Comprehensive Financial Consultants Institutional Inc. Buys New Stake in Entergy Corporation $ETR

Key Points

• Comprehensive Financial Consultants Institutional Inc. bought a new stake of 32,742 shares in Entergy, valued at about $3.03 million, and institutional investors now own roughly 88.07% of the stock.
• Entergy missed Q results slightly with $0.51 EPS vs. a $0.52 consensus and revenue of $2.96 billion vs. $2.99 billion, while setting FY2026 guidance at 4.25–4.45 EPS (analysts' consensus ~4.4).
• The company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.64 per share (annualized $2.56, ~2.2% yield), payable June 1 with an ex-dividend date of May 1.

Comprehensive Financial Consultants Institutional Inc. bought a new stake in Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund bought 32,742 shares of the utilities provider's stock, valued at approximately $3,026,000.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in ETR. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in Entergy by 56.9% in the 3rd quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 317 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $30,000 after acquiring an additional 115 shares in the last quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its holdings in Entergy by 150.4% in the 3rd quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 323 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $30,000 after acquiring an additional 194 shares in the last quarter. Valley National Advisers Inc. increased its holdings in Entergy by 306.0% in the 4th quarter. Valley National Advisers Inc. now owns 341 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $31,000 after acquiring an additional 257 shares in the last quarter. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Entergy by 46.1% in the 3rd quarter. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 412 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $38,000 after acquiring an additional 130 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameritas Advisory Services LLC increased its holdings in Entergy by 44.4% in the 3rd quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 416 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $39,000 after acquiring an additional 128 shares in the last quarter. 88.07% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Entergy Price Performance

Entergy stock opened at $113.80 on Monday. Entergy Corporation has a 52-week low of $79.40 and a 52-week high of $117.81. The firm has a market capitalization of $52.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.10, a PEG ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 0.57. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $108.49 and a 200-day simple moving average of $99.85. The company has a quick ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 0.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.65.

Entergy (NYSE:ETR - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The utilities provider reported $0.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.52 by ($0.01). Entergy had a return on equity of 10.89% and a net margin of 13.66%.The business had revenue of $2.96 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.99 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.66 EPS. Entergy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.250-4.450 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Entergy Corporation will post 4.4 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Entergy Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 1st will be issued a dividend of $0.64 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 1st. This represents a $2.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.2%. Entergy's dividend payout ratio is presently 65.47%.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP John C. Dinelli sold 5,372 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on 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 filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.21% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages recently commented on ETR. Truist Financial set a $130.00 price target on shares of Entergy and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, April 20th. TD Cowen began coverage on shares of Entergy in a report on Friday, January 9th. They issued a "buy" rating and a $108.00 price target for the company. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Entergy from a "sell" rating to a "strong sell" rating in a report on Saturday, April 18th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $112.00 price target on shares of Entergy in a report on Friday, January 23rd. Finally, Mizuho boosted their price target on shares of Entergy from $112.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Monday, March 30th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $113.74.

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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