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Uniper SEUN0.DECompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Germany · EUR·Utilities›Electric Utilities

German power generator and gas trader, majority-nationalized by the German government after the 2022 energy crisis.

≈ A nationalized German power generator/gas trader, akin to a state-backed utility trading aMomentum neutral 43
Mkt cap
$20.6B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
1%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$184,240
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
33.3×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-54.3 pp
WACC 7.2%
Hurdle
-2 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
4 days
10 Nov 2026
Close · EUR€44.00
1D+2.6%
1W+1.9%
1M-3.0%
3M-6.0%
6M0.0%
YTD+34.1%
1Y+57.4%
ATR %3.2%
52w lowhigh21.7% off high

What Uniper does

German power generator and gas trader, majority-nationalized by the German government after the 2022 energy crisis.

Earns by running power plants and by buying and selling gas and electricity, so results follow the gap between fuel costs and sale prices rather than a regulated tariff. Spun out of E.ON in 2016, it was majority-owned by Finland's Fortum until Germany took control in the 2022 rescue; EU state-aid conditions require the state to reduce its stake later.

In one line: A nationalized German power generator/gas trader, akin to a state-backed utility trading a.

Products and services

  • Gas-fired power generation
  • International generation assets (Sweden, UK, etc.)
  • Gas trading & LNG procurement
  • Hydrogen/decarbonization projects

Customers

  • Wholesale power/gas markets
  • Industrial gas customers
  • Grid operators

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Utilities
  • Power generation & gas trading
  • Gas-fired/coal generation, LNG…

What could go right

  • German government backing/recapitalization
  • Gas price stabilization
  • Hydrogen infrastructure investment

What could go wrong

  • Gas price volatility (repeat of 2022 crisis)
  • State ownership/political interference
  • Legacy Russian gas supply litigation

Moat: none (scale). Commodity power generation/trading with thin, cyclical margins; recently required a government bailout.

Headquarters: Dusseldorf, Germany · Founded: 2016 · Employees: 7,238

Named competitors

Uniper at a glance

Size Uniper (UN0.DE) is a Germany Utilities company (Electric Utilities) with a market value of $20.6B, the 34th largest of 205 Germany companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €44.00 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares was unchanged, against +2.3% for the median peer and +2.6% for the Germany market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 13.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.6%); the operating margin is -7.7% (peer median 21.0%).

Valuation It trades at 33.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.5× (2nd most expensive of 20).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 2% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +4%, so the hurdle is -2 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 54.3 points below its cost of capital (7.2% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 10 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 104UN0.DE 100
Six months, rebased to 100: Uniper against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Uniper financials

Reported figures in EUR; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue€61.2B€61.0B€69.6B€108B€274B
Revenue growth—-12%-35%-61%—
Gross profit€635M€1.11B€3.53B€2.72B-€4.63B
EBITDA-€4.22B€894M€2.36B€139M-€4.14B
Net income€1.69B€1.40B€298M€6.31B-€19.0B
Free cash flow€805M-€1.59B€984M€5.99B-€15.6B
Capital expenditure€737M€774M€681M€563M€523M
Total debt€1.66B€1.62B€1.90B€1.85B€11.9B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Uniper competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-10%0%+10%0%+5%+10%EVRG1038CMSTRN600886ADANIENSOLLNTNRGEIXFORTUM0006EBK9503HPOWERGRID6000110002FEEMAUN0.DE6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Uniper is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%10×20×30×EVRG1038CMSTRN600886ADANIENSOLLNTNRGEIXFORTUM00069503HPOWERGRID600011ESFEEMAUN0.DERevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Uniper is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-40%-20%0%+20%-25%0%25%1038600886NRGFORTUM0006EBK95036000110002ESUN0.DEGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Uniper is the large dot.

Uniper competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (UN0.DE vs RWE.DE vs EBK.DE vs EOAN.DE)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Uniper UN0.DE$20.6B0%-14%-8%33.3×1.7%
Rwe RWE.DE$50.4B+2%-34%0%18.6×n/a
ENBW Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg EBK.DE$24.2B-3%+9%5%n/a5.2%
E.on EOAN.DE$55.9B+4%-8%7%17.5×n/a

How Uniper compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Uniper against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureUN0.DEPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-3.0%+6.4%2nd lowest of 21
6-month return0.0%+2.3%8th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-21.7%-8.8%3rd lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-13.7%+6.6%lowest of 21
Operating margin-7.7%21.0%lowest of 21
Forward P/E33.3×17.5×2nd most expensive of 20
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)1.7%3.4%6th least demanding of 11
Growth delivered (Del g)+3.6%+5.9%5th lowest of 11
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-1.9 pp-3.5 pp6th least demanding of 11
ROIC minus cost of capital-54.3 pp-1.5 pplowest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Uniper UN0.DEGermany$20.6B0%-14%-8%33.3×1.7%+3.6%
Evergy EVRGUnited States$20.2B+8%+4%26%19.4×n/an/a
Cki 1038.HKHong Kong$21.6B+9%-9%-3%7.1×-0.9%-9.3%
CMS Energy CMSUnited States$21.7B-5%+8%20%17.1×n/an/a
Terna TRN.MIItaly$22.0B-2%+11%42%17.8×n/an/a
SDIC Power 600886.SSChina$19.0B+16%-3%32%17.5×-1.6%+6.5%
Adani Energy Solutions ADANIENSOL.NSIndia$18.9B+5%+33%25%37.4×n/an/a
Alliant Energy LNTUnited States$18.8B+1%+5%23%20.8×n/an/a
NRG Energy NRGUnited States$18.6B-36%+13%5%9.0×15.4%+27.9%
Edison International EIXUnited States$22.8B-14%+3%27%9.2×n/an/a
Fortum FORTUM.HEFinland$23.3B+15%+14%17%23.4×9.2%-36.7%
Power Assets 0006.HKHong Kong$17.8B+3%-12%50%21.0×35.8%-9.5%
ENBW Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg EBK.DEGermany$24.2B-3%+9%5%n/a5.2%+11.8%
Kansai Electric Power 9503.TJapan$17.3B+2%+2%6%8.2×11.0%+5.6%
Hydro One H.TOCanada$24.7B-2%+9%24%24.5×n/an/a
Power Grid Corporation of India POWERGRID.NSIndia$25.6B-17%+3%55%14.4×n/an/a
Huaneng Power International 600011.SSChina$16.4B+9%-5%9%13.5×-2.1%+6.2%
Clp 0002.HKHong Kong$26.1B+7%-2%16%17.9×1.6%+2.0%
Eversource Energy ESUnited States$26.3B+6%+8%22%14.3×-8.6%+8.8%
FirstEnergy FEUnited States$26.9B+5%+12%19%16.1×n/an/a
Emera EMA.TOCanada$15.7B0%+11%19%20.2×n/an/a

Questions

Who are Uniper's main competitors?
Named competitors: RWE AG (RWE.DE), EnBW (EBK.DE), Vattenfall (state-owned) (private or unlisted), E.ON SE (EOAN.DE). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Evergy (EVRG), Cki (1038.HK), CMS Energy (CMS), Terna (TRN.MI), SDIC Power (600886.SS), Adani Energy Solutions (ADANIENSOL.NS).
Is Uniper expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 33.3× against a peer median of 17.5×, 2nd most expensive of 20 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 2% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +4%, so the hurdle is -2 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Uniper stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned 0.0% against +2.3% for the median peer; over one year +57.4%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.