New Jersey Resources
| Basis | Payout | Why |
|---|---|---|
| GAAP earnings | 54.8% | whyThe dividend is set against the allowed return on the rate base. |
| Operating cash flow | 38.6% | whyBefore the capital programme the regulator expects. |
No free cash flow figure is shown. This company does not report the inputs for it in its XBRL filings — capital expenditure, in particular, is often folded into a single investing total rather than tagged on its own. The figure is absent from the filings, not zero, and inventing one from a balance-sheet movement would be a guess dressed as a measurement.
Spread between highest and lowest: 16.2 percentage points. Same filings, different denominators.
Coverage rating 70 / 100 — Adequate. ? Peer standing 36/50Direction 25/30Stability 10/20
GAAP earnings payout, last 6 years
| Fiscal year | Payout |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 54.8% |
| 2024-09-30 | 58.6% |
| 2023-09-30 | 58.7% |
| 2022-09-30 | 51.8% |
| 2021-09-30 | 111.5% |
| 2020-09-30 | 74.3% |
72% of the 57 utilities here pay out more.
The arithmetic
- GAAP earnings — dividends declared per share $1.82 ÷ diluted EPS $3.33
- Operating cash flow — dividends paid $180m ÷ operating cash flow $466m
Where the figures came from
- 10-K filed 2025-11-20 · accession 0000356309-25-000093
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Computed by an open pipeline reading SEC XBRL directly. If any number here looks wrong to you, tell us — that is more useful to us than agreement.
What the GAAP earnings payout ratio measures, and where every company here sits on it.
Who else looks like this
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