Fundamental Data for EDE

The Empire District Electric Company is an operating public utility engagedin the generation, purchase, transmission, distribution and sale ofelectricity in parts of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. TheCompany also provides water service to several towns in Missouri.

# Employees: 733

Address: 602 Joplin Street,Joplin,MO,USA

Phone: 417 625-5100

Fax: 417 625-5173

Website: www.empiredistrict.com

Email: jwatson@empiredistrict.com

Sector: Utilities

Industry: UTIL-ELEC PWR

Executive Officers

William L. Gipson (Pres.; C.E.O.; Dir.)

Gregory A. Knapp (V.P. Finance; P.F.O.)

Laurie A. Delano (Contr.; Assistant Sec.; Assist. Treas.)

Julio S. Leon (Dir.)

Kenneth R. Allen (Dir.,)

Dividend

Ex-Dividend Date: 11/27/2009

Annual Dividend: $1.28

Current Dividend Yield: $7.08

Dividend Paid (3 months): $0.32

Indicated Dividend: $1.07

Earnings

Last Earnings Date: 9/30/2009

Next Earnings Date(Expected): 2/4/2010

Mean EPS (Next Qtr): $0.25

Mean EPS (Year): $1.23

Mean Estimate(Long Term): ($0.01)

P/E Ratio(Based on EPS estimate): 14.690

Number of Estimates: 4

Shares Performance

Period	EDE	Compare to S&P
YTD	2.67 %	-15.04 %
4 Weeks	0.06 %	-5.01 %
12 Weeks	-1.63 %	-8.40 %

Shares Information

Analyst Coverage: Y

Avg Volume: 195068

Shares Outstanding: 34M

Market Cap: $0.62B

52 Week High: $18.76

52 Week Low: $11.95

P/E Ratio: 15.060

PEG Ratio: -0.010

Split: On 1/30/1992 EDE split by factor of 2.000

Earnings Performance

EPS Growth in Last Quarter: 95.45 %

EPS Growth in Last Year: -28.33 %

Sales Growth in Last Quarter: 14.10 %

Sales Growth in Last Quarter: -7.67 %

Financials

Qtr Book Value: $1.10

Cash Flow/Share: $6.21

Change in Payout Ratio: -0.110

Price/Sales: 1.230