Avangrid (AGR) Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Avangrid in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating and 3 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "reduce" AGR shares.
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4 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Avangrid's stock. Their AGR share price forecasts range from $35.00 to $43.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $37.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.9% from the stock's current price.
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Avangrid's stock was trading at $42.98 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AGR shares have decreased by 22.2% and is now trading at $33.43.
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Avangrid saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,480,000 shares, an increase of 11.4% from the August 15th total of 4,020,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 679,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.6 days. Currently, 6.3% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 24th 2023.
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Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE:AGR) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 27th. The utilities provider reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.50 by $0.29. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.59 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.83 billion. Avangrid had a net margin of 7.23% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 2.94%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 11.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.46 EPS.

Avangrid declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 18th. Investors of record on Friday, September 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.44 per share on Monday, October 2nd. This represents a $1.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 31st.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Avangrid (NYSE:AGR) stock in their portfolio include First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FXU), iShares Focused Value Factor ETF (FOVL), SPDR S&P Kensho Clean Power ETF (CNRG), Global SuperDividend US ETF (DIV), Gabelli Love Our Planet & People ETF (LOPP), Invesco Zacks Mid-Cap ETF (CZA), iShares Global Clean Energy ETF (ICLN) and Invesco US Large Cap Core ESG ETF (IVLC).

Avangrid (NYSE:AGR) pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.26%. AGR has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 117.33%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, AGR will have a dividend payout ratio of 76.52% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Avangrid updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Friday, July, 28th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.20-$2.35 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $2.12. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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Avangrid trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AGR."

Avangrid's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (1.66%), Royal Bank of Canada (0.98%), State Street Corp (0.41%), Mackenzie Financial Corp (0.33%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.25%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (0.17%). Insiders that own company stock include Alan D Solomont, Alan D Solomont and SA Iberdrola.
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Shares of AGR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AGR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $33.43.

Avangrid (NYSE:AGR) has a market capitalization of $12.93 billion and generates $7.92 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $881 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.50 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 7,579 workers across the globe.

Avangrid's mailing address is 180 Marsh Hill Road, ORANGE CT, 06477. The official website for the company is www.avangrid.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (207) 629-1190 or via email at investors@avangrid.com.