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Dominion Energy, Inc.: Q4 FY2025 earnings call

What management said about Q4 FY2025, from the documents filed with the SEC on 23 February 2026: press release. Guidance figures: 2 new, 1 kept. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Full-year operating EPS rose to $3.42: Full-year 2025 operating earnings were $3.0 billion, or $3.42 per share, compared with $2.77 per share in 2024. Source
  • Fourth-quarter operating EPS reached $0.68: Fourth-quarter 2025 operating earnings were $593 million, or $0.68 per share, compared with $504 million, or $0.58 per share, a year earlier. Source
  • Virginia was the largest contributor: Dominion Energy Virginia earned $2.72 per share for 2025, up from $2.40, and $0.63 in the fourth quarter, up from $0.52. Source
  • Rider equity return lifted Virginia: The rider equity return added $96 million, or $0.11 per share, to Virginia in the fourth quarter, and $507 million, or $0.60 per share, for the year. Source
  • Large 2025 nuclear and pension market benefits: Items excluded from operating earnings for 2025 included a $485 million pre-tax net market benefit, mainly $507 million from nuclear decommissioning trusts and $131 million from pension plans, less a $153 million hedging loss. Source
  • 2026 operating EPS range set: Management set 2026 operating earnings guidance of $3.45 to $3.69 per share, midpoint $3.57, which includes RNG 45Z income of $0.07 per share. Source
  • Long-term growth extended through 2030: Annual operating EPS growth of 5% to 7% now runs through 2030, measured from the 2025 midpoint of $3.30 per share that excludes RNG 45Z. Source

“Dominion Energy management believes operating earnings provide a more meaningful representation of the company’s fundamental earnings power.”

Dominion Energy, Inc., press release

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
Operating EPS Sourcefull year 2026$3.45 to $3.69 per share, midpoint $3.57 per shareNew
RNG 45Z income within operating EPS guidance Sourcefull year 2026$0.07 per shareNew
Long-term annual operating EPS growth Sourcethrough 2030, off the 2025 base5% to 7%Kept

What changed from last quarter

  • New guidance: The company started 2026 operating EPS guidance of $3.45 to $3.69 per share, which includes RNG 45Z income. Source
  • New: The long-term operating EPS growth guidance now runs through 2030, one year beyond the prior 2029 horizon. Source
  • Guidance kept: Existing credit and dividend guidance was reaffirmed. Source

Full-year and fourth-quarter results

  • Full-year operating EPS rose to $3.42: Full-year 2025 operating earnings were $3.0 billion, or $3.42 per share, compared with $2.77 per share in 2024. Source
  • Fourth-quarter operating EPS reached $0.68: Fourth-quarter 2025 operating earnings were $593 million, or $0.68 per share, compared with $504 million, or $0.58 per share, a year earlier. Source
  • GAAP net income was $3.45 per share: Reported net income was $3.0 billion, or $3.45 per share, for 2025, and $567 million, or $0.65 per share, for the fourth quarter. The release attributes the gap to operating earnings to nuclear trust, hedging and other items. Source
  • Operating revenue rose to $16.5 billion: Operating revenue was $16.5 billion for 2025 against $14.5 billion in 2024, and $4.1 billion for the fourth quarter against $3.4 billion. Source

Segment earnings per share

  • Virginia was the largest contributor: Dominion Energy Virginia earned $2.72 per share for 2025, up from $2.40, and $0.63 in the fourth quarter, up from $0.52. Source
  • South Carolina up for the year: Dominion Energy South Carolina earned $0.63 per share for 2025, against $0.47, and $0.12 in the fourth quarter, the same as the prior-year quarter. Source
  • Contracted Energy doubled in quarter: Contracted Energy earned $0.14 per share in the fourth quarter against $0.07, and $0.51 for 2025 against $0.43. Source
  • Corporate and Other loss narrowed for year: Corporate and Other was a $0.44 per share loss for 2025, against $0.53, and a $0.21 loss in the fourth quarter, against $0.13. Source

“Company extends its existing guidance for long-term annual operating EPS growth rate of 5% to 7%, with a bias to the upper half for 2028 to 2030.”

Dominion Energy, Inc., press release

Drivers of the fourth-quarter change

  • Rider equity return lifted Virginia: The rider equity return added $96 million, or $0.11 per share, to Virginia in the fourth quarter, and $507 million, or $0.60 per share, for the year. Source
  • Customer usage added Virginia earnings: Customer usage and other factors added $42 million, or $0.05 per share, to Virginia in the fourth quarter, and $173 million, or $0.21 per share, for the year. Source
  • Planned outages and margin helped Contracted: Contracted Energy margin added $27 million, or $0.03 per share, in the fourth quarter. Planned Millstone outages added $53 million, or $0.06 per share, in the quarter. Source
  • Renewable tax credits added to Contracted: Renewable production tax credits added $44 million, or $0.05 per share, and investment tax credits added $21 million, or $0.03 per share, in the fourth quarter. Source

Costs and reported-earnings adjustments

  • Fuel and purchased energy costs rose: Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases were $1.2 billion in the fourth quarter against $827 million, and $4.5 billion for 2025 against $3.6 billion. Source
  • Salaries and administrative costs weighed on Virginia: Salaries, wages, benefits and administrative costs reduced Virginia's contribution by $84 million, or $0.10 per share, for 2025, and by $20 million in the fourth quarter. Source
  • Large 2025 nuclear and pension market benefits: Items excluded from operating earnings for 2025 included a $485 million pre-tax net market benefit, mainly $507 million from nuclear decommissioning trusts and $131 million from pension plans, less a $153 million hedging loss. Source

2026 guidance and long-term growth

  • 2026 operating EPS range set: Management set 2026 operating earnings guidance of $3.45 to $3.69 per share, midpoint $3.57, which includes RNG 45Z income of $0.07 per share. Source
  • Long-term growth extended through 2030: Annual operating EPS growth of 5% to 7% now runs through 2030, measured from the 2025 midpoint of $3.30 per share that excludes RNG 45Z. Source
  • Upper-half growth bias for 2028 to 2030: Management indicated a bias toward the upper half of the growth rate range for 2028 through 2030. Source
  • Credit and dividend guidance reaffirmed: Existing credit and dividend guidance was reaffirmed. The release gives no new figures for either. Source

Capital, shares and noncontrolling interest

  • Sale of noncontrolling interest reduced Virginia: The sale of noncontrolling interest reduced Virginia's contribution by $40 million, or $0.05 per share, in the fourth quarter, and by $275 million, or $0.33 per share, for 2025. Source
  • Average diluted share count rose: Average diluted shares were 860.4 million in the fourth quarter against 842.2 million a year earlier, and 855.3 million for 2025 against 839.4 million for 2024. Source
  • Series C preferred dividend in each quarter: Each 2025 quarter includes $11 million of preferred dividends on Series C preferred stock in the per-share calculation. Source

Business profile and reporting basis

  • Regulated electric and gas service footprint: The company provides regulated electricity service to 3.6 million homes and businesses in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, and gas service to 500,000 customers in South Carolina. Source
  • Offshore wind and solar developer: The company describes itself as one of the nation's leading developers and operators of regulated offshore wind and solar power, and the largest producer of carbon-free electricity in New England. Source
  • Stated mission on reliable clean energy: The company's stated mission is to provide reliable, affordable and increasingly clean energy that powers its customers every day. Source
  • Operating earnings as primary measure: Management uses operating earnings (non-GAAP) as the primary performance measurement for public communications with analysts and investors. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
EPS growth target Source5% to 7% annual operating EPS growth through 2030, with upper-half bias for 2028 to 2030
Rate case impacts, South Carolina base and RSA (full year 2025) Source$127 million, $0.15 per share

Risks management discussed

  • Regulatory: Virginia Power's share of Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind costs not expected to be recovered from customers was a 2025 pre-tax charge of $258 million, excluded from operating earnings. Source
  • Operational: Unplanned Millstone outages reduced Contracted Energy earnings by $10 million, or $0.01 per share, in the fourth quarter, and added $8 million for the year. Source
  • External: Severe weather impacts at DEV totaled $106 million pre-tax for 2025, mostly in the first and second quarters, and were excluded from operating earnings. Source
  • Financial: Contracted Energy net interest expense reduced earnings by $12 million, or $0.01 per share, in the fourth quarter, and by $14 million for the year. Source

Earlier plans management reported on

  • Not stated: In the third-quarter release, the company said it expected to be at or above the midpoint of the 2025 range, assuming normal weather.
  • Not stated: The third-quarter release reaffirmed the 5% to 7% long-term operating EPS growth guidance through 2029.

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Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.