EMA Stock — Emera Incorporated

Emera Incorporated (EMA)

Updated October 16, 2026.

EMA is a Stock. its distribution rate is 4.42%, its trailing-12-month yield is 5.52%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 95/100 (Safe). Total return is 336.9% over the past 16.8 years, 465.4 points behind SPY at 802.3%.

Emera Incorporated is an energy and services company that generates, transmits, and distributes electricity across the United States, Canada, Barbados, and the Bahamas, while also purchasing, transmitting, distributing, and selling natural gas through its various utility subsidiaries and segments. The company pays a quarterly distribution with a current yield in the mid-single-digit range. Emera appeals to income-focused investors seeking exposure to essential utility infrastructure and steady dividend payments.

EMA performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 336.9% over the past 16.8 years, 465.4 points behind SPY at 802.3%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 1.7%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 16.3%.

EMA key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

95 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

4.20%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

01/05/2010

Distribution rate

4.42%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

5.52%

5-year average yield

4.83

Last close

$47.72 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$14,657,198,000

Average volume

616024.0

Dividend

$0.5275

Ex-dividend date

10/30/2026

Payment date

11/13/2026

Beta

0.423

Payout ratio

83.4%

P/E ratio

20.31

Forward P/E

18.7617

EPS

$2.35

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (4.42%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (5.52%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

EMA risks and drawbacks

Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 16.3%.

Who may consider EMA — and who may not

EMA may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score, moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (EMA pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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