Entergy (ETR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company that operates as a regulated electric utility. Through its operating companies, the company generates, transmits and distributes electricity to residential, commercial, industrial and governmental customers. Its generation portfolio includes nuclear, natural gas, renewable and other power resources, while its transmission and distribution networks deliver electricity across its service territories.

Entergy serves customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, including the New Orleans area through Entergy New Orleans. The company also provides natural gas utility services in parts of its territory. Its operations support regional power reliability and include the development and management of generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure.

Founded in 1949 as Middle South Utilities, Entergy adopted its current name in 1994. The company is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Drew Marsh.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $105.52 to $106.49
• 50-Day Range: $98.03 to $108.52
• 52-Week Range: $90.87 to $118.44
• Volume: 2.40 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.98 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $49.48 billion
• P/E Ratio: 27.19
• Dividend Yield: 2.41%
• Price Target: $121.14
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Entergy Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Entergy scored higher than 95% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 12th out of 98 stocks in the utilities sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Entergy has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.90, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 19 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Entergy has a consensus price target of $121.14, representing about 14.2% upside from its current price of $106.04.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Entergy has been the subject of 13 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 15.45%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Entergy are expected to grow by 15.45% in the coming year, from $4.40 to $5.08 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Entergy is 27.19, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.85.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Entergy is 27.19, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 23.71.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Entergy has a PEG Ratio of 2.32. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Entergy has a P/B Ratio of 2.84. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.83% of the float of Entergy has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Entergy has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.46.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Entergy has recently increased by 5.69%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Entergy pays a meaningful dividend of 2.44%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Entergy has been increasing its dividend for 10 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Entergy is 65.64%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Entergy will have a dividend payout ratio of 50.39% next year. This indicates that Entergy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.92

News Sentiment

Entergy has a news sentiment score of 0.92. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.58 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 26 news articles for Entergy this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 6 people have searched for ETR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added Entergy to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Entergy insiders have sold 460.63% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $106,080.00 in company stock and sold $594,720.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.21% of the stock of Entergy is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

88.07% of the stock of Entergy is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/29/2026
• Record date for 9/1 Dividend: 8/13/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/1 Dividend: 8/13/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/01/2026
• Today: 10/21/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/02/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Electric Utilities
• Sub-Industry: Electric Utilities
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ETR
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:ETR
• CIK: 65984
• Web: www.entergy.com
• Phone: (504) 576-4000
• Fax: 504-576-4001
• Employees: 12,000
• Year Founded: 1913

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Entergy: $121.14
• High Price Target: $138.00
• Low Price Target: $101.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +14.2%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.90
• Research Coverage: 21 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.90
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 27.19
• Forward P/E Ratio: 24.10
• P/E Growth: 2.32
• Net Income: $1.77 billion
• Net Margins: 13.40%
• Pretax Margin: 17.03%
• Return on Equity: 10.53%
• Return on Assets: 2.46%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.73
• Current Ratio: 0.91
• Quick Ratio: 0.70

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $13.48 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.67
• Cash Flow: $9.72 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.91
• Book Value: $37.36 per share
• Price / Book: 2.84

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 466,632,000
• Free Float: 465,652,000
• Market Cap: $49.48 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.46