Entergy Corporation Q3 FY2025 Earnings Call

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Financial Highlights

  • Adjusted EPS was $1.53 for Q3 2024, driven by strong sales growth and customer investments. This compares to $1.80 in Q3 2023, but weather-adjusted sales improved significantly.
  • Weather-adjusted sales rose approximately 4.5% year-over-year; industrial sales grew more than 7%, supported by new and expanding customers.
  • Management narrowed FY25 EPS guidance and raised the lower end by $0.10 due to solid year‑to‑date performance.
  • Credit ratings reaffirmed by S&P and Moody’s across all operating companies; FFO-to-debt expected to remain above the company’s 15% target through the outlook period.
  • Entergy monetized its 2024 nuclear production tax credits, generating over $535 million in net proceeds.

Capital Plan & Growth Outlook

  • Updated 2026–2029 capital plan totals $41 billion; associated equity need is $4.4 billion (10–15% of total CapEx), with ~45% already contracted.
  • Entergy has secured more than 19 gigawatts of generation capacity equipment, up from 15 GW last quarter:
    • 11 GW for current plan needs.
    • 8 GW reserved for incremental growth.
  • Incremental 4.5 GW of power island equipment added this quarter, intended to serve new customers in the early 2030s.

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Operator: Hello, everyone. My name is Greg, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to today's Entergy Corporation Third Quarter Earnings Call and Teleconference. [Operator Instructions] 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, Greg, and thanks to everyone for joining this morning. We will begin today with comments from Entergy's Chair and CEO, Drew Marsh, and then Kimberly 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 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 section of our website. And now I will turn the call over to Drew. Andrew Marsh: Thank you, Liz, and good morning, everyone. Today, we are reporting strong financial results as well as continued progress on business and regulatory matters. Starting with our quarterly financial results. Our adjusted earnings per share was $1.53. With our results to

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