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研究快訊:儘管面臨天氣不利因素,ETR 第一季業績仍超預期;Meta 收購案提振資料中心業務

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-- 獨立研究機構CFRA向提供了以下研究報告。 CFRA分析師總結如下:Entergy公佈了2026年第一季穩健的業績,調整後每股收益為0.86美元,較上年同期增長0.04美元(同比增長4.9%,較市場預期高出2.3%),儘管受到0.07美元的天氣不利因素影響。公用事業收益成長10.2%至5.4億美元,主要得益於監管措施和在建工程的收益。工業板塊表現依然強勁,銷量飆升14.9%至15.9太瓦時,主要受資料中心、初級金屬和交通運輸需求的推動,這反映了ETR專注於發展大型客戶的策略。管理層重申了2026年調整後每股收益4.25美元至4.45美元的預期,展現了對公司營運前景的信心。 ETR宣布與Meta旗下子公司Evest LLC根據路易斯安那州的「閃電計畫」(Lightning Initiative)達成另一項重要的超大規模資料中心協議,預計將為零售客戶節省20億美元。在客戶預付款的推動下,營運現金流成長54.7%至8.29億美元,流動性也從去年的15.1億美元增加至35.7億美元。我們認為,這些成長將使ETR在資料中心專案持續成長方面佔據有利地位。

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