Emera Incorporated (EMA) Stock

About Emera Incorporated

Emera Incorporated, an energy and services company, invests in generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity in the United States, Canada, Barbados, and the Bahamas. The company operates through Florida Electric Utility, Canadian Electric Utilities, Gas Utilities and Infrastructure, Other Electric Utilities, and Other segments. It is involved in the purchase, transmission, distribution, and sale of natural gas; and physical energy marketing, trading, and other energy asset management activities. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Halifax, Canada.

Emera Incorporated is led by CEO Scott Balfour, employs 7,812 people, headquartered in Halifax, CA, publicly traded since 2010.

Emera Incorporated (EMA) stock trades at $55.03 with a market capitalization of $16.83B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 22.53, price-to-book of 1.77, price-to-sales of 2.78. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $41.90 and $55.03, and currently trades at its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 3.97%.

On profitability, Emera Incorporated generates a return on equity (ROE) of 7.66%, return on capital employed of 11.62%, an operating margin of 15.50%, a net profit margin of 13.20%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Emera Incorporated reported annual revenue of $8.3B, net profit of $1.1B, revenue has compounded at 8.6% a year over the last five years, profit at 2.1% a year.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.69, a current ratio of 0.66, total assets of $44.8B, $365.0M in cash and equivalents.

EMA has an average daily trading volume of 412,964 shares, a beta of 0.45 (less volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.emera.com