Revenue rose 8.3% year over year to $2.0B in 2026Q3, but operating margin ranged from 5.5% to 35.7% across the period, underscoring how sharply reported profitability swings with weather and fuel-recovery timing.
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (PNW) annual income statement — 30-year revenue, gross profit & net income history
| Metric | TTM | Dec'25 | Dec'24 | Dec'23 | Dec'22 | Dec'21 | Dec'20 | Dec'19 | Dec'18 | Dec'17 | Dec'16 | Dec'15 | Dec'14 | Dec'13 | Dec'12 | Dec'11 | Dec'10 | Dec'09 | Dec'08 | Dec'07 | Dec'06 | Dec'05 | Dec'04 | Dec'03 | Dec'02 | Dec'01 | Dec'00 | Dec'99 | Dec'98 | Dec'97 | Dec'96 |
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| Revenue | 5.71B | 5.34B | 5.12B | 4.7B | 4.32B | 3.8B | 3.59B | 3.47B | 3.69B | 3.57B | 3.5B | 3.5B | 3.49B | 3.45B | 3.3B | 3.24B | 3.26B | 3.3B | 3.37B | 3.52B | 3.4B | 2.99B | 2.9B | 2.82B | 2.64B | 4.55B | 3.69B | 2.42B | 2.13B | 2B | 1.82B |
| Revenue Growth % | 7.52% | 4.2% | 9.13% | 8.59% | 13.68% | 6.05% | 3.34% | -5.96% | 3.53% | 1.9% | 0.09% | 0.11% | 1.07% | 4.63% | 1.86% | -0.68% | -1.01% | -2.08% | -4.44% | 3.58% | 13.85% | 3.04% | 2.91% | 6.85% | -42.06% | 23.34% | 52.27% | 13.74% | 6.79% | 9.75% | 8.86% |
| Cost of Revenue | 2.71B | 3.98B | 2.99B | 2.85B | 2.62B | 2.11B | 1.95B | 1.98B | 2.11B | 1.93B | 2.01B | 1.97B | 2.09B | 2.02B | 1.88B | 1.91B | 1.92B | 1.18B | 1.43B | 1.44B | 1.25B | 888.23M | 888.1M | 862.18M | 531.9M | 735.84M | 1.93B | 796.1M | 537.5M | 436.6M | 325.5M |
| Gross Profit | 3B | 1.36B | 2.14B | 1.84B | 1.71B | 1.7B | 1.63B | 1.49B | 1.58B | 1.63B | 1.49B | 1.53B | 1.4B | 1.43B | 1.42B | 1.33B | 1.27B | 1.98B | 1.88B | 2.09B | 2.15B | 2.1B | 1.94B | 1.9B | 1.87B | 1.9B | 1.76B | 1.63B | 1.59B | 1.56B | 1.49B |
| Gross Margin % | 52.5% | 25.41% | 41.7% | 39.28% | 39.5% | 44.62% | 45.57% | 42.85% | 42.76% | 45.86% | 42.63% | 43.65% | 40.2% | 41.52% | 43.07% | 40.96% | 38.98% | 59.9% | 55.86% | 59.27% | 63.22% | 70.27% | 66.93% | 67.31% | 71.03% | 41.72% | 47.57% | 67.15% | 74.77% | 78.12% | 82.09% |
| Gross Profit Growth % | - | -36.52% | 15.86% | 8% | 0.63% | 3.83% | 9.9% | -5.77% | -3.46% | 9.62% | -2.25% | 8.69% | -2.12% | 0.84% | 7.13% | 4.36% | -35.59% | 5.01% | -9.94% | -2.88% | 2.42% | 8.18% | 2.33% | 1.24% | -1.35% | 8.18% | 7.87% | 2.14% | 2.22% | 4.44% | 6.59% |
| Operating Expenses | 1.52B | 238.48M | 1.13B | 1.02B | 976.06M | 891.91M | 846.5M | 815.4M | 804.7M | 725.13M | 655.87M | 671.17M | 592.54M | 587.87M | 570.49M | 581.12M | 557.32M | 1.36B | 1.38B | 1.47B | 1.53B | 1.58B | 1.42B | 1.42B | 1.32B | 1.22B | 1.08B | 1.05B | 1.03B | 1B | 948.4M |
| Other Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| EBITDA | 2.45B | 2.09B | 1.97B | 1.68B | 1.55B | 1.52B | 1.47B | 1.34B | 1.42B | 1.52B | 1.4B | 1.43B | 1.31B | 1.34B | 1.33B | 1.24B | 1.19B | 1.07B | 929.18M | 1.02B | 1.27B | 896.89M | 950.13M | 937.15M | 1.01B | 1.13B | 1.1B | 995.75M | 979.8M | 2B | 1.82B |
| EBITDA Margin % | 42.99% | 39.1% | 38.41% | 35.75% | 35.84% | 40.08% | 41.1% | 38.49% | 38.6% | 42.64% | 40.03% | 40.8% | 37.45% | 38.75% | 40.37% | 38.26% | 36.39% | 32.36% | 27.6% | 29.04% | 37.36% | 30.02% | 32.77% | 33.26% | 38.15% | 24.88% | 29.82% | 41.09% | 45.99% | 99.99% | 100% |
| EBITDA Growth % | 18.25% | 6.07% | 17.24% | 8.33% | 1.66% | 3.39% | 10.35% | -6.21% | -6.3% | 8.55% | -1.8% | 9.06% | -2.31% | 0.42% | 7.48% | 4.43% | 11.31% | 14.83% | -9.18% | -19.5% | 41.71% | -5.6% | 1.38% | -6.84% | -11.15% | 2.89% | 10.52% | 1.63% | -50.89% | 9.75% | 116.71% |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 980.51M | 969.62M | 956.18M | 854.14M | 817.81M | 719.14M | 686.25M | 664.14M | 650.96M | 610.63M | 565.01M | 571.66M | 496.49M | 492.32M | 481.26M | 493.78M | 472.81M | 450.86M | 423.97M | 403.9M | 652.1M | 381.6M | 432.16M | 463.9M | 455.27M | 456.26M | 424.49M | 417M | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A / Revenue % | 17.18% | 18.16% | 18.66% | 18.19% | 18.91% | 18.91% | 19.13% | 19.13% | 17.64% | 17.13% | 16.15% | 16.35% | 14.22% | 14.25% | 14.58% | 15.23% | 14.49% | 13.67% | 12.59% | 11.46% | 19.17% | 12.77% | 14.9% | 16.46% | 17.26% | 10.02% | 11.5% | 17.21% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Operating Income (EBIT) | 1.47B | 1.12B | 1.01B | 824.64M | 731.91M | 805.31M | 788.15M | 671.96M | 773.69M | 909.76M | 835.61M | 854.6M | 811.24M | 846.32M | 851.75M | 746.51M | 714.88M | 616.13M | 505.21M | 619.25M | 618.87M | 515.29M | 517.97M | 473.25M | 550.74M | 676.02M | 675.97M | 578.75M | 567.2M | 557.7M | 543.9M |
| Operating Margin % | 25.81% | 20.94% | 19.75% | 17.56% | 16.93% | 21.17% | 21.97% | 19.36% | 20.96% | 25.52% | 23.88% | 24.45% | 23.23% | 24.5% | 25.8% | 23.03% | 21.9% | 18.69% | 15% | 17.57% | 18.19% | 17.25% | 17.86% | 16.79% | 20.88% | 14.85% | 18.32% | 23.88% | 26.62% | 27.95% | 29.92% |
| Operating Income Growth % | - | 10.49% | 22.73% | 12.67% | -9.11% | 2.18% | 17.29% | -13.15% | -14.96% | 8.87% | -2.22% | 5.34% | -4.15% | -0.64% | 14.1% | 4.42% | 16.03% | 21.96% | -18.42% | 0.06% | 20.1% | -0.52% | 9.45% | -14.07% | -18.53% | 0.01% | 16.8% | 2.04% | 1.7% | 2.54% | -3.31% |
| Interest Expense | 4M | 421.97M | 377.47M | 331.32M | 255.54M | 233.26M | 228.97M | 216.72M | 218.28M | 197.68M | 185.75M | 178.71M | 185.49M | 187.03M | 199.65M | 223.64M | 227.63M | 223.11M | 197.47M | 212.62M | 196.83M | 185.09M | 195.86M | 204.59M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Interest Coverage | - | 2.75x | 2.95x | 2.80x | 3.25x | 4.20x | 3.83x | 3.50x | 4.04x | 4.88x | 4.76x | 4.88x | 4.47x | 4.59x | 4.29x | 3.41x | 3.22x | 2.79x | 2.56x | 2.91x | 3.14x | 2.78x | 2.64x | 2.31x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Interest / Revenue % | 0.07% | 7.9% | 7.37% | 7.06% | 5.91% | 6.13% | 6.38% | 6.24% | 5.91% | 5.54% | 5.31% | 5.11% | 5.31% | 5.41% | 6.05% | 6.9% | 6.97% | 6.77% | 5.86% | 6.03% | 5.79% | 6.19% | 6.75% | 7.26% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Non-Operating Income | -4M | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K |
| Pretax Income | 782.74M | 738.37M | 736.56M | 595.69M | 575.65M | 746.03M | 648.23M | 542.04M | 664.44M | 766.22M | 697.94M | 693.91M | 644.4M | 670.56M | 656.31M | 539.24M | 514.92M | 105.06M | 278.96M | 449.7M | 473.56M | 350.06M | 364.07M | 336.14M | 353.25M | 540.9M | 526.18M | 437.9M | 407.5M | 386.2M | 339.6M |
| Pretax Margin % | 13.72% | 13.83% | 14.37% | 12.69% | 13.31% | 19.61% | 18.07% | 15.62% | 18% | 21.49% | 19.95% | 19.85% | 18.46% | 19.41% | 19.88% | 16.64% | 15.78% | 3.19% | 8.29% | 12.76% | 13.92% | 11.72% | 12.56% | 11.93% | 13.39% | 11.88% | 14.26% | 18.07% | 19.13% | 19.36% | 18.68% |
| Income Tax | 112.83M | 106.73M | 110.53M | 76.91M | 74.83M | 110.09M | 78.17M | -15.77M | 133.9M | 258.27M | 236.41M | 237.72M | 220.71M | 230.59M | 237.32M | 183.6M | 164.32M | 37.83M | 65.41M | 150.92M | 156.42M | 126.89M | 128.86M | 105.56M | 138.1M | 213.53M | 223.85M | 168.1M | 164.6M | 150.3M | 128.5M |
| Effective Tax Rate % | 14.41% | 14.45% | 15.01% | 12.91% | 13% | 14.76% | 12.06% | -2.91% | 20.15% | 33.71% | 33.87% | 34.26% | 34.25% | 34.39% | 36.16% | 34.05% | 31.91% | 36.01% | 23.45% | 33.56% | 33.03% | 36.25% | 35.39% | 31.4% | 39.09% | 39.48% | 42.54% | 38.39% | 40.39% | 38.92% | 37.84% |
| Net Income | 661.14M | 616.53M | 608.81M | 501.56M | 483.6M | 618.72M | 550.56M | 538.32M | 511.05M | 488.46M | 442.03M | 437.26M | 397.6M | 406.07M | 381.54M | 339.47M | 350.05M | 68.33M | 242.13M | 307.14M | 327.25M | 176.27M | 243.19M | 240.58M | 149.41M | 312.17M | 302.33M | 167.9M | 242.9M | 235.9M | 181.3M |
| Net Margin % | 11.59% | 11.55% | 11.88% | 10.68% | 11.18% | 16.27% | 15.35% | 15.51% | 13.84% | 13.7% | 12.63% | 12.51% | 11.39% | 11.75% | 11.56% | 10.47% | 10.73% | 2.07% | 7.19% | 8.72% | 9.62% | 5.9% | 8.39% | 8.54% | 5.67% | 6.86% | 8.19% | 6.93% | 11.4% | 11.82% | 9.97% |
| Net Income Growth % | 11.25% | 1.27% | 21.38% | 3.71% | -21.84% | 12.38% | 2.27% | 5.34% | 4.63% | 10.5% | 1.09% | 9.98% | -2.09% | 6.43% | 12.39% | -3.02% | 412.3% | -71.78% | -21.17% | -6.15% | 85.66% | -27.52% | 1.09% | 61.02% | -52.14% | 3.25% | 80.07% | -30.88% | 2.97% | 30.12% | -3.56% |
| EPS (Diluted) | 5.32 | 5.05 | 5.24 | 4.41 | 4.26 | 5.47 | 4.87 | 4.77 | 4.54 | 4.35 | 3.95 | 3.92 | 3.58 | 3.66 | 3.45 | 3.09 | 3.27 | 0.67 | 2.40 | 3.05 | 3.27 | 1.82 | 2.66 | 2.63 | 1.76 | 3.68 | 3.56 | 1.97 | 2.85 | 2.74 | 2.06 |
| EPS Growth % | 9.03% | -3.63% | 18.82% | 3.52% | -22.12% | 12.32% | 2.1% | 5.07% | 4.37% | 10.13% | 0.77% | 9.5% | -2.19% | 6.09% | 11.65% | -5.5% | 388.06% | -72.08% | -21.31% | -6.73% | 79.67% | -31.58% | 1.14% | 49.43% | -52.17% | 3.37% | 80.71% | -30.88% | 4.01% | 33.01% | -4.19% |
| EPS (Basic) | - | 5.15 | 5.35 | 4.42 | 4.27 | 5.48 | 4.89 | 4.79 | 4.56 | 4.37 | 3.97 | 3.94 | 3.59 | 3.69 | 3.48 | 3.11 | 3.28 | 0.68 | 2.40 | 3.06 | 3.29 | 1.83 | 2.66 | 2.64 | 1.76 | 3.68 | 3.57 | 1.98 | 2.87 | 2.76 | 2.07 |
| Diluted Shares Outstanding | 124.34M | 121.97M | 116.23M | 113.8M | 113.42M | 113.19M | 112.94M | 112.76M | 112.55M | 112.37M | 112.05M | 111.55M | 111.18M | 110.81M | 110.53M | 109.86M | 107.14M | 101.26M | 100.97M | 100.83M | 100.01M | 96.85M | 91.43M | 91.41M | 84.96M | 84.83M | 84.94M | 85.01M | 85.35M | 86.09M | 88.01M |
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying PNW stock.
For fiscal year 2025, Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (PNW) reported total revenue of $5.34B. This represents a 193.8% increase compared to $1.82B in 1996.
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (PNW) is profitable, generating $616.5M in net income for the fiscal year ending 2025 with a net profit margin of 11.5%.
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (PNW) reported an operating income of $1.12B, resulting in an operating profit margin of 20.9%. This margin reflects the operational efficiency of the business before interest and taxes.
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (PNW) generated $1.36B in gross profit for the year, representing a gross profit margin of 25.4%. This demonstrates the company's core pricing power and production efficiency.
Key Metrics
Top Statement Risk
Regulatory rate case outcomes
Metrics are mathematically derived from official filings.
Rate Base Growth Drives Revenue Trajectory
Based on PNW's reported quarterly figures, revenue rose 8.3% year over year to $2.0B in 2026Q3 and 7.1% in 2026Q2, suggesting growth is tied to rate base expansion and load growth rather than pricing power alone.
The top-line acceleration appears consistent with the Phoenix metro's demand expansion and the infrastructure investment needed to serve it. Because revenue in a regulated utility is set largely through rate case outcomes, the sustainability of this trajectory depends on the timing and size of future Arizona Corporation Commission decisions. Investors should monitor whether revenue growth continues to convert into earnings growth, given the uneven EPS trend across recent quarters.
Earned Returns Under Regulatory Pressure
PNW's 2025Q1 and 2024Q4 net margins of -0.4% and -0.6% against a 2026Q3 net margin of 22.0% illustrate how sharply earned returns swing with weather and regulatory timing rather than steady authorized recovery.
The wide dispersion in net margin points to regulatory lag and seasonal cost timing rather than a stable earned-return profile. Reported figures do not include authorized ROE data, so the gap between authorized and earned returns cannot be verified from the supplied data. The current stance of the regulator appears to be a key variable, and this warrants further investigation through the next rate case filing.
Fuel Pass-Through Masks Earnings Volatility
With a reported gross margin of 25.4% and an operating margin of 20.9%, a large share of revenue is absorbed by fuel and purchased power, which may inflate reported revenue without affecting underlying earnings power.
Fuel and purchased power costs are typically recovered through automatic adjustment mechanisms, so their movements likely affect the top line more than sustainable earnings. However, heat-driven market purchases can create temporary working capital strain if recovery lags the cost incurred. The supplied data does not detail the specific recovery mechanism, so the degree of timing risk remains uncertain.
Quarterly EPS Swings Obscure Core Earnings
Based on PNW's reported EPS, the company moved from a $1.58 diluted figure in 2025Q2 to $0.27 in 2026Q1 and $3.49 in 2026Q3, a dispersion that suggests weather and timing effects dominate reported results.
Such large quarter-to-quarter swings make it difficult to isolate the regulated earnings growth rate from seasonal and one-time effects. The Q2 2026 EPS of $1.43 versus a reported $3.14 estimate indicates a meaningful shortfall, which may reflect summer cost timing rather than structural deterioration. Investors should focus on full-year earned ROE rather than individual quarters.
Leverage and Regulatory Friction Could Compress Returns
The reported debt-to-equity ratio of 2.52 and interest coverage near 1.3x in 2026Q1 suggest that a rising-rate environment or an adverse rate case could pressure earnings more than the revenue growth narrative implies.
Elevated leverage may limit financial flexibility if regulatory outcomes fall short of the capital investment plan. The supplied data does not include the full debt schedule or refinancing profile, so the magnitude of this exposure cannot be confirmed. If the Arizona Corporation Commission grants a lower allowed return, the combination of high leverage and reduced recovery could sustain margin compression beyond the current cycle.