
Financial Measures
Cash provided by operating activities (GAAP) before changes in assets and liabilities
Operating cash flow (OCF)
Operation and maintenance expenses are shown as “operating costs” on TXU Corp and segment income statements.
O&M
Net income before gross interest and income tax expense
EBIT
Operating revenues – cost of energy sold and delivery fees
Contribution margin
Operational earnings before gross interest and income tax expense
OBIT
(Operational earnings + preference stock dividends + after-tax gross interest expense) / average total capitalization
Return on invested capital
(non-GAAP)
Interest and related charges from the income statement
Gross interest
Unusual non-recurring charges or gains, primarily related to implementation of the 4+4 performance improvement program.
Management excludes these in determining operational earnings for budget and performance management purposes
Special items
Income from continuing operations before extraordinary items and cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles from the
income statement
Income from
continuing operations
Shareholders’ equity – preference stock
Common equity
Long-term debt (including current portion) + bank loans and commercial paper + long term debt held by subsidiary trusts + preferred
securities of subsidiaries & exchangeable preferred member interests – securitization bonds
Total debt
(non-GAAP)
Total debt + shareholders’ equity
Total capitalization
(non-GAAP)
From balance sheet
Shareholders’ equity
(Income from continuing operations before gross interest and income tax expense + depreciation and amortization) / Gross Interest
Gross Interest Coverage
Operational earnings / average common equity
Return on equity
(non-GAAP)
Cash provided by operating activities – changes in assets and liabilities – capital expenditures (including nuclear fuel)
Free cash flow
(non-GAAP)
Income from continuing operations less preference share dividends and excluding special items / weighted average diluted common
shares outstanding
Operational earnings per
share (non-GAAP)
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