What does the company do?
Calpine Corporation (Calpine) is an independent wholesale power generation company engaged in the ownership and operation of natural gas-fired and geothermal power plants in North America. The Company sells wholesale power, steam, capacity, renewable energy credits and ancillary services to its customers, including industrial companies, retail power providers, utilities, municipalities, independent electric system operators, marketers and others. The Company’s portfolio comprises two types of power generation technologies: natural gas-fired combustion turbines (primarily combined-cycle) and renewable geothermal conventional steam turbines. On January 31, 2008, Calpine emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. On February 14, 2008, Calpine completed the sale of all of the assets comprising the Hillabee development project, a partially completed 774 megawatt combined cycle power plant located in Alexander City, Alabama, to CER Generation, LLC.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Calpine one-year sales: 6.96 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Electric Utilities group: -81.08% - Calpine one-year income: 60.00 Mil.
Difference from the average for the Electric Utilities group: -97.41%| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales | 6.96 Bil | 36.80 Bil | | Income | 60.00 Mil | 2.32 Bil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Calpine one-year sales growth: -37.30%.
Difference from the average for the Electric Utilities group: -35.40 pct. pts. - Calpine one-year income growth: 61.30%.
Difference from the average for the Electric Utilities group: -28.80 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales Growth | -37.30% | -1.90% | | Income Growth | 61.30% | 90.10% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Calpine one-year net profit margin: 0.8%
Difference from the average for the Electric Utilities group: -7.6 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
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| Company | 0.8% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | -21.4% | | Industry | 8.4% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- Calpine debt/equity ratio: 2.67.
Difference from the average for the Electric Utilities group: 93.48%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 2.67 | 1.38 |
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