Emerald (EEX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Emerald Holding, Inc. (NYSE:EEX) is a diversified real estate solutions company that delivers a suite of residential brokerage, mortgage origination and third-party services across the United States. Through an integrated network of licensed agents and loan specialists, Emerald provides homebuyers and sellers with a unified experience that spans property listing, financing and closing. The company’s brokerage operations connect local expertise with technology-driven marketing tools, while its mortgage arm offers a full range of loan products from conventional to government-backed programs.

In addition to its core real estate offerings, Emerald’s third-party services segment supports industry and institutional clients with engineered surveys, title plant management, property data analytics and valuation products. By leveraging proprietary data repositories and cloud-based workflow platforms, the company delivers timely, accurate information that underpins land development, due diligence and risk management initiatives. This diversified model allows Emerald to capture multiple touchpoints in the real estate transaction lifecycle and to cross-sell services across its customer base.

Founded through the combination of established regional brokerages and specialty service providers, Emerald has steadily expanded its footprint in key metropolitan markets, including the Sun Belt and Mountain West regions. The company’s growth strategy emphasizes both organic agent recruitment and targeted acquisitions of complementary businesses. Headquartered in New York City, Emerald is led by an experienced management team with deep backgrounds in real estate, mortgage finance and technology, supported by a board of directors drawn from leading firms in financial services and property development.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $5.07 to $5.26
• 50-Day Range: $4.46 to $5.30
• 52-Week Range: $3.22 to $6.65
• Volume: 44,491 shs
• Average Volume: 170,774 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.02 billion
• P/E Ratio: 170.39
• Dividend Yield: 1.17%
• Price Target: $7.90
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Emerald Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Emerald scored higher than 40% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 202nd out of 289 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Emerald has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Emerald has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Emerald is 170.39, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.93.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Emerald is 170.39, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 21.01.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Emerald has a P/B Ratio of 2.69. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.60% of the float of Emerald has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Emerald has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Emerald has recently decreased by 38.74%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Emerald pays a meaningful dividend of 1.17%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Emerald does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Emerald is 200.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.60% of the float of Emerald has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Emerald has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Emerald has recently decreased by 38.74%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.31

News Sentiment

Emerald has a news sentiment score of 0.31. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.69 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Emerald this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Emerald insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 4.00% of the stock of Emerald is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 14.90% of the stock of Emerald is held by institutions.

EEX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have EEX shares performed this year?

Emerald's stock was trading at $4.82 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, EEX stock has increased by 6.0% and is now trading at $5.11.

How were Emerald's earnings last quarter?

Emerald Holding, Inc. (NYSE:EEX) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 1st. The company reported $0.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.07 by $0.01. The firm earned $147.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $134.30 million. Emerald had a net margin of 1.57% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1.75%.
Read the conference call transcript.

When did Emerald IPO?

Emerald (EEX) raised $202 million in an initial public offering on Friday, April 28th 2017. The company issued 15,500,000 shares at a price of $12.00-$14.00 per share. BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays and Goldman, Sachs acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Securities, RBC Capital Markets and Baird were co-managers.

How do I buy shares of Emerald?

Shares of EEX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Emerald own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Emerald investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Meta Platforms (META), Adobe (ADBE), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Arista Networks (ANET) and GE Aerospace (GE).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/01/2025
• Record date for 5/22 Dividend: 5/12/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 5/22 Dividend: 5/12/2025
• Dividend Payable: 5/22/2025
• Today: 7/09/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/06/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Cons Services - Misc
• Sub-Industry: Business Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:EEX
• CIK: 1579214
• Web: www.emeraldx.com
• Phone: (949) 226-5700
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 600
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Emerald: $7.90
• High Price Target: $8.00
• Low Price Target: $7.80
• Potential Upside/Downside: +55.2%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.03
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 169.72
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $2.20 million
• Net Margins: 1.57%
• Pretax Margin: 3.32%
• Return on Equity: 1.75%
• Return on Assets: 0.63%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.28
• Current Ratio: 1.59
• Quick Ratio: 1.59

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $398.80 million
• Price / Sales: 2.54
• Cash Flow: $0.21 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 24.69
• Book Value: $1.90 per share
• Price / Book: 2.68

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 198,860,000
• Free Float: 190,905,000
• Market Cap: $1.01 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.09