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Dominion Energy beats quarterly estimates as data-center demand keeps growing
Dominion Energy topped analysts' profit and sales forecasts and lifted the low end of its full-year outlook. Rising data-center demand for power helped its regulated utilities.
Quick Read
- Dominion Energy beat analysts' forecasts for quarterly profit and sales, and its shares traded higher Friday.
- Growing data-center demand in Virginia helped lift results at its regulated utilities.
- The company raised the low end of its full-year outlook and kept its long-term investment plan.
- The proposed combination with NextEra Energy still needs regulatory approval, and Dominion expects it to close in the second half of 2027.
What did Dominion Energy report?
Dominion Energy (NYSE: D) reported third-quarter results on Friday that beat analysts' forecasts for both profit and sales.
Why it matters: Adjusted earnings per share, the profit per share that a quarter is graded on, came in above the average analyst estimate. Revenue also topped estimates and grew from a year earlier.
The shares traded higher Friday, according to reports. The broader stock market fell the same day.
Why did results improve?
The company's regulated utilities in Virginia and South Carolina drove the gain. Both reported higher revenue and operating earnings than a year earlier.
Demand from data centers kept rising. These are buildings full of computer servers, including those that run artificial intelligence. Dominion said its contracted data-center capacity in Virginia has grown again since December 2025.
Some of the boost came from items that may not repeat. The company said better-than-normal weather and income tied to renewable natural gas each added to operating earnings. Its contracted energy unit earned less than a year earlier.
How did the stock compare with the rest of the market?
The results arrived on a weak day for stocks. The S&P 500 slid 1.8%, and the Nasdaq-100 tumbled 3.5% as chip stocks fell.
The utilities sector fund rose 0.7%, while the technology sector fund tumbled 4.9%.
What comes next?
What’s next: Dominion raised the low end of its full-year guidance, the company's own forecast for its results. It said it expects 2026 operating earnings per share toward the upper end of that range.
The company kept its investment plan through 2030 and its long-term profit growth target. Its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project was mostly built, and its budget was unchanged.
Dominion's proposed combination with NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) still needs regulatory approval. The company said it expects the deal to close in the second half of 2027.
For readers
What it could mean for you: People who own a utilities fund hold companies like Dominion, whose profits rest on regulated power sales. Dominion's report points to data centers as a growing source of electricity demand. If that demand keeps rising, it could support earnings at some power companies, apart from what chip stocks do. The utilities sector fund rose 0.7% on a day the technology sector fund tumbled 4.9%. That gap may not last, since a fund focused on one industry can swing more than a broad index fund.
Questions and answers
Did Dominion Energy beat earnings estimates?
Yes. Dominion's adjusted earnings per share and its revenue for the third quarter both came in above analysts' average estimates.
How are data centers affecting Dominion Energy?
Dominion said contracted data-center capacity in Virginia kept growing. That demand helped its Virginia utility report higher revenue and operating earnings than a year earlier.
When will the Dominion and NextEra Energy deal close?
Dominion said the proposed combination still needs regulatory approvals. The company expects it to close in the second half of 2027.
The numbers
| S&P 500 change | −1.82% |
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| 10-year Treasury yield | 4.94% |
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