EDP appears to be a large, established utility group with substantial recurring operating cash flow, significant asset backing, and continuing profitability, which are supportive factors for hybrid bond issuance. Key points: - **Large scale and strategic utility profile:** Revenue rose to about €20.7bn in 2022 from €15.0bn in 2021. The company operates in electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply, and gas supply, which are infrastructure-like activities often considered suitable for hybrid capital markets. - **Positive profitability:** Net profit was positive in both years, increasing from about €1.10bn in 2021 to €1.17bn in 2022. Profit attributable to owners was also positive at about €679m in 2022. - **Strong operating cash flow:** Operating cash flow improved materially to about €3.78bn in 2022 from €2.02bn in 2021, indicating solid cash generation capacity to service debt-like instruments. - **High capital intensity and leverage:** Total liabilities were about €45.0bn against equity of about €13.8bn at 2022 year-end, with borrowings of roughly €20.0bn including current and long-term borrowings. This high leverage makes hybrid bonds potentially useful as a capital structure tool, but it also increases credit risk. - **Significant investment needs:** Investing cash flow was negative at about €3.23bn in 2022, mainly due to large payments for property, plant, equipment and intangibles. Hybrid bonds could be suitable to support long-term capex while preserving credit metrics. - **Equity declined slightly:** Total equity decreased from about €14.0bn to €13.8bn, and equity attributable to owners fell from about €9.32bn to €8.88bn, partly reflecting dividends and negative other comprehensive income effects. This modest weakening tempers the assessment. - **Dividend burden:** Dividends to owners were about €750m, exceeding profit attributable to owners of about €679m, suggesting shareholder distributions are significant relative to parent-level earnings. Overall, EDP has the scale, business stability, cash generation, and capital-intensive profile that generally make hybrid bonds appropriate. However, leverage is already high and equity metrics weakened slightly, so the suitability is not without reservations. Still, given the utility profile and strong operating cash flow, the company is more than marginally suitable. Strongly Suitable