European Utilities Key Players Databook

Table of Contents

• CATALYST
• SUMMARY
• ANALYSIS
  • Introduction
    • Key Players dominate power generation capacity market share in the Wmed competitive arena
    • Key Players dominate power generation output market share in the Wmed and CEE competitive arenas
    • Despite ongoing industry consolidation, in no competitive arenas do Key Players dominate power supply volume market share
    • Despite ongoing industry consolidation, in no competitive arenas do Key Players dominate gas volume market share
  • Scorecard Methodology
    • The Key Player Scorecard assesses utilities across four pillars: Performance, Scale, Growth and Exposure
    • The Performance pillar combines 5 financial metrics to measure business performance
    • The Scale pillar combines financial and operational metrics to measure the size of a utility
    • The Growth pillar measures the rate of growth of a utility' s financial and energy resources
    • The Exposure pillar combines both operational and financial measurements of risk
  • Utility Scorecard Results
  • Underlying Financial and Operational Data
• APPENDIX
  • Definitions
  • List of Tables
    • Table 1: The Key Players are drawn from across a diverse range of markets (1 of 2)
    • Table 2: The Key Players are drawn from across a diverse range of markets (2 of 2)
    • Table 3: The Performance pillar combines 5 financial metrics to measure business performance
    • Table 4: The Scale pillar combines financial and operational metrics to measure the size of a utility
    • Table 5: The Growth pillar measures the rate of growth of a utility' s financial and energy resources
    • Table 6: The Exposure pillar combines both operational and financial measurements of risk
    • Table 7: Performance scores and rankings
    • Table 8: Scale scores and rankings
    • Table 9: Growth scores and rankings
    • Table 10: Exposure scores and rankings
    • Table 11: Return on fixed assets
    • Table 12: Return on sales
    • Table 13: Operating profit margin
    • Table 14: Return on energy volume
    • Table 15: Return on investment
    • Table 16: Generation Capacity / EU25 market total
    • Table 17: Power Supply Volume / EU25 market total
    • Table 18: Gas Supply Volume / EU25 market total
    • Table 19: Net income / Net income of 94 leading utilities
    • Table 20: Revenue / Revenue of 94 leading utilities
    • Table 21: Revenue growth, 2001-2005 CAGR
    • Table 22: Profit growth, 2001-2005 CAGR
    • Table 23: Growth in operating cash flow, 2004 to 2005
    • Table 24: Gas supply volume growth, 2004-2005
    • Table 25: Growth in power supply volume, 2004 to 2005
    • Table 26: Power NTR / Power supply volume
    • Table 27: Gas NTR / Gas supply volume
    • Table 28: Debt leverage
    • Table 29: Growth in operational cash flow - Growth in energy volume
  • List of Figures
    • Figure 1: Datamonitor' s Key Player Scorecard examines 31 leading utilities drawn from across Europe' s competitive arenas
    • Figure 2: Key Players dominate power generation capacity market share in the Wmed competitive arena
    • Figure 3: Key Players dominate power generation output market share in the Wmed and CEE competitive arenas
    • Figure 4: Despite ongoing industry consolidation, in no competitive arenas do Key Players dominate power supply volume market share
    • Figure 5: Despite ongoing industry consolidation, in no competitive arenas do Key Players dominate gas volume market share
    • Figure 6: Centrica achieves an overall ranking of 14, with a utility score of 34.3