Company Analysis

Eversource Energy (ES)

NYSE: ES · Electric Services · Springfield, MA · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.7
◀ Past 6.5● Present 5.1▶ Future 5.9

The grade of Eversource Energy

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.7/10
◀ Past6.525% of the headline
● Present5.145% of the headline
▶ Future5.930% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.5/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
6.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 66th percentile among 59 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Eversource Energy's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+6.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 67th percentile among 51 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Eversource Energy's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $7.6 billion in fiscal 2016 to $14 billion in fiscal 2025, up 6.6% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 3% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span6.6%top 36% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 32% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 44% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak3.2%top 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 2.3% a year. 38% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 7 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Eversource Energy's diluted share count grew about 2.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 38% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 7 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 38% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.1/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 10%: 10¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 75%: owes 75¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 48th percentile among 53 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Eversource Energy earned about 10 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 75 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 3.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 40% of its family
  • return on equitytop 29% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 42% of 52 in its family; net margin 12.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 52 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Eversource Energy's standing among 52 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $14 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 24% by size; a net margin of 12.5% ranks in the top 39%; revenue growth of 3.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 38% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$13.55Btop 24% of its family
  • net margin12.5%top 39% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth3.3%bottom 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 45% of 30 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.

weight 22% of this tense · 45th percentile among 30 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Eversource Energy's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Nolan, Joseph R Jr (Chairman of the Bd, Pres & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-02-04, 4.8 years (top 45% of its family); the 8 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.5 years (bottom 48%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 8 people in charge now (bottom 32%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge4 in three years among 8 peoplebottom 32% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.5 yearsbottom 48% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record4.8 yearstop 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 34% of 47 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 34th percentile among 47 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Eversource Energy's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $246 million against debt of $27 billion leaves -41.7% of its assets as net cash, bottom 17% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -0.3% of revenue (top 48%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-41.7%bottom 17% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-0.3%top 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 49% of 51 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 51st percentile among 51 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Eversource Energy's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 3.3% a year over the last three filed years against 6.6% over all 10, slowing (bottom 42% of its family); the newest year grew 13.8% (top 21%); capital spending grew 6.5% a year (bottom 31%) (its annual reports). Eversource Energy reported 5 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Eversource Electric Distribution at $10 billion, Natural Gas Distribution at $2.6 billion, Eversource Electric Transmission at $2.3 billion, and 2 more. 5 of 5 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 65% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-3.3 points a yearbottom 42% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth13.8%top 21% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending6.5%bottom 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
8.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 15% of 49 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 85th percentile among 49 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Eversource Energy's newest year against its own record: revenue of $14 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 15.7% above the $12 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 15% of its family); net income of $1.7 billion against a prior three-year average of $591 million (top 7%); a net margin of 12.5% against 4.8% before (top 21%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace15.7%top 15% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+186%top 7% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+7.6 pointstop 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton ES · research, not advice