Entergy (NYSE: ETR) reported Q3 EPS of $2.35, $0.17 better than the analyst estimate of $2.18. Revenue for the quarter came in at $0 versus the consensus estimate of $0 .

Earnings Guidance

Entergy affirmed its 2017 operational earnings guidance range of $6.80 to $7.40 per share and its Utility, Parent & Other adjusted guidance range of $4.25 to $4.55 per share. See webcast presentation slides for additional details.

The company has provided 2017 earnings guidance with regard to the non-GAAP measures of operational EPS and Utility, Parent & Other adjusted EPS. These measures exclude from the corresponding GAAP financial measures the effect of special items as described below under \"Non-GAAP Financial Measures.\" The company has not provided a reconciliation of such non-GAAP guidance to guidance presented on a GAAP basis because it cannot predict and quantify with a reasonable degree of confidence all of the special items that may occur during 2017. The only anticipated special items that the company can reasonably estimate at this time are those that relate to the decisions to sell or close the company\'s merchant nuclear plants; these estimated costs, which are excluded from the earnings guidance, are expected to decrease as-reported EPS by approximately $(2.10) per share.

GUIDANCE:

Entergy sees FY2017 EPS of $6.80-$7.40, versus the consensus of $6.75.

"Today we are reporting a strong third quarter, and we now expect to finish the year in the top half of our Utility, Parent & Other adjusted earnings guidance range," said Entergy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Leo Denault. "We have completed most of our key deliverables for the year that support our strategy to achieve steady, predictable growth at the Utility, while managing risk and an orderly exit of our merchant power business. We are affirming our 2017 guidance and our longer-term outlooks."

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