.7× | Interest coverageInt. cov. |
| C$6.7B | C$7.1B | C$8.3B | C$8.6B | C$9.2B | C$10.1B | C$11.4B | C$12.1B | C$13.3B | C$13.4B | C$13.4B | Shareholders’ equityEquity |
| Per share | |||||||||||
| 172M | 214M | 234M | 241M | 248M | 258M | 266M | 274M | 289M | 300M | 284M | Shares out (diluted)Shares |
| C$24.84 | C$29.08 | C$27.94 | C$25.41 | C$22.18 | C$22.34 | C$28.54 | C$27.62 | C$24.90 | C$29.28 | C$30.89 | Revenue / shareRev/sh |
| C$1.54 | C$1.40 | C$3.20 | C$2.95 | C$3.96 | C$2.17 | C$3.79 | C$3.82 | C$1.96 | C$3.64 | C$3.84 | EPS (diluted)EPS |
| C$2.70 | C$1.57 | C$3.26 | C$2.55 | C$2.97 | C$1.05 | C$-0.17 | C$4.31 | C$5.12 | C$1.68 | C$1.77 | Owner earnings / shareOE/sh |
| C$-0.16 | C$-1.57 | C$-2.02 | C$-4.03 | C$-3.97 | C$-4.55 | C$-6.33 | C$-2.54 | C$-1.75 | C$-5.77 | C$-6.09 | Free cash flow / shareFCF/sh |
| C$1.28 | C$1.34 | C$1.48 | C$1.57 | C$1.65 | C$1.72 | C$1.78 | C$1.78 | C$1.86 | C$1.92 | C$2.03 | Dividends / shareDiv/sh |
| C$6.27 | C$7.14 | C$9.26 | C$10.37 | C$10.57 | C$9.14 | C$9.76 | C$10.73 | C$10.90 | C$11.79 | C$12.43 | Cap. spending / shareCapex/sh |
| C$38.93 | C$33.22 | C$35.62 | C$35.62 | C$37.08 | C$39.21 | C$42.97 | C$44.10 | C$45.91 | C$44.65 | C$47.10 | Book value / shareBVPS |
Per-share growththe realized rate an owner's share compounded
| 9-yr | 5-yr | |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue / share | +1.8%/yr | +5.7%/yr |
| Owner earnings / share | −5.1%/yr | −10.8%/yr |
| EPS | +10.0%/yr | −1.7%/yr |
| Dividends / share | +4.6%/yr | +3.1%/yr |
| Capital spending / share | +7.3%/yr | +2.2%/yr |
| Book value / share | +1.5%/yr | +3.8%/yr |
The record, charted
FY2016–2025Each measure over its full record; the current point and the worst year marked.
ROIC
6%low FY2016
Net debt ÷ owner earnings
39.0×peak FY2021
Owner earnings vs. net income
Owner earningsNet incomeThe accountant's number, and the cash an owner can take; the gap is the tell.
C$504Mowner earningsvs.C$1.1Bnet incomelow FY2022
Where the cash went
ReinvestBuybacksDividendsAcquisitionsRetainedEach year's operating cash, by what management did with it: the mix, and how it drifts.
FY2016FY2025
Net income is the accountant's number; owner earnings is the cash an owner could take out. The walk between them, off the cash-flow statement, and whether the gap is widening or holding.
In fiscal 2025 the business earned C$504M of owner earnings, the operating cash left after the C$1.3B it takes just to hold its position. It put C$2.2B more into growth; free cash flow, after that spending, was (C$1.7B).
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported net income | C$1.1B | C$568M | C$1.0B | C$1.0B | C$561M |
| Depreciation & amortizationnon-cash charge added back | +C$1.3B | +C$1.2B | +C$1.1B | +C$959M | +C$915M |
| Working capital & othertiming of cash in and out, other non-cash items | −C$586M | +C$913M | +C$136M | −C$1.1B | −C$291M |
| Cash from operations | C$1.8B | C$2.6B | C$2.2B | C$913M | C$1.2B |
| Maintenance capital expenditurethe spending needed just to hold position and volume | −C$1.3B | −C$1.2B | −C$1.1B | −C$959M | −C$915M |
| Owner earnings | C$504M | C$1.5B | C$1.2B | (C$46M) | C$270M |
| Growth capital expenditurediscretionary; spent to get bigger, not to stand still | −C$2.2B | −C$2.0B | −C$1.9B | −C$1.6B | −C$1.4B |
| Free cash flow | (C$1.7B) | (C$505M) | (C$696M) | (C$1.7B) | (C$1.2B) |
| Owner-earnings marginowner earnings ÷ revenue | 6% | 21% | 16% | -1% | 5% |
Owner earnings is the cash an owner could pull out without starving the business: operating cash less the maintenance capital it must spend to hold its position (here about C$1.3B, roughly its depreciation, the rate its assets wear out). The other C$2.2B of its capital spending is growth it chose, not upkeep it owed; charged only with the maintenance it must do, the business earns well more than the year's free cash flow shows.
Much of fiscal 2025's profit didn't arrive as operating cash; it sits in “working capital & other” above. That can be a real inventory or timing swing, or profit that doesn't run through operating cash at all: a heavy tax year, equity-method earnings, or investment income booked through investing. For a year like this, owner earnings understates the cash earned; the full cash-flow statement carries the rest.
Maintenance capex is estimated as depreciation where a growing business invests above it; free cash flow is the figure the scorecard's free-cash margin reads.
Quality & stewardship
Returns, the balance sheet, capital allocation, and pay.
Owner’s Scorecard
FY2025 40-F · source on SEC EDGAR →
Will it survive?
- AdequateOperating income C$2.0B ÷ interest expense C$724M
What this means
Comfortable in a normal year, but below the margin of safety Graham looked for. Worth checking how stable the coverage has been across a full cycle.
- How heavy is the debt, net of cash? C$19.1B · 9.7× operating profitHeavy net debtCash C$503M + ST investments C$5M − debt C$19.7B
What this means
Netting C$508M of cash and short-term investments against C$19.7B of debt leaves C$19.1B owed, about 9.7× a year's operating profit (10.0× on the gross debt, before the cash). Net debt is the leverage figure that matters: the cash is already set against the debt. Strategic or illiquid investments aren't counted here.
- Not enough data
What this means
The filing data didn't include the inputs for this check.
Is it a good business?
- Below average through the cycle10-yr median, range 3%–6%; 6% latest = NOPAT C$1.8B ÷ invested capital C$32.5BIndustry peers: median 5%
What this means
The rate the business earns on the money tied up in it, Buffett's north star, because over time a stock tracks the ROIC beneath it. Above ~15% sustained hints at a moat; a return below the cost of capital (~8%) erodes value as a business grows rather than building it — the test Buffett weighs most. The headline is the median of the last 10 years (it ran 6% most recently), so one peak or trough year doesn't set the verdict. Asset-light businesses (R&D expensed, little capital) read artificially high, pair this with Owner Earnings.
- Solid through the cycle10-yr median margin, range -1%–21%; latest C$504M = operating cash C$1.8B − maintenance capex C$1.3BIndustry peers: median 11%
What this means
What an owner could take out without starving the business: operating cash less the maintenance capital it must spend to hold its position — Buffett's owner earnings. That's 6% of revenue this year, a 10% median across 10 years. It chose to put C$2.2B more into growth, so free cash flow this year was (C$1.7B) — the gap is investment, not weakness.
- Cash-backedCash from ops C$1.8B ÷ net income C$1.1B
What this means
How much of reported profit showed up as operating cash. Above 1× is reassuring; well below suggests earnings lean on accruals. One year is noisy, growth and working-capital swings distort it, and this is operating cash, not free cash. Watch the multi-year trend.
How is the cash used?
- Returned more than it generatedDividends + buybacks C$576M ÷ Owner Earnings C$504M
What this means
The company returned more than it generated: against C$504M of Owner Earnings, C$576M (114%) went back to shareholders, C$576M dividends, C$0 buybacks — the excess came from the balance sheet or borrowing, not the year's operations. Sustained, that pattern draws down cash or adds debt; the net-debt line above shows where it stands.
- Investing or harvesting? 2.72×ExpandingCapex C$3.5B ÷ depreciation C$1.3B
What this means
Descriptive, not a grade. Above ~1× means investing faster than assets wear out (growth, or, sustained for years, today's earnings carrying less depreciation than tomorrow's will). Below means spending less than it's wearing out (efficiency, or a melting asset base). The ratio won't tell you which; the filings will.
Graham’s defensive tests · 3 of 5 met
Graham’s numerical criteria for the defensive investor (The Intelligent Investor, ch. 14), run on the filings. A floor of safety, not a buy signal; many fine modern businesses fail his strictest liquidity rules by design.
- Adequate size —Revenue ≥ $2B (a dollar floor) · C$8.8B
What this means
Big enough to weather a storm. Graham's floor is a dollar figure — about $2B of revenue as a conservative modern stand-in. This company reports in its home currency and we carry no exchange rate, so we show the figure and leave the size bar for you to apply rather than convert it with a number we don't have.
- Strong liquidity MissCurrent ratio ≥ 2× · 0.66×
What this means
Current assets at least twice current liabilities, near-term bills covered without touching the business. Strict by design: many cash-rich modern firms run leaner and miss it, holding their cushion in longer-dated securities.
- Conservative debt MissDebt ≤ working capital · C$19.7B vs (C$2.2B) WC
What this means
Graham's rule that borrowings not exceed net current assets. Capital-heavy and buyback-heavy firms routinely fail it, read it next to interest coverage, not alone.
- Earnings stability PassA profit every year (10-yr record) · no losses
What this means
Graham wanted earnings in each of the past ten years, the stability a defensive owner leans on.
- Dividend record PassUninterrupted dividends · paid every year (10)
What this means
An unbroken dividend was Graham's mark of durability. He wanted twenty years; the filings show about ten, and a single suspension breaks the streak. Non-payers, many fine modern compounders, fall outside his defensive net by design.
- Earnings growth PassEarnings +33% over the record · +106%
What this means
At least a third more earnings than a decade ago, averaging three years at each end. Net income (not per-share), so stock splits don't distort it, buybacks and dilution show up in the share-count line instead.
- Moderate price —P/E ≤ 15 and P/E × P/B ≤ 22.5 · decided by the price
What this means
Graham's valuation gate, the wall he kept between a sound business and a sound investment. Three-year average earnings are C$3.01/share (latest year C$3.64), the averaged base the calculator's gate runs on, and book value is C$44.65/share. Enter a price in “What the price implies” just below for the P/E, P/B, and whether it clears. But this is the rule Buffett outgrew: there's no hard P/E law, and a wonderful business can deserve a far richer multiple if the thesis holds, treat it as the bargain-hunter's floor, not a verdict on the price.
Durability & moat, 2016–2025
Whether the record’s returns held, and what the capital reinvested earned.
- Profitable years 10 of 10
What this means
Never lost money over the record, the earnings stability Graham insisted on.
- Return on capital ≥ 15% 0 of 10 yrs
What this means
A moat shows up as a high return on invested capital that holds year after year, not one good vintage.
- Operating margin 19% → 20% (3-yr avg ends)
What this means
Through the cycle the operating margin held roughly steady — about 19% early, 20% lately, median 21%.
- Reinvestment, incremental ROIC 7%
What this means
Reinvested capital came back at only a modest incremental return — near the cost of capital, where extra growth adds little per dollar. The record shows whether it is a soft stretch or a thinning moat.
- Owner earnings growth +11%/yr
What this means
Owner earnings grew about 11% a year over the record.
- Worst year 2016 · 13.0% op. margin
What this means
Stayed profitable even in its hardest year, the resilience that survives recessions.
- Share count +6.4%/yr
What this means
The share count is rising, dilution works against you on a per-share basis.
- Dividend record rising
What this means
Paid and raised the dividend across the record, the continuity Graham prized.
Does AI threaten the moat?
Low contestabilityThe moat is physical, regulated or balance-sheet-funded, the kind AI cuts costs within but does not contest.
In its own filing Framed as a capability
The filing positions AI as something the company uses, not something it fears.
“The methods used by attackers are continuously evolving and can be difficult to predict and detect and may become more sophisticated, frequent, severe, and difficult to stop to the extent that attackers are able to leverage evolving artificial intelligence ("AI") models or tools.…”
AI is unlikely to contest a moat that is physical, regulated or balance-sheet-funded; here it reads more as a cost tool than a threat, and the company is using it that way.
Read from the filing's own risk factors, paired with the industry's structure under its SIC code; the durability is read above, the price below.
All figures as filed; the source filing is linked above.
Current Position
as of fiscal year-end, Dec 31, 2025Can the business pay what it owes this year, off the freshest balance sheet: the quality of the assets, the debt actually coming due, and what a low ratio means here.
Current assetsC$4.4B
- Cash & short-term investmentsC$508M
- ReceivablesC$972M
- InventoryC$821M
- Other current assetsC$2.1B
Current liabilitiesC$6.6B
- Debt due within a yearC$1.2B
- Accounts payableC$1.9B
- Other current liabilitiesC$3.5B
Current ratio0.66×all current assets ÷ what's due · Graham looked for 2×
Quick ratio0.54×stricter: inventory excluded
Cash ratio0.08×strictest: cash alone against what's due
Working capital(C$2.2B)the cushion left after near-term bills
Debt due this year vs. cashC$1.2B due · C$508M cash
cash alone won't cover the maturities; it leans on refinancing or operating cash · both figures from the Dec 31, 2025 balance sheet
Deeper floors
Tangible book valueC$7.7Bequity stripped of goodwill & intangibles
Debt incl. operating leasesC$19.7BC$1M of it operating leases
From the company's latest filing.
Debt maturity
the debt note, SEC EDGAR →Not how much it owes, but when it falls due, and against what. The ladder the company files, beside cash on hand and a year's owner earnings.
Bars scaled to the largest single year; “later” is everything due after 2030, shown apart since it dwarfs the years.
Due in the next 12 monthsC$1.3Bthe first rung: what must be repaid or rolled over within the year
Within two yearsC$1.6Bthe near wall, the part most exposed to today’s credit conditions
Biggest single yearC$1.8Bin 2029the lumpiest maturity, where a refinancing, if needed, is largest
Total scheduled principalC$20.5Bevery year plus what lies beyond, as the footnote totals it
Against what the business has and earns
Cash & short-term investments, Dec 31, 2025C$508M
One year of owner earnings (FY2025)C$504M
Together, against C$1.3B due next year0.78×
Cash on hand as of Dec 31, 2025 plus a year’s owner earnings comes to C$1.0B against the C$1.3B due in the twelve months after the Dec 31, 2025 schedule: about 78% of it, so the near maturities lean on refinancing or the rest of the year’s cash.
Maturity schedule extracted from the company’s Dec 31, 2025 annual report and reconciled to the total the table states.
How the cash was used, 2016–2025
Over the record, the business generated C$15.9B of operating cash; how management split it reads as a reinvestor, most operating cash is plowed back into the business.
- ReinvestedC$24.5B · 154%
- DividendsC$4.2B · 26%
- Returned to ownersC$4.2B
66% of the owner earnings the business produced over the span, C$4.2B as dividends and C$0 as buybacks.
- Source of funding−C$12.7B
Reinvestment and shareholder returns ran C$12.7B beyond the operating cash the business generated, so the gap was financed off the balance sheet: debt rose from C$14.7B to C$19.7B.
- Net change in share count65.0%
The diluted count rose from 172M to 284M: issuance (stock pay, deals) outran any buybacks, so owners were diluted on net.
- Dividend recordC$1.92/sh
Paid in 10 of the years on record, the per-share dividend growing about 5% a year. It was never cut over the span.
- Return on what it retained17%
Of the earnings it kept rather than paid out (C$3.1B over the span), annual owner earnings (first three years vs last three) grew C$534M, so each retained C$1 added about 0.17 of yearly owner earnings. Buffett's test, run on owner earnings instead of market value.
Buybacks are gross of stock issued to staff; the share-count line above is the net of that, the figure that decides whether owners gained. The average price paid blends a year of purchases (and any accelerated repurchase), so it is close, not exact. The record of where the cash went and on what terms.
Inverting the record
Invert: instead of why Emera Incorporated is a good business, the question is what would make owning it a mistake, and whether those marks are in the record. Disconfirming tests across 2016–2025.
1 of the 5 tests turned up something to look into; the other 4 came back clean.
- Look hereDid the share count rise anyway?65.0%
Diluted shares grew 65.0% over 2016–2025. Owners were diluted on net; each share owns less of the business than it did. Read the buyback line beside this one, not on its own.
And these came back clean
- Is it less profitable than it was?
- Did debt outgrow the business?
- Did reported profit become cash?
- Did receivables and inventory outpace sales?
Each test is read from the filings and is noisy alone; a flag can mark a cyclical trough or a year of heavy investment as easily as a problem. The filing says which.
What an owner would ask, FY2025
read the 10-K →- Which reported numbers are a judgment call?Management names Pension & retirement, Income taxes as critical estimates
each rests partly on management's judgment; the filing's note sets out the assumptionsverify →
The questions the record and the charts do not answer on their own; each carries the figure and the place to look.
Peers, Electric Utilities
The same industry, side by side on owner economics. Each figure is a through-cycle median, so a peak or trough year can’t distort it; the group median at the foot is the line to read each against.
| Company | Revenue | Gross margin | Op. margin | ROIC | Owner earn. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DDominion Energy Inc. | $16.5B | — | 23.1% | 4% | 21% |
| FEFirstEnergy Corp. | $15.1B | — | 18.4% | 5% | 11% |
| ESEversource Energy (D/B/A) | $13.5B | — | 20.2% | 5% | 8% |
| ETREntergy Corporation | $12.9B | — | 15.3% | 5% | 13% |
| CNPCenterPoint Energy Inc (Holding Co) | $9.3B | — | 17.4% | 5% | 9% |
| PPLPPL Corporation | $9.0B | — | 25.9% | 5% | 20% |
| EMAEmera Incorporated | C$8.8B | — | 21.4% | 4% | 10% |
| PNWPinnacle West | $5.3B | 71% | 20.5% | 6% | 11% |
| Group median | — | — | 20.4% | 5% | 11% |
The price
What a price has to assume.
What the price implies
reverse-DCFEnter the US price, in dollars: the NYSE/Nasdaq quote you hold. Emera Incorporated's US listing is the ordinary share itself; figures in this tool are translated at CAD 1 = $0.712 (2026-07-17, reference rate); the dollar quote then reconciles exactly. The record tables elsewhere on this page remain as filed, in CAD.
Type today's close and see the owner-earnings growth you'd have to believe to justify it, beside what Emera Incorporated has delivered.
Emera Incorporated’s latest year shows negative owner earnings, the mark of a build-out: total capital spending outruns the cash the business throws off today. So the tool opens on the steady-state base (maintenance capex in place of the build-out spend), the cash it would earn at rest; clear the toggle below to read the latest year exactly as reported.
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Through the cycle, Emera Incorporated earns about $654M on its 10.5% median owner-earnings margin. This year’s 5.7% margin runs below that; the reported figure may understate a lean year. Normalize, below, values the price on that through-cycle figure rather than the latest year.
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The assumptions
9.0% = the 4.55% 10-year Treasury (Jul 15, 2026) + 4.45 points of equity premium. The rate you require is yours to set.
Enter a price above to run it.
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Implied by the price—
Owner-earnings growth · ’21→’25+73%/yr
Owner-earnings growth, delivered—
Owner-earnings growth · ’16→’25+11%/yr
Owner-earnings yield—
What a growth belief costs, in multiples
The growth each return requires, at your price
P/E (3-yr earnings ’23–’25)—
P/B—
Graham’s price gate—
Graham capped the multiple at 15×; Buffett and Munger let that rule go: a wonderful business can deserve 50× if the thesis holds. The gate marks the bargain-hunter's floor.
Against a high-grade bond: Graham’s yardstick bond yield%
Prefilled with the 10-year Treasury (4.55%, as of Jul 15, 2026). Edit it for today’s exact figure, or a AAA corporate yield.
Graham measured a stock against the bond you could own instead, the heart of his margin of safety. Enter a price above to weigh the owner-earnings yield against this bond.
Owner-earnings yield—
High-grade bond yield—
Margin over the bond—
Free cash flow ($1.2B) on 300M shares outstanding (a weighted average, the only count this filer tags); net debt $13.6B. The base opens on the steady-state figure (the latest year is negative on total capex mid-build-out); clear Steady-state to use the year as filed. Net of stock comp treats option pay as the expense it is. Capex ($2.5B) runs well above depreciation ($925M), so this is a build-out; Steady-state swaps total capex for maintenance (≈ depreciation), lifting the base to about $359M, the cash it would throw off if it stopped expanding. The dials set the multiple a growth belief justifies; the price, and every dollar on this page, is yours.
Cite: Owner Scorecard, "Emera Incorporated (EMA), the owner's record," https://ownerscorecard.com/c/EMA, data as of 2026-07-09.
Manual order: ← ELVR its page in the Manual EMBJ →
Industry order: ← ELPC the Electric Utilities chapter ENIC →