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PNW Pinnacle West Capital

utility · 2026-09-24

N/A
too hard · 32
Owner-earnings value$108.40
Price$92.05
Margin of safety +17.8%

Quality gate · 32/100

Returns on capital 0/30
Consistency 17.2/22
Margins / pricing power 11.9/16
Balance sheet 1.1/16
Cash conversion 0/10
Capital allocation 2.3/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 5% < 9%) · over-levered (net debt/EBITDA 6.4x > 4x)

Median ROIC5.4%
Gross margin41.8%
Net debt / EBITDA6.4x
FCF conversion-116%
Share count / yr+2.2%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)640.11M
Owner-earnings yield5.7%
Free-cash-flow yield-7.9%
Growth used (normalized)7.3%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)3.4%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)9.0%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
1686.73M 7.3%630.03M
2733.49M 6.8%617.36M
3779.94M 6.3%602.26M
4825.61M 5.9%584.89M
5870.04M 5.4%565.46M
6912.70M 4.9%544.22M
7953.12M 4.4%521.39M
8990.79M 4.0%497.24M
91.03B 3.5%472.04M
101.06B 3.0%446.06M

Recent news

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⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~3%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 7%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-09-24 32 $92.05 $108.40 +17.8% N/A
2026-08-13 32 $100.40 $108.40 +8.0% N/A
2026-07-02 33 $106.30 $110.78 +4.2% N/A
2026-06-25 33 $105.37 $110.78 +5.1% N/A
2026-06-23 33 $104.05 $110.78 +6.5% N/A