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GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company’s financial situation is. It is based on these factors

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest coverage (current year).
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better
3. Altman Z-score.

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

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GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company’s business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin
2. Trend of the Operating Margin (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
••3. Consistency of the profitability
4. Piotroski F-Score
5. Predictability Rank•

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength Rank. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

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Q1 2012

EMRAF Guru Trades in Q1 2012

Signature Select Canadian Fund 31,430 sh (New)
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Q3 2012

EMRAF Guru Trades in Q3 2012

Signature Select Canadian Fund Sold Out
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Preferred stocks of Emera, Inc.

SymbolPriceYieldDescription
EMA.PR.A.Canada26.294.18
EMA.PR.C.Canada26.283.66Cum Reset 1st Pfd Shs Series -C-

Ratios

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P/S 2.31
EMRAF's P/S is ranked lower than
73% of the 289 Companies
in the Global Utilities - Diversified industry.

( Industry Median: 1.30 vs. EMRAF: 2.31 )
EMRAF' s 10-Year P/S Range
Min: 0   Max: 0
Current: 2.31

EV-to-EBIT 15.2
EMRAF's EV-to-EBIT is ranked lower than
79% of the 289 Companies
in the Global Utilities - Diversified industry.

( Industry Median: 15.54 vs. EMRAF: 15.2 )
EMRAF' s 10-Year EV-to-EBIT Range
Min: 0   Max: 0
Current: 15.2

Dividend & Buy Back

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Dividend Yield 1.00
EMRAF's Dividend Yield is ranked higher than
74% of the 289 Companies
in the Global Utilities - Diversified industry.

( Industry Median: 3.00 vs. EMRAF: 1.00 )
EMRAF' s 10-Year Dividend Yield Range
Min: 0   Max: 0
Current: 1

Dividend Payout 0.857
EMRAF's Dividend Payout is ranked higher than
81% of the 289 Companies
in the Global Utilities - Diversified industry.

( Industry Median: 0.72 vs. EMRAF: 0.857 )
EMRAF' s 10-Year Dividend Payout Range
Min: 0   Max: 0
Current: 0.86

Yield on cost (5-Year) 1.00
EMRAF's Yield on cost (5-Year) is ranked higher than
68% of the 289 Companies
in the Global Utilities - Diversified industry.

( Industry Median: 3.18 vs. EMRAF: 1.00 )
EMRAF' s 10-Year Yield on cost (5-Year) Range
Min: 0   Max: 0
Current: 1

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Business Description

Emera, Inc. is an energy and services company. The Company invests in electricity generation, transmission and distribution as well as gas transmission and utility energy services. The Company's strategy is focused on the transformation of the electricity industry to cleaner generation and the delivery of that clean energy to market. It has interests in the Atlantic Provinces, Maine, Massachusetts in three Caribbean countries and in California. Approximately 80% of the Company's consolidated revenues are earned by its rate-regulated subsidiaries, including NSPI, Emera's Maine and Caribbean utility operations, and EBPC: Nova Scotia Power Inc. ('NSPI') provides more than 95% of the electricity generation, transmission and distribution service in the Province of Nova Scotia. NSPI has $3.9 billion in assets, and approximately 493,000 customers. The Company's Maine utility operations include Bangor Hydro, MPS and MAM. Bangor Hydro is an electricity transmission and distribution company with USD $806.8 million of assets serving approximately 118,000 customers in eastern Maine. Its Caribbean utility operations consist of an 80.4% interest, held directly and indirectly, in GBPC; a 79.98% indirect interest in BLPC; and a 19.1% interest in Lucelec. GBPC is a vertically-integrated utility and the sole provider of electricity on Grand Bahama Island in the Bahamas. GBPC serves 19,000 customers and is regulated by GBPA which has granted GBPC a licensed, regulated and exclusive franchise to produce, transmit and distribute electricity on the island until 2054. EBPC is a natural gas pipeline company that owns the Brunswick Pipeline, a 145-kilometre pipeline carrying re-gasified liquefied natural gas from the CanaportTM LNG LP terminal near Saint John, New Brunswick to markets in the Northeastern U.S.
Company Website
Industry: Utilities - Diversified
Compare:GDFZY, NWE, ENLAY, EONGY, ECIFY
Traded in other countries:EMA.PR.A.Canada, EMA.Canada, EMA.PR.C.Canada

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