NASDAQ:EVRG - Evergy Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Evergy trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "EVRG."

Evergy announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 29th will be given a dividend of $0.475 per share on Thursday, December 20th. This represents a $1.90 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.17%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 28th. View Evergy's Dividend History.

Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 9th. The company reported $0.56 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.56. The business had revenue of $893.40 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $623.51 million. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 46.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.50 earnings per share. View Evergy's Earnings History.

Evergy will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, February 22nd at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8883537071.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Evergy's stock. Their forecasts range from $56.00 to $62.00. On average, they anticipate Evergy's stock price to reach $59.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.6%. View Analyst Price Targets for Evergy.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Evergy in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Evergy.

News coverage about EVRG stock has been trending positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Evergy earned a news impact score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

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Evergy's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.49%), Zimmer Partners LP (1.41%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.34%), Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1.29%), Northern Trust Corp (1.21%) and Jennison Associates LLC (1.21%). Company insiders that own Evergy stock include Anthony D Somma, Greg A Greenwood, Jerl L Banning, Mark A Ruelle, Richard L Hawley and Terry D Bassham. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Evergy.

EVRG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Zimmer Partners LP, BlackRock Inc., D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC and Gabelli Funds LLC. Company insiders that have sold Evergy company stock in the last year include Anthony D Somma, Greg A Greenwood, Jerl L Banning, Mark A Ruelle, Richard L Hawley and Terry D Bassham. View Insider Buying and Selling for Evergy.

EVRG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Scout Investments Inc., APG Asset Management N.V., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., California Public Employees Retirement System, Squarepoint Ops LLC and Nuveen Asset Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Evergy.

Shares of EVRG 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EVRG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $59.87.

Evergy has a market capitalization of $15.77 billion.

The company can be reached via phone at (785) 575-6300.