Stocks · Financial Services · Financial - Credit Services
El Paso Energy Capital Trust I PFD CV TR SECS EP-PC
$49.71 -0.28% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $110.46B
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.61, down 49.6% year over year.
- Operating margin widened to 35.3% from 27.7% a year earlier.
- Net debt is 4.8× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 14%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 13%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 11%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 5%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 47%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 21%
- Gross marginBottom 4%
- Operating marginTop 19%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 20%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 18%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 26%
- Interest coverTop 12%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 17%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 30%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 39%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 10%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 36%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 30%
- 6-month returnBottom 18%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 34%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 18%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 9%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 19%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 14%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 11%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 26%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -7.6% | -7.6% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -53.0% | -49.6% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 74.7% | 3.1% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 27.7% | 35.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 39.4% | 21.4% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -7.6% | -7.6% | ↑ | Bottom 14% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -49.6% | -53.0% | ↑ | Bottom 13% |
| Gross margin | 3.1% | 74.7% | ↓ | Bottom 4% |
| Operating margin | 35.3% | 27.7% | ↑ | Top 19% |
| Net margin | 23.2% | 17.4% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 21.4% | 39.4% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 7.7% | — | Top 21% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -4.1% | — | Bottom 5% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.92×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.2%
- 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.
- -92.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.81×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 12.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.02%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.02%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.2%
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 24, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 6
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2026 | — | +0.6% | +0.1% | +2.5% | +0.5% |
| Feb 13, 2026 | — | +0.3% | +0.4% | +0.9% | +0.1% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | — | +0.1% | -0.4% | -0.2% | +1.8% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | — | +0.0% | +0.6% | -0.4% | +2.1% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | — | +1.2% | +0.5% | +1.6% | -1.2% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | — | +1.5% | +0.5% | +2.4% | +0.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2026 | $0.44 | — | — | $4.83B |
| Feb 13, 2026 | $0.45 | — | — | $4.51B |
| Dec 31, 2023 | $0.65 | — | — | $4.04B |
| Sep 30, 2023 | $0.24 | — | — | $3.91B |
| Jun 30, 2023 | $0.42 | — | — | $3.50B |
| Mar 31, 2023 | $0.30 | — | — | $3.89B |
| Dec 31, 2022 | $0.31 | — | — | $4.58B |
| Sep 30, 2022 | $0.26 | — | — | $5.18B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 81.5× | 40.3× | 71th | Bottom 17% |
| EV / EBITDA | 21.4× | — | — | Bottom 39% |
| EV / Sales | 9.66× | — | — | Bottom 10% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.86% | — | — | Bottom 30% |
| Earnings yield | 1.23% | — | — | Bottom 17% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 27.7× – 326.4× 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
- -0.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -49.6%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +107.5%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
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)
- -0.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -1.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -1.3%
- RSI (14)
- 42.6
- Relative volume
- 0.06×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 8.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 57th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.01
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.05
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -3.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -4.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2021 | Nov 4, 2022 | -20.6% | 444 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $110.46B
- P/E (TTM)
- 81.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.61
- Revenue (TTM)
- $14.76B
- Dividend yield
- 4.78%
- 52-week range
- $48.95 – $51.71
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $16.61B | $19.20B | $15.33B | $15.10B | $16.94B |
| Gross profit | $10.12B | $4.03B | $15.33B | $15.10B | $0 |
| Operating income | $2.92B | $868.0M | $4.26B | $4.38B | $4.72B |
| Net income | $1.79B | $693.0M | $2.39B | $2.61B | $104.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.79 | $0.31 | $1.07 | $1.18 | — |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.70B | $3.99B | $4.24B | $4.04B | $4.15B | $4.51B | $1.63B | $4.48B |
| Net income | $557.0M | $708.0M | $766.0M | $742.0M | $628.0M | $866.0M | $1.06B | $867.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.25 | $0.32 | $0.32 | $0.32 | -$0.67 | $0.45 | $0.44 | $0.39 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $5.71B | $4.97B | $6.49B | $5.63B | $5.92B |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.28B | -$148.0M | -$2.32B | -$2.63B | -$3.03B |
| Free cash flow | $4.43B | $4.82B | $4.17B | $3.01B | $2.89B |
| Dividends paid | -$2.44B | -$2.50B | -$2.53B | -$2.56B | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $89.0M
- Total assets
- $74.06B
- Total liabilities
- $41.18B
- Total debt
- $32.14B
- Net debt
- $32.05B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $31.63B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 24, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | $0.59 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | $0.59 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | $0.59 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | $0.59 | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Sep 15, 2025 | $0.59 | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Jun 13, 2025 | $0.59 | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | $0.59 | Mar 31, 2025 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | $0.59 | Dec 31, 2024 |