Is EDP’s Italian Solar Sale Quietly Redefining Its Capital Allocation Priorities (ENXTLS:EDP)?
- EDP has recently completed the sale of a 207-MW solar portfolio in Italy, as part of its ongoing renewable asset optimization efforts, and earlier this month it also presented at the Energy LIVE Conference 2025 in Houston through Stephan Blasilli, Head of Business Excellence.
- This portfolio sale highlights how EDP is actively reshaping its renewables mix and freeing up capital that can be reallocated across its wider growth priorities.
- We’ll now examine how the Italian solar portfolio sale could influence EDP’s investment narrative and future capital allocation choices.
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EDP Investment Narrative Recap
To own EDP, you need to believe in its ability to compound value in regulated networks and renewables while managing policy, tax and earnings volatility. The Italian 207 MW solar sale fits its asset rotation approach but does not appear to change the key short term focus on stabilizing profitability and reducing reliance on asset rotation gains, nor does it materially alter the main risks around regulation and extraordinary taxation in core markets.
The recent Q3 2025 results, which showed higher year on year revenue but lower net income, feel particularly relevant here, as they underline how asset mix, rotation activity and one off items can influence earnings quality. Against that backdrop, the Italian solar sale looks incremental to EDP’s existing optimization efforts rather than a reset of its growth or risk profile in the near term.
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EDP’s narrative projects €15.0 billion revenue and €1.3 billion earnings by 2028. This requires a 0.9% yearly revenue decline and about a €552 million earnings increase from €747.7 million today.
Uncover how EDP's forecasts yield a €4.46 fair value, a 19% upside to its current price.
Exploring Other Perspectives
Eight fair value estimates from the Simply Wall St Community span roughly €1.78 to €5.28 per share, showing how widely views on EDP can differ. You can weigh those opinions against the risk that earnings remain sensitive to asset rotation gains and regulatory outcomes in key regions, which could influence how the market judges EDP’s progress over time.
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