Desjardins Issues Optimistic Forecast for Emera Earnings

Key Points

• Analysts from Desjardins have raised Emera's Q3 2025 earnings estimate to $0.95 per share, up from $0.92, while maintaining a "Hold" rating and a price target of $62.00.
• Various financial institutions have adjusted their price targets for Emera, with TD Securities increasing their target to C$74.00 and Scotiabank raising theirs to C$70.00, while also providing positive ratings.
• Emera has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.725 per share, which represents an annualized yield of 4.4%.

Emera Incorporated (TSE:EMA - Free Report) - Analysts at Desjardins upped their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Emera in a report released on Sunday, August 10th. Desjardins analyst B. Stadler now expects that the company will earn $0.95 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.92. Desjardins currently has a "Hold" rating and a $62.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Emera's current full-year earnings is $3.20 per share.

A number of other research firms have also recently issued reports on EMA. National Bankshares raised their price target on shares of Emera from C$60.00 to C$62.00 and gave the stock a "sector perform" rating in a report on Monday, August 11th. Cibc World Mkts lowered shares of Emera from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, August 11th. Scotiabank lifted their target price on shares of Emera from C$67.00 to C$70.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Monday, August 11th. CIBC lowered shares of Emera from an "outperform" rating to a "neutral" rating and lifted their target price for the company from C$65.00 to C$68.00 in a research report on Monday, August 11th. Finally, TD Securities boosted their price target on shares of Emera from C$69.00 to C$74.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, August 11th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Emera currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of C$64.33.

Emera Stock Up 0.8%

Shares of TSE EMA traded up C$0.51 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching C$66.17. 857,542 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,277,081. 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 50 day simple moving average is C$62.94 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$60.61. Emera has a one year low of C$49.06 and a one year high of C$67.42. The company has a market cap of C$19.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.65, a P/E/G ratio of 6.20 and a beta of 0.35.

Emera Announces Dividend

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

Emera Company Profile

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.