Iberdrola FY2026 EPS Estimate Lowered by Erste Group Bank

Key Points

• Erste Group Bank cut its FY2026 EPS estimate for Iberdrola to $4.56 from $4.67 and kept a Strong-Buy rating, while projecting FY2027 EPS of $4.93.
• Analyst coverage is mixed—one Strong Buy, two Buy, four Hold and one Sell—resulting in an average rating of Hold; Goldman Sachs is neutral and Jefferies recently downgraded the stock to Hold.
• Iberdrola missed the quarter on EPS ($0.64 vs. $0.67 expected) while revenue matched expectations at $13.76B; the stock trades around $89.37 with a market cap of about $149.3B and a P/E of 21.33.

Iberdrola S.A. (OTCMKTS:IBDRY - Free Report) - Erste Group Bank lowered their FY2026 EPS estimates for Iberdrola in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, March 4th. Erste Group Bank analyst S. Lingnau now anticipates that the utilities provider will post earnings per share of $4.56 for the year, down from their prior forecast of $4.67. Erste Group Bank currently has a "Strong-Buy" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Iberdrola's current full-year earnings is $3.57 per share. Erste Group Bank also issued estimates for Iberdrola's FY2027 earnings at $4.93 EPS.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the company. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a "neutral" rating on shares of Iberdrola in a research note on Friday, February 27th. Jefferies Financial Group cut Iberdrola from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Iberdrola presently has an average rating of "Hold".

Iberdrola Stock Performance

Shares of IBDRY stock opened at $89.37 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 0.81 and a quick ratio of 0.72. The company's fifty day moving average price is $90.13 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $83.26. The firm has a market capitalization of $149.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.33, a P/E/G ratio of 2.22 and a beta of 0.71. Iberdrola has a 12 month low of $58.59 and a 12 month high of $96.50.

Iberdrola (OTCMKTS:IBDRY - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The utilities provider reported $0.64 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.67 by ($0.03). Iberdrola had a net margin of 13.74% and a return on equity of 10.38%. The firm had revenue of $13.76 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $13.76 billion.

Iberdrola Company Profile

Iberdrola, SA is a Spanish multinational electric utility headquartered in Bilbao that develops, produces and supplies electricity and related energy services. The company's core activities span electricity generation across a diverse mix of assets, transmission and distribution network ownership and operation, and retail supply to residential, commercial and industrial customers. Iberdrola also offers energy management and digital solutions aimed at improving efficiency and integrating distributed and renewable resources.

Renewable energy is a central focus of Iberdrola's business strategy, with significant investments in wind (onshore and offshore), hydroelectric and solar power and in the modernization of grids to accommodate increasing shares of intermittent generation.

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