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Firstenergy (FE) FY2008 results: revenue $13.6 billion, up 6.4% on the year

Firstenergy Corp. (FE) reported revenue of $13.6 billion for fiscal 2008, the year ended 31 December 2008, up 6.4% on the year before. Net income was $1.3 billion, up 2.5%, and diluted earnings per share $4.38. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 19 February 2010.

Revenue
$13.6 billion
+6.4% on the year
FY2007FY2008
Operating margin
20.2%
22.0% a year earlier
FY2007FY2008
Net income
$1.3 billion
+2.5% on the year
FY2007FY2008
Diluted EPS
$4.38
+3.8% on the year
FY2007FY2008

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The year in brief

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ millionFY2008FY2007On the yearLast 8 years
Revenue13,62712,802+6.4%
Operating income2,7592,818-2.1%
Operating margin20.2%22.0%
Pre-tax income2,1162,195-3.6%
Income tax777883-12.0%
Effective tax rate36.7%40.2%
Net income1,3421,309+2.5%
Net margin9.8%10.2%
Diluted EPS$4.38$4.22+3.8%
$ million except per share.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow

$ millionFY2008FY2007On the yearLast 8 years
Operating cash flow2,2241,699+30.9%
Capital expenditure2,8881,633+76.9%
Free cash flow-66466.0
Free cash flow margin-4.9%0.5%
Cash from investing-2,983-313
Cash from financing1,175-1,347
Depreciation and amortisation1,414n/a
Share-based compensation-64.0-39.0
Buybacks0.0969
Dividends paid671616+8.9%
Diluted shares, weighted307m310m-1.0%
Shares outstanding at period end305mn/a

Balance sheet

$ millionFY2008FY2007On the yearLast 8 years
Shareholders' equity8,283n/a
Non-controlling interest32.0n/a
Short-term borrowings2,397n/a
Debt9,100n/a
Other liabilities13,709n/a
Total liabilities and equity33,521n/a
Fixed assets17,723n/a
Goodwill5,5755,607-0.6%
Investments3,017n/a
Cash and equivalents545129+322.5%
Receivables1,304n/a
Inventory605n/a
Other assets4,752n/a
Total assets33,521n/a

10-K for the year ended 31 December 2008, filed 19 February 2010: the filing.