
Dominion Energy
Our readA de-risked regulated growth utility hiding inside a decade-long value-trap reputation — the Loudoun County data-center boom is the largest demand tailwind in US utilities, but the equity only re-rates once CVOW finishes clean and the dividend finally grows; until then you are paid ~3.9% to wait on a BBB+ balance sheet stretched by a $65B capex plan.
- Ticker
- D
- Beat
- energy
- Size
- Public Company
- Revenue
- $5.0B
- last stored quarter: Q1 ’26 — Q2 filed 30 Oct, not yet in our figures
- Cash
- $351M
- as of Mar 2026
- Researched · Fresh
- 2 days ago
A de-risked regulated growth utility hiding inside a decade-long value-trap reputation — the Loudoun County data-center boom is the largest demand tailwind in US utilities, but the equity only re-rates once CVOW finishes clean and the dividend finally grows; until then you are paid ~3.9% to wait on a BBB+ balance sheet stretched by a $65B capex plan.
2 mentions across our dossiers
“Main suppliers / partners: MIT PSFC (R&D), Fujikura (HTS tape, Japanese consortium member), UK Atomic Energy Authority (tritium-breeding blanket testing via the LIBRTI facility), Dominion Energy Virginia (non-financial site collaboration),…”Commonwealth Fusion Systems · TRADE · from Commonwealth Fusion Systems’s dossier
Weekly closes
- Short interest: 23,887,118 sh · 5.28 days to cover, FINRA · settled 15 Oct 2026
- Next print: in 105 days, Scheduled · 17 Feb 2027, scheduled
Who is buying
- Shares sold shortFINRA · settled 15 Oct 2026
- 23,887,118 shares
- Days to unwind the shortFINRA · settled 15 Oct 2026
- 5.28
The reported figures
| Period | As of | Revenue | Operating margin | Cash | Shares outstanding | Grading | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 ’23 | 30 Jun 2023 | $3.2B USD | 18.8% share of revenue | $108M USD | 836.8M shares | Filed · primary | sec.gov |
| Q3 ’23 | 30 Sept 2023 | $3.8B USD | 27.0% share of revenue | $137M USD | 836.8M shares | Filed · primary | sec.gov |
| Q4 ’23 | 31 Dec 2023 | $3.5B USD | 20.1% share of revenue | $184M USD | — | Filed · primary | sec.gov |
| Q1 ’24 | 31 Mar 2024 | $3.6B USD | 22.9% share of revenue | $265M USD | 838.2M shares | Filed · primary | sec.gov |
| Q2 ’24 | 30 Jun 2024 | $3.5B USD | 23.1% share of revenue | $139M USD | 838.9M shares | Filed · primary | sec.gov |
| Q3 ’24 | 30 Sept 2024 | $3.9B USD | 30.9% share of revenue | $1.8B USD | 840.0M shares | Filed · primary | sec.gov |
| Q4 ’24 | 31 Dec 2024 | $3.4B USD | 11.5% share of revenue | $310M USD | — | Filed · primary | sec.gov |
| Q1 ’25 | 31 Mar 2025 | $4.1B USD | 30.0% share of revenue | $355M USD | 852.8M shares | Filed · primary | sec.gov |
| Q2 ’25 | 30 Jun 2025 | $3.8B USD | 28.8% share of revenue | $344M USD | 853.4M shares | Filed · primary | sec.gov |
| Q3 ’25 | 30 Sept 2025 | $4.5B USD | 29.6% share of revenue | $932M USD | 853.9M shares | Filed · primary | sec.gov |
| Q4 ’25 | 31 Dec 2025 | $4.1B USD | 18.5% share of revenue | $250M USD | — | Filed · primary | sec.gov |
| Q1 ’26 | 31 Mar 2026 | $5.0B USD | 27.7% share of revenue | $351M USD | 879.5M shares | Filed · primary | sec.gov |
Dominion Energy’s figures as the company reported them in its filings. Quarters are calendar quarters, so a company whose year ends in January shows each fiscal quarter under the calendar quarter it falls in. An empty slot is a quarter we hold no figure for.
Q1 ’26 · as of Mar 2026
Q1 ’26 · as of Mar 2026
Q1 ’26 · as of Mar 2026
CashDebt
Q1 ’26 · as of Mar 2026
A rising count is dilution: each existing share owns less of the company.
Latest filing: sec.gov
What happened
| Date | What happened |
|---|---|
| 3 Nov 2026 | 424B2: Dominion Energy $1.2bn senior notes due 2029 and 2037Final prospectus supplement dated 2 Nov 2026: $600,000,000 5.25% Series B Senior Notes due 15 Nov 2029 (priced at 99.869%) and $600,000,000 5.95% Series C Senior Notes due 15 Jan 2037 (99.620%). Proceeds for general corporate purposes and to repay short-term debt.funding round · SEC 424B2 · 3 Nov 2026 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 424B5: preliminary supplement, 2026 Series B and C senior notesPreliminary supplement dated 2 Nov 2026: 2026 Series B senior notes due 15 Nov 2029 and Series C due 15 Jan 2037; rates and amounts blank in this copy.funding round · SEC 424B5 · 2 Nov 2026 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | Sources added: 0 → 2The dossier's cited-link count grew from 0 to 2.editorial note · the dossier |
| 30 Oct 2026 | 10-Q: quarter ended 30 Sep 2026Form 10-Q filed for the period ended 30 Sep 2026.filing · SEC 10-Q · 30 Oct 2026 |
| 30 Oct 2026 | 8-K: Q3 2026 results, operating EPS $1.28Q3 2026 GAAP net income attributable $1,160M ($1.30/share); operating earnings (non-GAAP) $1,139M ($1.28/share) vs $921M ($1.06) Q3 2025; 2026 operating EPS range $3.45 to $3.69.guidance · SEC 8-K · 30 Oct 2026 |
| 17 Sept 2026 | 424B3: Dominion Energy Reliability Investment demand notes pricing supplementPricing supplement dated 17 Sep 2026: floating rate demand notes interest rate 4.00% per annum, effective 21 Sep 2026 until further notice.funding round · SEC 424B3 · 17 Sept 2026 |
| 14 Sept 2026 | 8-K Item 7.01: Dominion and NextEra announce enhanced Virginia benefits packageJoint press release and investor presentation (Ex. 99.1, 99.2) on 14 Sep 2026 announcing an enhanced Virginia benefits package tied to the previously disclosed combination with NextEra Energy.filing · SEC 8-K · 14 Sept 2026 |
- 10-Q · 2026-Q11 May 2026
- 10-K · 2025-Q423 Feb 2026
- The dossier: Refresh delta (since 2026-06-22), 550 words, 5 filing mentions
- The dossier: What held, 59 words, no filing mention
The Dominion Energy dossier
The verdict
A de-risked regulated growth utility hiding inside a decade-long value-trap reputation — the Loudoun County data-center boom is the largest demand tailwind in US utilities, but the equity only re-rates once CVOW finishes clean and the dividend finally grows; until then you are paid ~3.9% to wait on a BBB+ balance sheet stretched by a $65B capex plan.
Primary sources
Source documents — open to read in full
Refresh delta (since 2026-06-22)
- NextEra Energy is buying Dominion. The merger agreement is dated 2026-05-15. Each Dominion share converts into 0.8138 NextEra shares plus a pro-rata share of $360M in cash; the ratio is fixed. Dominion holders would own about 25.5% of the combined company (share counts as of 2026-05-14). The parties "currently expect to complete the mergers in the second half of 2027". NextEra would pay a $6.52B termination fee, or a $4.83B regulatory termination fee; Dominion's fee to NextEra is $2.24B [Proxy]. The prior dossier, written 2026-06-22, does not mention the agreement.
- Dominion shareholders approved the merger on 2026-09-03: 671,317,253 for, 8,566,156 against, 2,185,104 abstaining. The advisory vote on merger pay passed 392,021,223 to 287,047,146 [Vote].
- Merger litigation and Virginia package. Two New York shareholder suits (Scott; Clark) and several demand letters allege proxy disclosure gaps [sec.gov: Form 8-KA filing for something that happened between reports and matters enough to tell shareholders now. 2026-08-25, Item 8.01, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/715957/000119312526364045/d943400d8k.htm]. On 2026-09-14 the two companies announced a Virginia package: residential bill credits doubled from two years to four, EnergyShare raised by $100M through 2038, customers held harmless from merger costs, Virginia headcount held for five years and 1,000 new direct jobs [sec.gov: Form 8-KA filing for something that happened between reports and matters enough to tell shareholders now. 2026-09-14, exhibit 99.1, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/715957/000119312526390654/d107020dex991.htm]. Regulatory approvals are still outstanding [Q3 release, forward-looking statements].
- Q3 2026 (actuals): operating revenue $5,617M against $4,527M in Q3 2025 [Q3 release, income statement]; up 24.1%. Income from operations $1,842M ($1,339M). Interest and related charges $623M ($527M). Noncontrolling interests $114M ($22M).
- Q3 earnings (actuals): GAAP net income attributable to Dominion $1,160M, $1.30 per share ($1,006M, $1.16). Operating earnings (non-GAAP) $1,139M, $1.28 per share ($921M, $1.06). Diluted shares 882.1M (855.4M) [Q3 release, Schedule 1].
- Segments, Q3 operating earnings (actuals): Dominion Energy Virginia $862M ($679M); South Carolina $230M ($168M); Contracted Energy $134M ($165M); Corporate and Other $(87)M ($(91)M). In Virginia, the 2025 biennial review added $137M and rider equity return $112M; electric capacity expense cost $48M [Q3 release, Schedules 1 and 4].
- Nine months to 2026-09-30 (actuals): revenue $15,116M ($12,413M); GAAP EPS $2.37 ($2.81); operating EPS $3.02 ($2.74). Q2 2026 was GAAP $0.37 and operating $0.79 per share [Q3 release, Schedule 2].
- Charges in 2026 (actuals): $719M pre-tax of nonregulated asset impairments, mainly an $820M charge on renewable natural gas facilities and $79M on nonregulated solar, offset by a $195M Millstone asset-retirement benefit; $626M of it fell in Q2. Also $95M of regulated charges, mainly Virginia Power's share of CVOW costs not expected to be recovered, and $39M of merger costs [Q3 release, Schedule 2].
- Guidance: the company "expects to be in the top half of the 2026 operating earnings guidance range of $3.45 to $3.69 per share" and reaffirms credit, dividend and long-term growth guidance (guidance, 2026-10-30) [Q3 release].
- CVOW (as of the Q3 10-Q): estimated total project cost about $11.7B excluding financing costs, including $0.1B of contingency; that is up about $0.4B on the January 2026 update, $0.3B of it from turbine-installation projections. "Installation of the final turbines comprising the 2.6 GW project is expected to be completed by the end of 2027." Onshore work for first power finished in December 2025 [Form 10-QThe quarterly version of the annual report. Lighter, and not audited. Q3, Note 10]. The prior seed dates the in-service catalyst "1Q2026 → end-2026" and names a $13.7B no-recovery threshold; neither line is edited.
- Debt, 2026-09-30 against 2025-12-31 (actuals): Dominion total long-term debt $48,939M ($44,075M) [10-Q Q3, consolidated balance sheet].
What held
- Operating EPS is running ahead: $3.02 for nine months, with the top half of the $3.45-3.69 range guided (facts 7, 9).
- Virginia is the growth engine, and Stonepeak's 50% share keeps showing up in noncontrolling interests (facts 4, 6).
- CVOW cost recovery is still leaking at the margin: $95M of unrecoverable charges this year (fact 8).
How our view changed
2 dossiers on Dominion Energy since . The verdict has held each time.
The research around Dominion Energy
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