debt_leverage_profile
Net debt ~€64bn (2023); net debt/EBITDA ~3.5x; 20bp rate rise adds ~€130M annual interest cost on floating/refinancing debt
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interest_rate_sensitivity
~30% of debt is floating or due for near-term refinancing; 20bp increase raises annual interest expense by an estimated €120–140M
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geopolitical_supply_exposure
High intensity; European gas dependency on Russia exposed structural energy security vulnerabilities.
Medium
GICS-commodity-overlay-v1
supply_chain_dependency
Uranium enrichment via Russia (TENEX/Rosatom) and kazakh mining; zirconium cladding tubes concentrated in France/Russia supply nodes
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international_expansion_readiness
GBP (UK ~15% revenue), BRL (Brazil ~5%), USD (US/international ~5%); GBP devaluation most material given EDF Energy scale
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geographic_footprint
Primary: France (~75% revenue, EUR-denominated); UK (~15%, GBP risk); Italy/other Europe (~5%); emerging market FX exposure limited
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commodity_exposure_profile
High intensity; commodities: Natural Gas, Coal, Uranium, Crude Oil, Copper (grid), Lithium (storage); geopolitical: European gas dependency on Russia exposed structural energy security vulnerabilities.
Medium
GICS-commodity-overlay-v1
vendor_lock_dependency_score
Framatome (EDF subsidiary) supplies fuel assemblies; Rosatom historically >30% of enrichment services — partially substitutable but multi-year transition
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business_model_type_primary
Capital-intensive regulated utility; no meaningful cloud infrastructure dependency; operational systems are on-premise or private grid infrastructure
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business_model_type_secondary
Minor SaaS/digital tools for grid management; cloud termination risk negligible to core nuclear/distribution operations
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switching_cost_profile
Minimal API coupling risk; EDF operates proprietary SCADA/grid management systems; vendor lock is hardware/fuel-cycle, not API-layer
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howey_test_risk_index
Revenue from regulated electricity tariffs and capacity markets; no Howey Test applicability — not a security or investment contract structure
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regulatory_burden_tier
Very High
Medium
GICS-regulatory-overlay-v1
data_sovereignty_risk
Operates under French/EU GDPR; critical infrastructure data subject to French OIV (operator of vital importance) rules; CCPA not material given negligible US retail presence
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antitrust_exposure_flag
High; dominant ~70% French electricity generation share; EC and French CRE impose ARENH regulated access pricing; ongoing scrutiny on market power
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regulatory_exposure_profile
Very High burden; regimes: FERC, NERC, EPA, NRC, State PUCs, DOE; Rate-case lag and clean-energy mandates compress returns on regulated asset base.
Medium
GICS-regulatory-overlay-v1
revenue_model_type
~85% recurring via multi-year regulated tariffs and long-term PPAs; ~15% transactional spot/wholesale market sales
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monetization_vector
Regulated tariff per MWh sold to residential/industrial customers; capacity mechanism payments; ancillary grid services fees
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pricing_architecture
Dual-track: regulated TURPE/ARENH caps retail upside; merchant exposure on ~15–20% output; stress scenario of 30% power price drop cuts EBITDA ~€4–6bn
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pricing_power_rating
Moderate; regulated floor provides stability but ARENH obligation forces below-market sales (~€42/MWh cap vs. market €80–150/MWh in 2022–23)
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target_gross_margin_bracket
Gross margin ~25–35% at segment level; nuclear cash cost ~€35–50/MWh vs. market price; margins highly sensitive to availability factor
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churn_vulnerability_index
Low churn risk; regulated default tariff retains captive residential base; some industrial customer migration to competitors via ARENH mechanism is structural leakage
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headcount_cost_structure
Headcount-linear for maintenance/nuclear operations; ~160,000 employees; revenue growth via price rather than volume requires minimal incremental headcount
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marginal_cost_of_growth
Sublinear for price-driven revenue growth; highly capital-intensive for volume growth (new reactors); marginal cost of existing MWh production near zero once fixed costs covered
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franchise_compliance_risk
Not a franchise model; regulated concession network; distribution concession agreements with ~700 French municipalities create compliance renewal risk
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customer_acquisition_metric
At 10x scale: physically impossible in regulated domestic market; international B2B energy services (Dalkia, EDF Renewables) face linear capex scaling
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network_effect_present
No meaningful network effects; grid is natural monopoly regulated asset, not a platform; value does not increase with additional users
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asset_efficiency_ratio
AI displacement risk low for core nuclear operations; moderate for trading/optimization functions; asset ROA ~2–3% reflecting capital intensity
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recession_resistance_tier
Tier 1 recession-resistant; electricity is essential utility; volume decline in severe recession <5%; regulated revenue provides floor
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customer_segment_primary
French residential and SME customers (~40% revenue); captive regulated tariff base of ~30M households
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customer_segment_secondary
Large industrial customers (C&I) and wholesale/trading counterparties (~35% revenue); some concentration in energy-intensive industries (steel, chemicals)
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characteristic_occupations
["11-0000 Management Occupations", "13-0000 Business and Financial Operations Occupations", "15-0000 Computer and Mathematical Occupations", "17-0000 Architecture and Engineering Occupations", "23-0000 Legal Occupations", "41-0000 Sales and Related Occupations", "43-0000 Office and Administrative Support Occupations", "47-0000 Construction and Extraction Occupations", "49-0000 Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations"]
High
SOC-2018/GICS-overlay
agent_automatable_labor_share
0.34 (HIL — ~34% of characteristic roles agent-automatable)
Medium
SOC-2018 + agentic-exposure-v1
capital_expenditure_profile
Capex ~€22–25bn/year (2023–2026); heavily allocated to Grand Carénage nuclear refurbishment and EPR2 new-build — legacy maintenance dominates over new infrastructure
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sec_cik
null
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ticker
EDF was delisted from Euronext Paris after full renationalization by French state in 2023; no longer publicly traded
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