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Emera Incorporated

EMA-PH.TO

Regulated Electric · Utilities

Price

C$26.20

+0.00 (+0.00%)

Market Cap

C$14.09B

Exchange

Toronto Stock Exchange

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Winston Score between 40 and 70. The stock passes some quality checks but not all.

Emera is a Canadian energy company that owns and operates electric and gas utilities. It delivers electricity and natural gas to homes and businesses, mainly in Atlantic Canada, Florida, and the Caribbean. Its largest subsidiary is Tampa Electric, which serves over 800,000 customers in Florida.

Emera makes money by charging regulated rates for delivering energy — meaning government regulators set the prices it can charge, which creates steady, predictable revenue. The company operates across Canada, the United States, and several Caribbean islands, with a market cap around $14 billion. Its main competitive advantage is that regulated utilities face little direct competition, since they hold exclusive service territories. The key risk is its high debt load, which it took on to fund infrastructure investments — rising interest rates make that debt more expensive to carry and can pressure earnings and dividend sustainability.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-7.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-5.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

43.9%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~4 years

$2.5B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$2.5B cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

Emera Incorporated's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

30.5%

Modest — 30.5% gross margin

Operating Margin

25.3%

Excellent — 25.3% operating margin

ROCE

1.6%

Weak — 1.6% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+3.1%

Slow sales growth (3.1% YoY)

EPS YoY

+11.5%

Earnings growing (11.5% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

172%

Turns 172% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

-22.8%

Burning cash (-22.8%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

1.69

Elevated debt (1.69)

Interest Cover

1.20x

Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.2x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio

20.1x

Growth-priced — P/E 20.1

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

N/A

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

4.05%

Healthy income — 4.05% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend Growth

+0.0%

Dividend flat

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