Entergy

Choose a major U.S. company,- entergy
Research the company and the market(s) in which it competes, and
Prepare a presentation of 10-12 PowerPoint slides (with detailed speaker notes).

Describe the firm, include such information as its:
products or services:
annual sales, and
market share (this information is readily available in the IBIS World database.)

Entergy Corporation (Entergy or the company) is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. It is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana and employed 14,000 people as on December 31, 2013. The company recorded revenues of $11,390.9 million during the financial year ended December 2013 (FY2013), an increase of 10.6% over FY2012. The operating profit of the company was $1,355 million in FY2013, an increase of 4.1% over FY2012. The net profit was $711.9 million in FY2013, a decrease of 15.9% compared to FY2012. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Entergy supplies electricity to utility customers in Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas and supplies natural gas to customers in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The company is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, the US.
The company reported revenues of (US Dollars) US$10,113.6 million for the fiscal year ended December 2020 (FY2020), a decrease of 7% over FY2019. In FY2020, the company’s operating margin was 17.5%, compared to an operating margin of 12.8% in FY2019. In FY2020, the company recorded a net margin of 13.9%, compared to a net margin of 11.6% in FY2019. The company reported revenues of US$2,844.8 million for the first quarter ended March 2021, an increase of 20% over the previous quarter.

Competitor Analysis
American Electric Power Company, Inc.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
Cleco Corporate Holdings, LLC
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
Duke Energy Corporation
El Paso Electric Company
OGE Energy Corp
Southern Company
 

Entergy Annual Revenue
(Millions of US $)
2020 $10,114
2019 $10,879
2018 $11,009
2017 $11,074
2016 $10,846
2015 $11,513
2014 $12,495
2013 $11,391
2012 $10,302
2011 $11,229

Describe the market(s) in which it operates.
For instance, does it operate within an oligopoly or monopolistically competitive market, a perfectly competitive market, or is it a monopoly? (Choose the closest fit.)
Entergy operates in monopolistically competitive market.
Explain.
2 economic concepts that this firm seems to use to its advantage.
Please include an explanation of how any significant recent events or changes in this market have affected this firm. Examples are mergers and acquisitions, technological change, legal issues, whether market demand is expanding, and so on.