Company Graphics - Markets that matter

Table of Contents

• DATAMONITOR VIEW
  • CATALYST
  • SUMMARY
• ANALYSIS
  • A pan-European energy market remains a distant prospect
    • Europe' s utility landscape can be grouped into six competitive arenas
    • Key Player data shows energy markets are still predominantly national in scope
    • The Key Players are drawn from across a diverse range of markets
    • The gas utility competitive space is still overwhelmingly national in scope
    • The power utility competitive space is still overwhelmingly regional in scope
  • High market concentration reduces utility profitability
    • Competition within concentrated markets reduces return on sales
    • Market dominance does not drive utility profitability in gas markets
    • Market dominance does not drive utility profitability in power markets
    • The most profitable utilities are based in the Nordic, CEE and EUCC competitive arenas
    • The more Key Players there are in a market, the less profitable it is
  • Market liberalisation tends to reduce utility profitability
    • There is a strong link between the level of gas market liberalisation and profitability
    • The MCI Index shows how attractive a particular market is to new entrants in terms of the competitive environment
    • The MCI assessment draws on nine underlying metrics: Market Framework, Supplier Push and Customer Pull
    • The most profitable Key Player gas markets are the least liberalised
    • Profitability is linked to low levels of power market liberalisation
    • Increasing liberalisation drives new market entry
• APPENDIX
  • Glossary
  • Methodology
  • Further Reading
  • Datamonitor Consultancy
  • List of Figures
    • Figure 1: European Competitive Arenas
    • Figure 2: Key Player Profiles: Revenue and Domicile
    • Figure 3: Gas Utilities: Geographic focus
    • Figure 4: Power Utilities: Geographic focus
    • Figure 5: Gas Utilities: Relationship between market dominance and return on sales
    • Figure 6: Power Utilities: Relationship between market dominance and return on sales
    • Figure 7: Average return on sales by market for Key Players
    • Figure 8: Number of Key Players per market
    • Figure 9: Market Competitive Intensity Index: Assessment scale
    • Figure 10: Market Competitive Intensity Index: Assessment framework
    • Figure 11: Gas Market Competitive Intensity per market
    • Figure 12: Power Market Competitive Intensity per market