National Grid

Few utilities players in Europe match the executional depth of National Grid. From London, the group manages a workforce of approximately 30k and generates close to $30B in revenue, while steadily widening the gap with regional peers.

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“National Grid is, in its category, exactly the kind of compounding regional champion the next decade of capital allocation will reward.”

Analysts increasingly view the group as a regional bellwether — its quarterly trajectory tends to anticipate sector-wide moves.