Entergy Corporation Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

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Financial Performance

  • Adjusted EPS for Q1 2026 was $0.86, in line with company expectations. This compares to Q1 2025 EPS, which benefited from favorable weather, making year-over-year comparisons slightly muted.
  • Industrial sales grew 15% year-over-year as new and expanding industrial customers ramped operations.
  • Total retail sales rose 6% year-over-year. The industrial strength was offset by weaker weather-driven demand compared to the prior year.
  • 2026 adjusted EPS guidance was reaffirmed; the long-term EPS outlook was raised by $0.20 for 2027 and by $0.50 for 2029, reflecting major new customer agreements.

Major Strategic Developments

  • Meta Data Center Agreement (North Louisiana)
    • Fair Share value: approximately $2 billion, included in the total $7 billion Entergy expects to deliver to customers through Fair Share components.
    • Community commitments (20-year period): $140 million for energy efficiency and $60 million for Power to Care (matched by Entergy Louisiana for $120 million total).
    • Long-term infrastructure investments: seven new combined-cycle units, major transmission buildouts, and battery storage—all to be customer-funded by Meta while generating systemwide reliability and fuel-cost benefits.

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Operator: Good morning. My name is John, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to Entergy Corporation's First Quarter 2026 Earnings Call and Teleconference. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press star followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. And if you would like to withdraw your question, press star one again. I will now turn the call over to Liz Hunter, Vice President of Investor Relations for Entergy Corporation. Liz? Liz Hunter: Good morning. Thank you, John, and thanks to everyone for joining this morning. We will begin today with comments from Entergy Corporation's Chair and CEO, Andrew S. Marsh, and then Kimberly A. Fontan, our CFO, will review results. In today's call, management will make certain forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from these forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, which are set forth in our earnings release, our slide presentation, and our SEC filings. Entergy Corporation does not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements. Management will also discuss non-GAAP financial information. Reconciliations to the applicable GAAP measures are included in today's press release and slide presentation, both of which can be found on the Investor Relations sectio

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