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Market Research Report

European Utilities Key Player Profiles: Essent

Published by Datamonitor
Published February, 2007 Product code 49799
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Introduction

Abstract

Introduction

The Performance pillar combines 5 financial metrics to measure business performance. The Scale pillar combines financial and operational metrics to measure the size of a utility. The Growth pillar measures the rate of growth of a utility' s financial and energy resources. The Exposure pillar combines both operational and financial measurements of risk.

Scope

  • A thorough review of the key operational and financial metrics that drive utility performance.
  • A comparison and ranking of key metrics across Europe' s leading utilities.

Report Highlights

The Finnish utility Fortum leads on the Performance pillar and Russia' s Gazprom on the Scale pillar whilst Denmark' s Dong leads in both the Growth and Exposure pillars

Reasons to Purchase

  • See where a company ranks in European utility scorecard
  • Gain a comprehensive assessment of a company' s market share across Europe
  • Acquire a wealth of company data from retail volumes to structural hedge positions

Table of Contents

  • CATALYST
  • SUMMARY
  • METHODOLOGY
  • ANALYSIS
    • European Utilities Key Player Profile: Essent
    • Key Player Scorecard examines 31 leading utilities drawn from across Europe' s competitive arenas
      • Key Players dominate power generation capacity market share in the Wmed competitive arena
      • Key Players dominate power generation output market share in the Wmed and CEE competitive arenas
      • Despite ongoing industry consolidation, in no competitive arenas do Key Players dominate power supply volume market share
      • Despite ongoing industry consolidation, in no competitive arenas do Key Players dominate gas volume market share
    • The Key Player Scorecard assesses utilities across four pillars: Performance, Scale, Growth and Exposure
      • The Performance pillar combines 5 financial metrics to measure business performance
      • The Scale pillar combines financial and operational metrics to measure the size of a utility
      • The Growth pillar measures the rate of growth of a utility' s financial and energy resources
      • The Exposure pillar combines both operational and financial measurements of risk
    • Essent scores 28.8/100 on Datamonitor' s European Utility Scorecard and ranks 24 out of the 31 Key Players covered
      • Essent ranks at or below the Key Player average on each Scorecard pillar
      • Essent achieves an overall ranking of 24, with a utility score of 28.8
      • Essent scores significantly below the Key Player average on the Scale pillar
      • Essent performs slightly behind the Key Player average, with a slightly higher level of risk
      • Essent trails the Key Player average and most top ten utilities in both Scale and Growth
    • Essent scores well on operating profit margin, lifting its overall Performance ranking to 16
      • Essent' s lowest Performance metric is return on energy volume, where it ranks 18
      • Essent is less profitable than the average Key Player, and most top ten utilities
      • Essent outperforms the Key Player average and several top ten utilities on return on investment
    • Essent scores below average on most Scale metrics, for a ranking of 23 on this pillar
      • Essent scores below average on each Scale metric, though it ranks 12 in gas supply volume
      • In generation capacity, Essent ranks 18 with 5 GW
      • Although an integrated utility, Essent' s gas supply volume is 2.3 times its power supply volume
      • Essent has a negligible share of Key Player power customers
      • At 36 TWh, Essent ranks 19 in terms of power volume
      • Essent' s 84 TWh gas supply volume translates into a 0.8% EU25 market share
      • Essent has a 2.3% share of Key Player gas customers
      • Essent ranks 20 in revenue and 21 in net income, respectively
    • Poor revenue growth pulls Essent' s Growth ranking down to 21
      • Essent scores below average in power supply volume growth, yet it ranks 6 out of 31 Key Players on this metric
      • Essent is not a listed company, and so has no price earnigs ratio
      • Essent saw average annual profit growth of 6.6% slightly eclipse revenue growth of 1.2% between 2001 and 2005
      • Essent' s robust operating cash flow growth of 8.9% trailed power supply volume growth of 20.3%
    • Essent' s Exposure rank of 19 is below average due to a low power NTR volume score
      • Essent' s below average Exposure ranking illustrates its high overall operational risk exposure
      • Essent has a short position in both its power and gas NTR by 86.7% and 100% respectively
      • Due to its power volume obligations exceeding its generational output, Essent has a short power NTR position of 31,334 GW
      • Essent' s is lightly leveraged as debt represents 52.5% of the company' s equity
      • Essent ranks 11 of the 31 Key Players in terms of debt leverage
      • Essent' s growth in operational cash flow of 8.9% outpaced the decline in energy volume of -4.9%
    • Essent principally operates in the Netherlands
      • Essent has a negligible share of Key Player power customers
      • Essent' s 84 TWh gas supply volume translates into a 0.8% EU25 market share
  • APPENDIX
    • Databook
    • Definitions
    • List of Tables
      • Table 1: The Key Players are drawn from across a diverse range of markets
      • Table 2: The Performance pillar combines 5 financial metrics to measure business performance
      • Table 3: The Scale pillar combines financial and operational metrics to measure the size of a utility
      • Table 4: The Growth pillar measures the rate of growth of a utility' s financial and energy resources
      • Table 5: The Exposure pillar combines both operational and financial measurements of risk
      • Table 6: Essent scores 28.8/100 on Datamonitor' s European Utility Scorecard and ranks 24 out of the 31 Key Players covered
      • Table 7: Essent scores 10.8/25 on the Performance pillar, and ranks 16 out of 31 on this measurement
      • Table 8: Essent scores 1.5/25 on the Scale pillar, and ranks 23 out of 31 on this measurement
      • Table 9: Essent scores 8/25 on the Growth pillar, and ranks 21 out of 31 on this measurement
      • Table 10: Essent scores 8.4/25 on the Exposure pillar, and ranks 19 out of 31 on this measurement
      • Table 11: Essent scores well on operating profit margin, lifting its overall Performance ranking to 16
      • Table 12: Essent scores below average on most Scale metrics, for a ranking of 23 on this pillar
      • Table 13: Poor revenue growth pulls Essent' s Growth ranking down to 21
      • Table 14: Essent' s Exposure rank of 19 is below average due to a low power NTR volume score
      • Table 15: Return on fixed assets
      • Table 16: Return on sales
      • Table 17: Operating profit margin
      • Table 18: Return on energy volume
      • Table 19: Return on investment
      • Table 20: Generation Capacity / EU25 market total
      • Table 21: Power Supply Volume / EU25 market total
      • Table 22: Gas Supply Volume / EU25 market total
      • Table 23: Net income / Net income of 94 leading utilities
      • Table 24: Revenue / Revenue of 94 leading utilities
      • Table 25: Revenue growth, 2001-2005 CAGR
      • Table 26: Profit growth, 2001-2005 CAGR
      • Table 27: Growth in operating cash flow, 2004 to 2005
      • Table 28: Gas supply volume growth, 2004-2005
      • Table 29: Growth in power supply volume, 2004 to 2005
      • Table 30: Power NTR / Power supply volume
      • Table 31: Gas NTR / Gas supply volume
      • Table 32: Debt leverage
      • Table 33: Growth in operational cash flow - Growth in energy volume
    • List of Figures
      • Figure 1: Datamonitor' s Key Player Scorecard examines 31 leading utilities drawn from across Europe' s competitive arenas
      • Figure 2: Key Players dominate power generation capacity market share in the Wmed competitive arena
      • Figure 3: Key Players dominate power generation output market share in the Wmed and CEE competitive arenas
      • Figure 4: Despite ongoing industry consolidation, in no competitive arenas do Key Players dominate power supply volume market share
      • Figure 5: Despite ongoing industry consolidation, in no competitive arenas do Key Players dominate gas volume market share
      • Figure 6: Essent achieves an overall ranking of 24, with a utility score of 28.8
      • Figure 7: Essent scores significantly below the Key Player average on the Scale pillar
      • Figure 8: Essent performs slightly behind the Key Player average, with a slightly higher level of risk
      • Figure 9: Essent trails the Key Player average and most top ten utilities in both Scale and Growth
      • Figure 10: Essent' s lowest Performance metric is return on energy volume, where it ranks 18
      • Figure 11: Essent is less profitable than the average Key Player, and most top ten utilities
      • Figure 12: Essent outperforms the Key Player average and several top ten utilities on return on investment
      • Figure 13: Essent scores below average on each Scale metric, though it ranks 12 in gas supply volume
      • Figure 14: In generation capacity, Essent ranks 18 with 5 GW
      • Figure 15: Although an integrated utility, Essent' s gas supply volume is 2.3 times its power supply volume
      • Figure 16: Essent has a negligible share of Key Player power customers
      • Figure 17: At 36 TWh, Essent ranks 19 in terms of power volume
      • Figure 18: Essent' s 84 TWh gas supply volume translates into a 0.8% EU25 market share
      • Figure 19: Essent has a 2.3% share of Key Player gas customers
      • Figure 20: Essent ranks 20 in revenue and 21 in net income, respectively
      • Figure 21: Essent scores below average in power supply volume growth, yet it ranks 6 out of 31 Key Players on this metric
      • Figure 22: Essent is not a listed company, and so has no price earnigs ratio
      • Figure 23: Essent saw average annual profit growth of 6.6% slightly eclipse revenue growth of 1.2% between 2001 and 2005
      • Figure 24: Essent' s robust operating cash flow growth of 8.9% trailed power supply volume growth of 20.3%
      • Figure 25: Essent' s below average Exposure ranking illustrates its high overall operational risk exposure
      • Figure 26: Essent has a short position in both its power and gas NTR by 86.7% and 100% respectively
      • Figure 27: Due to its power volume obligations exceeding its generational output, Essent has a short power NTR position of 31,334 GW
      • Figure 28: Essent' s is lightly leveraged as debt represents 52.5% of the company' s equity
      • Figure 29: Essent ranks 11 of the 31 Key Players in terms of debt leverage
      • Figure 30: Essent' s growth in operational cash flow of 8.9% outpaced the decline in energy volume of -4.9%
      • Figure 31: Essent has a negligible share of Key Player power customers
      • Figure 32: Essent' s 84 TWh gas supply volume translates into a 0.8% EU25 market share
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