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TECO Energy (TECO Energy) Operating Margin % : 22.46% (As of Mar. 2016)


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What is TECO Energy Operating Margin %?

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. TECO Energy's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2016 was $148 Mil. TECO Energy's Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2016 was $660 Mil. Therefore, TECO Energy's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 was 22.46%.

The historical rank and industry rank for TECO Energy's Operating Margin % or its related term are showing as below:


TE's Operating Margin % is not ranked *
in the Utilities - Regulated industry.
Industry Median: 12.3
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Operating Margin % only.

TECO Energy's 5-Year Average Operating Margin % Growth Rate was 0.00% per year.

TECO Energy's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2016 was $148 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2016 was $564 Mil.


TECO Energy Operating Margin % Historical Data

The historical data trend for TECO Energy's Operating Margin % can be seen below:

* 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.

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TECO Energy Operating Margin % Chart

TECO Energy Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Operating Margin %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 18.59 18.57 16.26 19.69 20.49

TECO Energy Quarterly Data
Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16
Operating Margin % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 21.10 21.05 21.13 18.64 22.46

Competitive Comparison of TECO Energy's Operating Margin %

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, TECO Energy's Operating Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Operating Margin % 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.


TECO Energy's Operating Margin % Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, TECO Energy's Operating Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where TECO Energy's Operating Margin % falls into.



TECO Energy Operating Margin % Calculation

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.

TECO Energy's Operating Margin % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (A: Dec. 2015 ) / Revenue (A: Dec. 2015 )
=562.1 / 2743.5
=20.49 %

TECO Energy's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 is calculated as

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2016 ) / Revenue (Q: Mar. 2016 )
=148.1 / 659.5
=22.46 %

* 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.


TECO Energy  (NYSE:TE) Operating Margin % Explanation

Just like Gross Margin %, it is important to see a company maintains its operating margin over time. Among the same industry, a company with higher operating margin is more efficient in its operation. It is also more stable during industry slowdown or recessions. Peter Lynch prefers those with higher margins than those with lower margins.


Be Aware

Operating Margin % can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin % may decline. Often the Operating Margin % declines well before the company's Revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin % is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia’s Operating Margin % had already been in decline since 2002, although its Earnings per Share (Diluted) were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin % would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

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TECO Energy (TECO Energy) Business Description

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TECO Energy Inc was incorporated in Florida in 1981 as part of a restructuring in which it became the parent corporation of Tampa Electric Company. The Company is an energy-related holding company with five core businesses, consisting of regulated electric and gas utility operations in Florida and other operating companies engaged in coal mining and synthetic fuel production, waterborne transportation services and unregulated electric generation with long-term contracts and regulated electricity distribution in Guatemala. In 2000 and 2001, the Company announced a series of investments in unregulated domestic power generation facilities outside of Florida, which were made in the 2000 through 2003 period. In the same period, the Company also invested in other smaller unregulated energy service providers within Florida. These investments were made in anticipation of a movement toward competitive energy markets in Florida and other states in which the Company was investing in new power plants. In 2003, the Company announced its revised business strategy, which was to focus on its Florida utilities and other profitable operating companies and to reduce the risk to cash flow and earnings from its involvement in the merchant power sector. Since that announcement, the Company has taken a number of steps that have eliminated its merchant power risk and improved its financial results. The Company's regulated utility companies, Tampa Electric and Peoples Gas operate in the high-growth Florida market. Tampa Electric serves almost 720,000 retail customers in a 2,000-square-mile service area in West Central Florida and has electric generating plants with a winter peak generating capacity of 4,730 MW. PGS, Florida's largest gas distribution utility, serves more than 360,000 residential, commercial, industrial and electric power generating customers in all major metropolitan areas of the state, with a total natural gas throughput of almost 1.8 billion therms in 2015.. Peoples Gas System, a division of Tampa Electric Company, is engaged in the purchase and distribution of natural gas for residential, commercial, industrial and electric power generation customers in Florida. The Company's other energy-related operating companies are: TECO Coal, TECO Transport and TECO Guatemala. TECO Coal, through its subsidiaries, operates 13 surface and 27 underground mines and related coal processing facilities in eastern Kentucky, Tennessee and southwestern Virginia producing metallurgical-grade and high-quality steam coals. TECO Transport, the Company's waterborne transportation company, through its subsidiaries, operates a fleet of inland river barges and towboats on the Ohio, Mississippi and Illinois rivers and their tributaries; a fleet of eight oceangoing tug-barge combination units and three ships that operate in the Gulf of Mexico and world wide; and a dry-bulk storage and transfer terminal located on the Mississippi River southeast of New Orleans. TECO
Executives
Sherrill W Hudson director 201 SOUTH BISCAYNE BOULEVARD, 34TH FLOOR, MIAMI CENTER, MIAMI FL 33131
Paul L Whiting director 2910 BAY TO BAY BLVD #200, TAMPA FL 33629
Evelyn V Follit director 200 TAYLOR ST STE 400, FORTH WORTH TX 76102
Dubose Ausley director C/O TECO ENERGY INC, P O BOX 111, TAMPA FL 336010111
William P Sovey director 5349 WINDING CREEK ROAD, ROCKFORD IL 61114
Shirley M Payne officer: VP-Corp Accounting and Tax C/O TECO ENERGY INC, P O BOX 111, TAMPA FL 336010111
Ira D Hall director C/O TECO ENERGY INC, P O BOX 111, TAMPA FL 336010111

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