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NASDAQUtilitiesUtilities - Independent Power ProducersSnapshot 2026-06-12
Recent financial performance is holding in the top half of its industry — the reason to own it looks intact.
Recent financial performance is strong, but earnings quality is fragile, indicating that reported profits may not be well-supported by cash flow. Management's recent track record has been neutral, and the company has a capital-friendly stance. Risk is elevated, and the sector backdrop presents a headwind, which may affect future performance. Peer multiples imply a price about 6% above where it trades (it looks cheap on this basis); the read is fair, but weakening. This assessment is provisional.
Daily closes. Earnings/event dots are placed inline.
A consensus fair price across 8 valuation methods, at three horizons. Current price $253.76. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
No-growth: today's peer multiple on trailing earnings. The headline read.
Embeds projected growth. Leans optimistic by design. Upside context.
We take the 12-month fair value above and grade our own number — how the market prices this name versus what we'd justify, and where the two diverge.
At $254 the market pays 26× p/e — above the 20× p/e peer median but in line with its own 30× history. That premium reflects a durable franchise our peer-anchored $267 fair value understates; treat the 'expensive vs peers' read with medium confidence. Analysts: $310–$441. Not investment advice.
One valuation read at a 12-month horizon, plus how price compares to peers and the company's own history.
The price implies about 5% below a flat-multiple fair value, below our forecast of about 25%. This describes what's priced in, not a forecast of the move.
Only weak execution quality, a turbulent sector regime (Heating) — not the full expensive x weak x turbulent stack.
For similar setups historically (n=20,154): about 33% saw a 20%+ drawdown, and roughly 76% of those did not recover within the year. These are historical base rates for the cohort, not a forecast of this stock.
Each factor is a parallel diagnostic with a clear read of what it shows and how names like it have historically fared. Never aggregated into a single score.
Operating income rose in 2 of the last 3 quarter-over-quarter moves. Historically, Utilities names rated strong grew net income 61% of the time over the next year (vs 55% for the rest of the cohort, n=906).
Over the trailing year it converted 1.20x of net income into operating cash flow. Historically, Utilities names rated fragile grew net income 57% of the time over the next year (vs 57% for the rest of the cohort, n=832).
Most sensitive to the broad stock market.
Not enough signal to read sensitivity to the US dollar, long-term interest rates, Fed net liquidity, real (inflation-adjusted) rates.
The next print and the backdrop around it (sector regime and the AI cycle). Context for the path, not a forecast of returns.
EPS estimate $2.53 → $2.57 (+1.6% / 30d). 1 raised, 2 cut, 10 covering analysts.
0 upgrades, 0 downgrades / 30d. 86% of analysts rate Buy.
1 PT revisions / 30d. Avg target 25.7% above current price.
1 positive, 0 negative / 30d. See F4 management tile for the event list.
How management runs the business: capital, margins, balance sheet, and how reliably they guide and deliver.
A guidance track record builds as the company issues and delivers on guidance.
What a normal day, a bad day, and the worst of the last year would mean for a $10,000 position.
On a typical day, $10k can swing ±$197.
How much price usually moves either way.
On a bad day, this stock has moved -$466.
A rough but not unusual down day (about the 95th percentile).
In the worst 12 months, $10k could have lost $3,987.
Deepest peak-to-trough drop in the last year.
Past results, not a forecast. Not investment advice.
The most important moves since the prior daily snapshot.
Valuation label changed from 'fair' to 'full'.
No material changes since the prior snapshot.
as of 2026-06-12
Specific, dated things to watch for, each with what would confirm it and what would prove it wrong.
Why it matters: The 2026 EPS guidance will show how management plans to grow earnings after the Calpine acquisition.
Confirms:Management expects 2026 EPS to be over $9.39 per share.
Disproves:Management issues 2026 EPS guidance below $9.39 per share.
Recent news graded against this company's own objectives — whether it reinforces or challenges the thesis, and how confirmed it is.
Advances: Expand renewable energy projects
Expansion aligns with renewable energy project goals.
Conditional scenarios: if X happens, the view would shift in this direction. These are not predictions.
Recent SEC 8-K filings ranked by likely impact, confidence, and recency.
Other Events On June 1, 2026, Constellation Energy Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with the selling shareholders named in Schedule I thereto (the “Selling Shareholders”) and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (collectively, the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Selling Shareholders agreed to sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agreed to purchase from the Selling Shareholders, 11,000,000 shar…
Whether the overall read has been drifting up or down lately, and how it's changed since last week.
Not investment advice. Scores describe historical and current data; they are not forecasts of future returns. Consult a licensed advisor before making investment decisions.
Long-thesis check; widest uncertainty.
$310.00 – $441.00 (median $360.00) · 7 analysts · as of 2026-05-21
Looks more expensive than peers.
Cheaper than its own typical valuation.
Trailing four: 2025-Q1, 2025-Q2, 2025-Q3, 2026-Q1
A side-by-side read on sector standing, valuation, and risk versus Electric Utilities.
| Stock | Sector standing | Valuation | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
CEG Constellation Energy | Typical Show detailsSector percentile: 60 of 100 | full | elevated |
SO Southern Company | Typical Show detailsSector percentile: 68 of 100 | fair | low |
DUK Duke Energy | Above typical Show detailsSector percentile: 82 of 100 | fair | low |
AEP American Electric Power | Typical Show detailsSector percentile: 43 of 100 | full | low |
ETR Entergy | Typical Show detailsSector percentile: 46 of 100 | full | low |
2 material management or governance events in the past 24 months, led by M&A activity. Historically, Utilities names rated neutral grew net income 57% of the time over the next year (vs 55% for the rest of the cohort, n=5004).
Not investment advice. As of 2026-06-12.
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Tailwind = sector leading the S&P 500; headwind = trailing. Both can be constructive. Historically, headwind regimes have averaged stronger forward returns than tailwind.
Context label only: describes the market state (e.g. real bear vs narrative panic, healthy uptrend vs late-stage froth). It is not a per-ticker buy/sell signal and does not predict factor performance.
Not investment advice. As of 2026-06-12.
Priorities management has stated in recent disclosures, with status and evidence drawn from earnings calls, filings, and press releases.
Focus on integrating Calpine to enhance operational efficiency and expand capacity.
Maintain and affirm the full-year 2026 EPS guidance of $11.00 - $12.00 per share.
Continue to expand renewable energy projects to meet growing demand and sustainability goals.
Finalize the acquisition of Calpine to expand generation portfolio and enhance commercial platform.
Provide guidance for 2026 adjusted operating earnings per share.
Why it matters: Approval is key for restarting and meeting the PPA with Microsoft.
Confirms:NRC grants approval for the restart of the Crane Clean Energy Center.
Disproves:NRC denies approval or delays the decision beyond mid-2026.
Advances: Expand renewable energy projects
Expansion aligns with renewable energy project goals.
Advances: Expand renewable energy projects
Nuclear restart supports renewable energy expansion objective.
Results of Operations and Financial Condition Section 7 - Regulation FD
Other Events On January 7, 2026, Constellation Energy Corporation (Nasdaq: CEG) (“CEG Parent”) and Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company (“Constellation”) completed the previously announced transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated January 10, 2025 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Calpine Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Calpine”), certain wholly-owned direct and indirect subsidiaries of Calpine and CEG Parent, and…