Constellation Energy Corporation Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

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Date: May 2026 (post Mother's Day) | Key Executives: Joseph Dominguez (President & CEO), Shane Smith (CFO)

Key Financial Highlights (Q1 2026 vs Q1 2025)

  • GAAP earnings: $4.49 per share
  • Adjusted operating earnings: $2.74 per share (improved $0.60/share year-over-year, driven primarily by Calpine acquisition accretion, higher PJM capacity prices, and lower stock-based compensation; partially offset by more nuclear refueling outage days, lower ZEC pricing, and higher costs from Winter Storm Fern)
  • Full-year 2026 guidance affirmed: $11–$12 per share adjusted operating earnings
  • Share repurchases: 1.2 million shares at average ~$285/share ($335 million total) since last update, executed opportunistically under $5B authorization

Operational Performance

  • Nuclear fleet: 40 million MWh generated at 92.3% capacity factor (impacted by higher planned refueling outages vs Q1 2025)
  • Combined cycle & cogeneration fleet (Calpine assets): 23 million MWh at 47.1% capacity factor; forced outage factor 5.1% (delivered ~95% when called)
  • Strong execution on new projects delivered to grid: 105 MW Pastoria solar (CA) and 460 MW Pin Oak Creek gas peaking (TX)
  • Named Barron's #1 Most Sustainable U.S. Company (2026) among top 1,000 public firms

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Operator: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Constellation Energy Corporation First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will follow at that time. As a reminder, this call may be recorded. I would now like to introduce your host for today's call, Tim Flottemesch, Vice President, Investor Relations. You may begin. Tim Flottemesch: Thank you. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining Constellation Energy Corporation's first quarter earnings call. Leading the call today are Joseph Dominguez, Constellation's President and Chief Executive Officer, and Shane Smith, Constellation's Chief Financial Officer. They are joined by other members of Constellation's senior management team who will be available to answer your questions following our prepared remarks. We issued our earnings release this morning along with the presentation, all of which can be found in the Investor Relations section of Constellation's website. The earnings release and other matters, which are discussed during today's call, contain forward-looking statements and estimates regarding Constellation Energy Corporation and its subsidiaries that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ from our forward-looking statements based on factors and assumptions discussed in today's materials and comments made during this call. Please refer

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