NASDAQ:ETFC - E*TRADE Financial Stock Price, Forecast & News

E*TRADE Financial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ETFC."

E*TRADE Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 23rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 25th will be given a dividend of $0.14 per share on Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.27%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 24th. View E*TRADE Financial's Dividend History.

E*TRADE Financial announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, July 18th 2019, which permits the company to buyback $1,500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 12.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

E*TRADE Financial Corp (NASDAQ:ETFC) announced its earnings results on Thursday, January, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $0.84 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.01. The financial services provider earned $679 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $672.06 million. The company's quarterly revenue was down 7.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.06 EPS. View E*TRADE Financial's Earnings History.

E*TRADE Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 15th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for E*TRADE Financial.

11 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for E*TRADE Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $62.00. On average, they expect E*TRADE Financial's stock price to reach $48.86 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for E*TRADE Financial.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for E*TRADE Financial in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for E*TRADE Financial.

Media coverage about ETFC stock has trended somewhat positive on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. E*TRADE Financial earned a news sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for E*TRADE Financial.

E*TRADE Financial saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,000,000 shares, an increase of 34.8% from the January 15th total of 3,710,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,390,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.5 days. Approximately 2.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View E*TRADE Financial's Current Options Chain.

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E*TRADE Financial's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.04%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.93%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.91%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.11%), FMR LLC (1.89%) and First Trust Advisors LP (1.55%). Company insiders that own E*TRADE Financial stock include Brent Simonich, James P Healy, Joshua Weinreich, Karl A Roessner, Michael A Pizzi, Michael John Curcio, Robert J Chersi and Rodger A Lawson. View Institutional Ownership Trends for E*TRADE Financial.

ETFC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Argent Capital Management LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc., State Street Corp, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC and Bank of Montreal Can. Company insiders that have sold E*TRADE Financial company stock in the last year include Michael John Curcio and Rodger A Lawson. View Insider Buying and Selling for E*TRADE Financial.

ETFC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Banco Santander S.A., Renaissance Technologies LLC, EJF Capital LLC, Public Sector Pension Investment Board, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, CIBC World Markets Inc. and Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought E*TRADE Financial stock in the last two years include Brent Simonich, James P Healy, Joshua Weinreich, Michael A Pizzi, Robert J Chersi and Rodger A Lawson. View Insider Buying and Selling for E*TRADE Financial.

Shares of ETFC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ETFC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $44.19.