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To own Hokkaido Electric Power Company, you need to be comfortable with a capital intensive utility that earns relatively low but currently growing margins and leans heavily on external borrowing. Earnings are forecast to grow 16.9% a year while revenue is expected to rise 2.5% a year, so the story hinges on execution, cost control and stable demand rather than rapid top line expansion. The recent ¥30 billion green bond fits that picture as another funding tool rather than a short term earnings catalyst.
What changes near term is the funding mix and interest burden. Debt is already not well covered by operating cash flow, and the dividend around 2.91% is not well supported by free cash flow, so more unsecured borrowing raises the bar on operational delivery. The stock trades on an 8.8x P/E, below the wider Japan market but above some peers. That puts even more attention on whether management can protect its 3.1% profit margin after last year’s drop from 6.9%.
Yet there is one funding related wrinkle that could matter more than the coupon on this green bond once you look at ...
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