BMO Capital Markets Boosts Entergy (NYSE:ETR) Price Target to $127.00

Key Points

• BMO Capital Markets raised its price target on Entergy to $127 (from $118) and kept an "outperform" rating, implying roughly a 10.7% upside from the current share price (~$114.68).
• Market consensus remains a "Moderate Buy" with an average analyst price target of $110.67 (analyst breakdown: 1 Strong Buy, 14 Buy, 4 Hold, 1 Sell).
• Entergy recently reported a slight quarterly miss (EPS $0.51 vs. $0.52 expected) and traded down to $114.68; the company set FY2026 guidance at 4.25–4.45 EPS, and an EVP disclosed the sale of 5,372 shares.

Entergy (NYSE:ETR - Get Free Report) had its price target increased by equities researchers at BMO Capital Markets from $118.00 to $127.00 in a research report issued on Monday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage presently has an "outperform" rating on the utilities provider's stock. BMO Capital Markets' target price would indicate a potential upside of 10.74% from the stock's current price.

Several other equities analysts also recently commented on ETR. UBS Group restated a "buy" rating and issued a $105.00 price target (up from $96.00) on shares of Entergy in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an "outperform" rating and issued a $112.00 price target on shares of Entergy in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Argus upped their price target on shares of Entergy from $100.00 to $118.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, April 6th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Entergy from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research note on Sunday, February 22nd. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $98.00 price target on shares of Entergy in a research note on Friday, February 20th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have given a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Entergy presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $110.67.

Entergy Stock Performance

Shares of ETR stock traded down $1.79 on Monday, hitting $114.68. The company's stock had a trading volume of 411,154 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,730,632. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.65, a quick ratio of 0.51 and a current ratio of 0.74. The stock's 50 day moving average is $105.49 and its 200-day moving average is $98.45. Entergy has a fifty-two week low of $79.40 and a fifty-two week high of $117.81. The company has a market capitalization of $52.50 billion, a PE ratio of 29.28, a PEG ratio of 2.30 and a beta of 0.57.

Entergy (NYSE:ETR - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The utilities provider reported $0.51 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.52 by ($0.01). Entergy had a net margin of 13.66% and a return on equity of 10.89%. The business had revenue of $2.96 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.99 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.66 earnings per share. Entergy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.250-4.450 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Entergy will post 3.88 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, EVP John C. Dinelli sold 5,372 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $103.95, for a total transaction of $558,419.40. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 23,609 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,454,155.55. This represents a 18.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. 0.21% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Entergy

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of ETR. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its stake in shares of Entergy by 275.6% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 9,176 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $696,000 after purchasing an additional 6,733 shares in the last quarter. Woodline Partners LP boosted its stake in shares of Entergy by 40.7% in the 1st quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 36,228 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $3,097,000 after purchasing an additional 10,476 shares in the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP acquired a new stake in shares of Entergy in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $6,869,000. Brown Advisory Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Entergy by 4.8% in the 2nd quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 4,254 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $354,000 after purchasing an additional 193 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Entergy in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $17,225,000. Institutional investors own 88.07% of the company's stock.

About Entergy

Entergy Corporation NYSE: ETR is an integrated energy company headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, that generates, transmits and distributes electricity. The company's operations combine regulated utility services with competitive power production, supplying retail electricity to residential, commercial and industrial customers while also participating in wholesale energy markets. Entergy's generation fleet includes nuclear, natural gas, hydropower and other resources, and it operates a network of transmission and distribution assets to deliver power to end users.

Entergy conducts its regulated utility business through state-based operating subsidiaries that serve customers across parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and southeast Texas.

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