Stocks · Utilities · Regulated Electric

Entergy Arkansas, Inc. 1M BD 4.875%66 EAI

$18.78 +0.16% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $882.3M

High quality

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Three things to know

  1. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.90, down 84.6% year over year.
  2. The shares trade at 4.8× trailing earnings, higher than 90% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
  3. Net debt is 5.2× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Utilities sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth47Neutral

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 7%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 4%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 3%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 1%
Quality82Strong

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 30%
  • Gross marginTop 22%
  • Operating marginTop 38%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 7%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 13%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 48%
  • Interest coverBottom 39%
Value61Neutral

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 10%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 5%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 5%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 15%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 1%
Momentum53Neutral

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 30%
  • 6-month returnTop 36%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 31%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 24%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 32%
Revisions—Not enough data

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

Stability71Positive

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 7%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 43%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 42%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 48%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)-23.8%-4.4%↑
EPS growth (YoY)-88.5%-84.6%↑
Gross margin68.5%62.2%↓
Operating margin24.1%23.9%↓
FCF margin-13.0%-26.4%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)-4.4%-23.8%↑Bottom 7%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)-84.6%-88.5%↑Bottom 4%
Gross margin62.2%68.5%↓Top 22%
Operating margin23.9%24.1%↓Top 38%
Net margin9.7%10.2%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin-26.4%-13.0%↓—
Return on invested capital3.5%—Bottom 30%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR69.2%—Top 3%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
3.00×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-5.8%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.0%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+402.1 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
5.22×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
2.1×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
121.14%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
-125.32%
Shareholder yield
-4.18%
Share count change, 1 year
+4.6%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+106.4%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+0.2%
Positive 20 days after report
2 of 5

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 31, 2026—+0.3%+0.0%+0.2%—
May 1, 2026—-0.2%-0.1%-2.6%-3.6%
Feb 19, 2026—-0.0%+0.7%-4.5%-3.0%
Sep 30, 2023—-1.6%-6.8%-9.8%-1.6%
Jun 30, 2023—+2.4%+2.6%+2.4%-1.6%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 31, 2026$1.05——$3.52B
May 1, 2026$0.84——$3.19B
Feb 19, 2026$0.52——$2.96B
Sep 30, 2023$3.32——$3.60T
Jun 30, 2023$0.00——$2.85T
Dec 31, 2022-$5,917.78——$10.37B
Jun 30, 2022-$11.82——$3.40B
Mar 31, 2022$5,951.29——$2.88T

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)4.8×3.6×90thTop 10%
EV / EBITDA5.4×——Top 5%
EV / Sales2.33×——Top 15%
Free-cash-flow yield-406.82%——Bottom 5%
Earnings yield20.77%——Top 10%

P/E over the past five years

Range 0.8× – 6.7× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
-12.6%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
-84.6%
Change in P/E multiple
+510.7%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-1.6%
200-day average slope (20 days)
-0.9%
Distance from 50-day average
-4.2%
Distance from 200-day average
-7.9%
RSI (14)
33.2
Relative volume
0.61×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
8.3%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
20th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.21
Correlation with S&P 500
0.27
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-13.8%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-21.2%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Dec 18, 2020Sep 30, 2026-29.8%1450 daysNot yet recovered

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$882.3M
P/E (TTM)
4.8
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$3.90
Revenue (TTM)
$13.57B
Dividend yield
6.49%
52-week range
$18.54 – $21.90
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$2.34B$2.67B$2.65B$11.88B$12.95B
Gross profit$972.4M$1.02B$1.08B$8.14B$8.65B
Operating income$437.4M$507.6M$455.2M$2.65B$3.20B
Net income$316.6M$297.2M$402.1M$1.06B$1.76B
EPS (diluted)$6.27$6.33$7.78$19.58$3.91
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$3.39B$7.26B$2.85B$697.7M$3.81B$5.59B$646.3M$3.52B
Net income$644.9M$344.9M$360.8M$100.1M$693.8M$60.2M$82.1M$482.6M
EPS (diluted)$11.96$6.40$6.69$0.22$1.53$0.51$0.83$1.03
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$549.2M$2.59B$941.0M$4.49B$5.44B
Capital expenditure-$907.1M-$5.07B-$1.03B-$4.84B-$8.28B
Free cash flow-$357.9M-$2.48B-$89.3M-$349.8M-$2.83B
Dividends paid-$50.0M-$841.7M-$417.0M-$981.7M-$1.11B
Net share buybacks$206.8M$884.6M$0$0$1.48B

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$3.85B
Total assets
$79.00B
Total liabilities
$60.68B
Total debt
$34.63B
Net debt
$30.77B
Shareholders’ equity
$18.23B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 31, 2026$0.30Sep 1, 2026
May 29, 2026$0.30Jun 1, 2026
Feb 27, 2026$0.30Mar 2, 2026
Nov 28, 2025$0.30Dec 1, 2025
Aug 29, 2025$0.30Sep 2, 2025
May 30, 2025$0.30Jun 2, 2025
Feb 28, 2025$0.30Mar 3, 2025
Nov 29, 2024$0.30Dec 2, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
21,468
Days to cover
1.00
Change vs previous report
+107.9%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.