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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricPCGPG&E CorpCEGConstellation Energy CorpAEPAMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INCETRENTERGY CORP /DE/Median of the restexcluding PCG
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$12.98▼ 0.17 (1.29%)
$255.21▼ 15.53 (5.74%)
$130.64▲ 3.25 (2.55%)
$108.19▲ 2.11 (1.99%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.4.7/1010.0/106.0/104.7/106.0/10
Market value$28.53B$79.63B$70.66B$46.57B
Revenue$24.93B$22.66B$21.70B$12.95B
Profit$2.70B$2.32B$3.70B$1.77B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.2.1%19.5%8.7%9.0%9.0%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.——67.6%—67.6%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.19.0%13.6%24.5%24.7%24.5%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.10.8%10.2%17.0%13.7%13.7%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-12.3%5.7%16.1%-19.6%5.7%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.8.3%16.0%11.9%10.5%11.9%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.4.2%11.2%6.6%5.5%6.6%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.10.55x34.34x19.12x26.26x26.26x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—14.65x13.63x13.60x13.63x
Price to book0.88x5.48x2.27x2.75x2.75x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.3.35x2.92x2.64x3.25x2.92x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/86/86/96/86.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressgreydistressdistress

How PCG compares with the others

  • PCG's operating margin of 19.0% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (24.5%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 2.1% against 9.0%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 10.6x against 26.3x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 3.4x against 2.9x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.