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HEI is a holding company with its subsidiaries principally engaged in electric utility and non-regulated renewable/sustainable infrastructure businesses operating in the State of Hawaii. As a holding company, HEI s sources of funds are primarily dividends from its Electric utility operating subsidiaries, borrowings, and sales of equity.
$13.45
$0.31 (-2.25%)
EOD Jul 17, 2026
Operating margin is thin at 7.62%. Limited cushion if revenue slows or costs rise, not the profile of a wide-moat business.
Revenue declined 4.1% YoY. The question is whether this is cyclical or a structural shift.
Free cash flow declined 65% versus the prior year, cash generation momentum has weakened. Net debt of $2.47B represents 49.6x FCF, leverage limits flexibility.
18.2x earnings, 52.7x FCF. Valuation is in a reasonable range. The main question is whether the business can re-accelerate or if current trajectory is already priced in.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$3.09B
▼ -4.1% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$130M
▲ +108.9% YoY
Op. Margin
7.32%
▲ +60.6pp YoY
ROIC
4.13%
▲ +29.9pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
$44M
▼ -65.2% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$402M
▼ -19.8% YoY
Net Debt
$2.49B
Cash & Equiv.
$453M
5Y CAGR: +4.1%
5Y CAGR: +1.8%
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At a P/E of 18.2 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 52.7, Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE) trades above a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $-9.96 per share, so at $13.45 the stock looks overvalued (174.1% above estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Hawaiian Electric Industries scores 18/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a lower-quality business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $-9.96 per share for HE, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $-7.47. At today's $13.45, that puts the stock about 174.1% above estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
Hawaiian Electric Industries scores 18 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a lower-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 7.3% operating margin and a 4.1% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. HE currently trades above its estimated intrinsic value and scores 18/100 on quality (lower-quality). A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.