Desjardins Analysts Boost Earnings Estimates for Emera

Key Points

• Desjardins raised their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimate for Emera to $0.64, up from $0.55, while maintaining a "Hold" rating and a price target of $62.00.
• Several firms have upgraded their price targets for Emera, with TD Securities setting the highest target at C$69.00, reflecting a positive outlook from analysts.
• Emera announced a quarterly dividend of $0.725, yielding 4.3%, with a payout ratio of 112.40%, indicating strong shareholder returns despite their high payout ratio.

Emera Incorporated (TSE:EMA - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Desjardins boosted their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Emera in a research report issued on Wednesday, August 6th. Desjardins analyst B. Stadler now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.64 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.55. Desjardins currently has a "Hold" rating and a $62.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Emera's current full-year earnings is $3.20 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for Emera's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.68 EPS.

EMA has been the topic of several other reports. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on Emera from C$69.00 to C$70.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Monday. National Bankshares upped their target price on Emera from C$60.00 to C$62.00 and gave the stock a "sector perform" rating in a research report on Monday. Cibc World Mkts lowered Emera from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday. CIBC lowered Emera from an "outperform" rating to a "neutral" rating and upped their target price for the stock from C$65.00 to C$68.00 in a research report on Monday. Finally, BMO Capital Markets upped their target price on Emera from C$65.00 to C$68.00 in a research report on Monday. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of C$64.33.

Emera Trading Down 1.0%

EMA traded down C$0.65 during trading on Monday, hitting C$65.21. The company's stock had a trading volume of 793,458 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,281,805. Emera has a twelve month low of C$48.79 and a twelve month high of C$67.42. The company has a quick ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 0.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 150.23. The stock's fifty day moving average price is C$62.61 and its 200-day moving average price is C$60.36. The firm has a market capitalization of C$19.12 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.28, a PEG ratio of 6.20 and a beta of 0.35.

Emera Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 15th will be paid a $0.725 dividend. This represents a $2.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.4%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 1st. Emera's dividend payout ratio is 112.40%.

About Emera

Emera is a geographically diverse energy and services company investing in electricity generation, transmission, and distribution as well as gas transmission and utility energy services. Emera has operations throughout North America and the Caribbean countries.