National Grid Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 3/6

National Grid has a total shareholder equity of £35.9B and total debt of £46.4B, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 129.5%. Its total assets and total liabilities are £101.9B and £66.0B respectively. National Grid's EBIT is £5.0B making its interest coverage ratio 3.5. It has cash and short-term investments of £7.3B.

Key information

129.5%

Debt to equity ratio

UK£46.45b

Debt

Interest coverage ratio	3.5x
Cash	UK£7.27b
Equity	UK£35.87b
Total liabilities	UK£65.99b
Total assets	UK£101.85b

Recent financial health updates

No updates

Recent updates

Energy Is On The Frontline Of The War And National Grid Constitutes Europe's Salvo

Nov 07

National Grid's Utility Upside

Sep 12

National Grid: Solid Utility, But Limited Upside

Jun 28

National Grid: Stable Yield And Results From Utilities At A High Price

Jun 17

National Grid: A Hold For Now

Mar 31

National Grid Insulated From RIIO Changes With U.S. Exposure

Feb 10

National Grid: Upside Is There, But It's Still Expensive

Dec 03

National Grid And The Electrification Of Everything

Sep 11

National Grid: A Dividend Cut Appears Likely Despite Being A Utility

Jul 30

National Grid: A 'Consistently Not Stupid' Buy

Jan 31

National Grid Is The Clear Winner In The Dividend Bout Against Utility ConEd

Dec 03

Dividend Safety Net Is Still A Concern As National Grid Shares Bounce Back

Nov 25

National Grid goes ex-dividend tomorrow

Nov 24

National Grid seeks higher revenue, 10.5% RoE for Mass gas business

Nov 16

National Grid reports F1H results

Nov 12

U.K. regulators considering National Grid breakup -Telegraph

Nov 09

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: NGG's short term assets (£14.5B) exceed its short term liabilities (£9.0B).

Long Term Liabilities: NGG's short term assets (£14.5B) do not cover its long term liabilities (£57.0B).

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: NGG's net debt to equity ratio (109.3%) is considered high.

Reducing Debt: NGG's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 168.5% to 129.5% over the past 5 years.

Debt Coverage: NGG's debt is not well covered by operating cash flow (14.4%).

Interest Coverage: NGG's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (3.5x coverage).

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/23 04:21
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2024/03/31

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Analyst Sources

National Grid plc is covered by 40 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Juan Rodriguez	AlphaValue
Gary Hovis	Argus Research Company
Dominic Nash	Barclays

National Grid Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 3/6

Key information

Recent financial health updates

Recent updates

National Grid Appoints Steve Smith as Chief Strategy and Regulation Officer

National Grid: Growth And Yield

National Grid plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Six Months Ended September 30, 2024

A consortium of investors led by Macquarie Asset Management completed the acquisition of the remaining 20% equity interest in National Gas Transmission Plc from National Grid plc (LSE:NG.).

National Grid: An Upside Is There, But I'd Wait For A Small Drop

National Grid Announces Executive Changes

National Grid Appoints Julian Baddeley as Group Company Secretary, with Effect from 1 July 2024

National Grid plc(LSE:NGPN) dropped from FTSE 100 Index

National Grid: Rights Issue Highlights Lack Of Compounding

National Grid plc Recommends Final Dividend

National Grid plc has filed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of £7.001146 billion.

National Grid Faces New Challenges With Electrification Growth

National Grid plc to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Results on May 23, 2024

National Grid: Clean Energy Transition Continues

National Grid plc Announces Board Changes

National Grid plc Approves Interim Dividend, Payable on 11 January 2024

National Grid: Grid Investments Could Power Growth

National Grid Receives $50 Million Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy

National Grid Announces Alisha Collins as Director, Community Impact & Engagement in New England

National Grid plc to Report First Half, 2024 Results on Nov 09, 2023

National Grid: Regulators Cap Upside In The U.K.

National Grid plc Announces Director & Committee Changes

National Grid Announces Lisa Wieland as President of its New England business

National Grid Is Becoming Interesting Again (Rating Upgrade)

National Grid Appoints Jim McGaugh as U.S. Head of Corporate Affairs

National Grid plc Proposes Final Dividend for the Year Ended March 31, 2023, Payable on August 9, 2023

Thérèse Esperdy Decides to Step Down from the Board of National Grid as Non-Executive Director, Effective 31 December 2023

British Columbia Investment Management Corporation and Macquarie Asset Management Inc. completed the acquisition of a 60% stake in National Grid Gas from National Grid plc (LSE:NG.).

National Grid: Bearish Technicals After A Strong Late-2022 Rally

National Grid plc Announces Board Changes

National Grid plc Approves Interim Dividend, Payable on 11 January 2023

Energy Is On The Frontline Of The War And National Grid Constitutes Europe's Salvo

DT Midstream, Inc. (NYSE:DTM) completed the acquisition of an additional 26.25% ownership interest in Millennium Pipeline from National Grid plc (LSE:NG.).

DT Midstream, Inc. (NYSE:DTM) completed the acquisition of an additional 26.25% ownership interest in Millennium Pipeline from National Grid plc (LSE:NG.).

DT Midstream, Inc. (NYSE:DTM) has entered into an agreement to acquire an additional 26.25% ownership interest in Millennium Pipeline from National Grid plc (LSE:NG.) for approximately $550 million.

National Grid's Utility Upside

National Grid plc Appoints Iain Mackay as Director

National Grid: Solid Utility, But Limited Upside

National Grid: Stable Yield And Results From Utilities At A High Price

National Grid plc to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Nov 10, 2022

National Grid plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the 2022/23

National Grid: A Hold For Now

British Columbia Investment Management Corporation and Macquarie Asset Management Inc. signed an agreement to acquire a 60% stake in UK gas transmission and metering business of National Grid plc from National Grid plc (LSE:NG.) for £9.6 billion.