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Great Plains Energy (Great Plains Energy) Profitability Rank : 0 (As of Mar. 2018)


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What is Great Plains Energy Profitability Rank?

Great Plains Energy has the Profitability Rank of 0.

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

Great Plains Energy's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was 15.28%. As of today, Great Plains Energy's Piotroski F-Score is 3.


Competitive Comparison of Great Plains Energy's Profitability Rank

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Great Plains Energy's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Great Plains Energy's Profitability Rank Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Great Plains Energy's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Great Plains Energy's Profitability Rank falls into.



Great Plains Energy Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

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.

Great Plains Energy has the Profitability Rank of 0.

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

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Great Plains Energy's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2018 ) / Revenue (Q: Mar. 2018 )
=89.2 / 583.9
=15.28 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

2. Piotroski F-Score

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 3 is low, which usually implies poor business operation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Great Plains Energy has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

Good Sign:

Great Plains Energy Inc operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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Great Plains Energy (Great Plains Energy) Business Description

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Great Plains Energy is the holding company of Kansas City Power & Light and Greater Missouri Operations. The two regulated utilities provide electric service to roughly 900,000 customers in the Kansas City area and nearby western Missouri and eastern Kansas. The company has about 6.5 gigawatts of generating capacity. More than 80% of its electricity generation is from coal-fired plants, approximately 15% comes from its co-owned Wolf Creek nuclear plant, and the remainder is from gas, oil, and wind farms.

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