Financials Canadian Utilities Limited

Equities

CU

CA1367178326

Multiline Utilities

Market Closed - Toronto S.E. 04:00:00 2024-05-31 pm EDT 5-day change 1st Jan Change
31.08 CAD +1.60% Intraday chart for Canadian Utilities Limited -1.55% -2.54%

Valuation

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Capitalization 1 10,666 8,477 9,860 9,967 8,630 8,431 - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 18,713 16,752 18,418 18,860 19,012 20,113 20,544 20,848
P/E ratio 11.2 x 19.9 x 30.3 x 17.8 x 13.7 x 13.3 x 13 x -
Yield 4.32% 5.6% 4.79% 4.85% 5.63% 5.82% 5.9% 5.95%
Capitalization / Revenue 2.73 x 2.62 x 2.81 x 2.46 x 2.27 x 2.03 x 2 x 1.86 x
EV / Revenue 4.79 x 5.18 x 5.24 x 4.66 x 5.01 x 4.83 x 4.86 x 4.6 x
EV / EBITDA 11.8 x 10.8 x 12 x 10.6 x 9.6 x 9.61 x 9.51 x 8.77 x
EV / FCF 24.9 x 20.3 x 31.1 x 23.3 x 35.1 x 28.2 x 33.1 x 20.9 x
FCF Yield 4.02% 4.92% 3.21% 4.29% 2.85% 3.54% 3.02% 4.78%
Price to Book 1.59 x 1.28 x 1.49 x 1.44 x 1.24 x 1.54 x 1.51 x 1.47 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 272,608 272,676 268,902 272,607 270,611 271,264 - -
Reference price 2 39.17 31.09 36.69 36.65 31.89 31.08 31.08 31.08
Announcement Date 2/27/20 2/25/21 2/24/22 3/2/23 2/29/24 - - -
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Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net sales 1 3,905 3,233 3,515 4,048 3,796 4,161 4,223 4,531
EBITDA 1 1,584 1,551 1,533 1,775 1,980 2,094 2,161 2,376
EBIT 1 1,002 941 882 1,133 - 633 651 -
Operating Margin 25.66% 29.11% 25.09% 27.99% - 15.21% 15.42% -
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1,011 586 538 838 - - - -
Net income 1 951 427 393 632 707 633 651 -
Net margin 24.35% 13.21% 11.18% 15.61% 18.62% 15.21% 15.42% -
EPS 2 3.489 1.560 1.210 2.060 2.330 2.340 2.400 -
Free Cash Flow 1 753 825 592 810 542 712.5 620 996.5
FCF margin 19.28% 25.52% 16.84% 20.01% 14.28% 17.12% 14.68% 21.99%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA) 47.54% 53.19% 38.62% 45.63% 27.37% 34.03% 28.69% 41.94%
FCF Conversion (Net income) 79.18% 193.21% 150.64% 128.16% 76.66% 112.56% 95.24% -
Dividend per Share 2 1.691 1.742 1.759 1.777 1.794 1.810 1.833 1.850
Announcement Date 2/27/20 2/25/21 2/24/22 3/2/23 2/29/24 - - -
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Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: December 2021 Q4 2022 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1 2024 Q2 2024 Q3 2024 Q4
Net sales 1 1,028 1,110 933 898 1,107 1,131 879 812 974 1,091 941.7 916.2 1,051
EBITDA 1 475 542 433 366 434 629 398 421 532 579 452.4 424.2 573.4
EBIT 337 385 277 211 260 461 221 - - 403 - - -
Operating Margin 32.78% 34.68% 29.69% 23.5% 23.49% 40.76% 25.14% - - 36.94% - - -
Earnings before Tax (EBT) - 306 200 142 190 383 134 - - - - - -
Net income - - - - - - - - - 242 - - -
Net margin - - - - - - - - - 22.18% - - -
EPS 2 0.5900 0.7800 0.5000 0.3200 0.4600 1.010 0.3200 0.3900 0.6100 0.8200 0.3900 - -
Dividend per Share 2 0.4398 0.8884 0.4442 0.4442 0.4442 0.4486 0.4486 0.4486 0.4486 - 0.4510 0.4510 0.4510
Announcement Date 2/24/22 4/27/22 7/28/22 10/27/22 3/2/23 4/27/23 7/27/23 10/26/23 2/29/24 5/2/24 - - -
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Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net Debt 1 8,047 8,275 8,558 8,893 10,382 11,682 12,113 12,417
Net Cash position 1 - - - - - - - -
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) 5.08 x 5.335 x 5.583 x 5.01 x 5.243 x 5.58 x 5.605 x 5.226 x
Free Cash Flow 1 753 825 592 810 542 713 620 997
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity) 14.5% 8.01% 8.84% 9.69% 8.62% 11.8% 11.6% 11.9%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets) - - - - - - - -
Assets 1 - - - - - - - -
Book Value Per Share 2 24.70 24.30 24.60 25.50 25.70 20.10 20.60 21.20
Cash Flow per Share 2 6.580 5.960 6.180 7.540 6.960 6.220 6.880 7.080
Capex 1 1,044 803 1,078 1,224 1,339 1,438 1,491 1,810
Capex / Sales 26.73% 24.84% 30.67% 30.24% 35.27% 34.56% 35.3% 39.95%
Announcement Date 2/27/20 2/25/21 2/24/22 3/2/23 2/29/24 - - -
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EPS & Dividend

Year-on-year evolution of the PER

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Change in Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Trading Rating
Investor Rating
ESG Refinitiv
C+
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
6
Last Close Price
31.08 CAD
Average target price
34.58 CAD
Spread / Average Target
+11.27%
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