OGE Energy Corp.’s (OGE - Free Report) third-quarter 2018 earnings of $1.02 per share surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 96 cents by 6.25%. Moreover, the reported figure improved 10.9% from 92 cents registered in the year-ago quarter. Higher gross margin buoyed by warmer-than-normal weather drove the company’s bottom-line performance.
Revenues
OGE Energy’s operating revenues of $698.8 million declined 2.5% from the prior-year quarter’s $716.8 million. The downside can be attributed to year-over-year lower residential, industrial, oilfield and transmission revenues.
Operational Highlights
Total sales in the reported quarter amounted to 8.5 million megawatt-hours (MWh), up from 8.1 million MWh in the prior-year quarter. The upside was driven by higher system sales, which increased 6.7% year over year. Meanwhile, the company’s customer count inched up 0.75% to 846,817.
Cost of sales summed $244.4 million compared with $255.7 million in the prior-year quarter.
Total operating expenses rose 7.1% year over year to $227.1 million on account of higher operation and maintenance expenses along with higher depreciation and amortization expenses. Operating income decreased 8.7% to $227.3 million from the year-ago quarter’s $249.1 million.
Interest expenses totaled $38.7 million in the third quarter, up from $35.9 million a year ago.
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OGE Energy Corp.’s (OGE - Free Report) third-quarter 2018 earnings of $1.02 per share surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 96 cents by 6.25%. Moreover, the reported figure improved 10.9% from 92 cents registered in the year-ago quarter. Higher gross margin buoyed by warmer-than-normal weather drove the company’s bottom-line performance.
Revenues
OGE Energy’s operating revenues of $698.8 million declined 2.5% from the prior-year quarter’s $716.8 million. The downside can be attributed to year-over-year lower residential, industrial, oilfield and transmission revenues.
Operational Highlights
Total sales in the reported quarter amounted to 8.5 million megawatt-hours (MWh), up from 8.1 million MWh in the prior-year quarter. The upside was driven by higher system sales, which increased 6.7% year over year. Meanwhile, the company’s customer count inched up 0.75% to 846,817.
Cost of sales summed $244.4 million compared with $255.7 million in the prior-year quarter.
Total operating expenses rose 7.1% year over year to $227.1 million on account of higher operation and maintenance expenses along with higher depreciation and amortization expenses. Operating income decreased 8.7% to $227.3 million from the year-ago quarter’s $249.1 million.
Interest expenses totaled $38.7 million in the third quarter, up from $35.9 million a year ago.
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From thousands of stocks, 5 Zacks experts each have chosen their favorite to skyrocket +100% or more in months to come. From those 5, Director of Research Sheraz Mian hand-picks one to have the most explosive upside of all.
It’s a little-known chemical company that’s up 65% over last year, yet still dirt cheap. With unrelenting demand, soaring 2022 earnings estimates, and $1.5 billion for repurchasing shares, retail investors could jump in at any time.
This company could rival or surpass other recent Zacks’ Stocks Set to Double like Boston Beer Company which shot up +143.0% in little more than 9 months and NVIDIA which boomed +175.9% in one year.
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