Entergy Corporation Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

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Overall Performance & Strategic Context

  • 2025 was described as “affirmational,” reinforcing the demand surge that reshaped long‑term expectations in 2024.
  • Adjusted 2025 EPS was $3.91, landing in the upper half of guidance. This compares to 2024 adjusted EPS of roughly similar trajectory but with lower industrial load growth, indicating continued operational momentum.
  • Management reaffirmed >8% annual adjusted EPS growth through 2029.
  • Retail sales increased 4% in 2025 (weather‑adjusted), driven by 7% industrial growth. This is an acceleration from prior-year trends and is expected to increase to an 8% CAGR through 2029, anchored by 15% industrial sales growth.

Key Business Drivers

  • Data Center & Industrial Load Growth:
    • Approximately 3.5 GW of customer electric service agreements (ESAs) were signed in 2025.
    • Pipeline remains 7–12 GW for data centers and 3–5 GW for other industries.
    • Entergy has line of sight to equipment enabling 8 GW of incremental load above the current plan.
    • Recent notable projects include major data center announcements across Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi, and Hyundai Steel’s $5.8B investment in Louisiana.

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Operator: Good morning. My name is JL, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Entergy's Fourth Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]. I will now turn the conference over to Liz Hunter, Vice President of Investor Relations for Entergy Corporation. Liz Hunter: Good morning. Thank you, JL, 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. The last couple of years have been transformational for Entergy. While 2024 reshaped our long-term expectations through historical new demand for power, 2025 was affirmational as our success has continued. Today, I'll highlight our 2025 achievem

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