Avangrid - AGR Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Avangrid in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" AGR shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AGR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Avangrid's stock. Their AGR share price forecasts range from $35.00 to $57.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $45.20 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.8% from the stock's current price.
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Avangrid's stock was trading at $49.88 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, AGR shares have decreased by 14.3% and is now trading at $42.73.
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Avangrid saw a increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,800,000 shares, an increase of 8.9% from the October 15th total of 3,490,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 725,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.2 days. Approximately 5.4% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 28th 2023.
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Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE:AGR) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 25th. The utilities provider reported $0.31 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.32 by $0.01. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.84 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.73 billion. Avangrid had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 4.56% and a net margin of 11.66%. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.34 earnings per share.

Avangrid declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 19th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 1st will be given a dividend of $0.44 per share on Tuesday, January 3rd. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.12%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 30th.
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Avangrid (NYSE:AGR) pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.16%. AGR has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 75.86%. 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 77.88% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Avangrid issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Saturday, October, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.20-$2.38 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.33. 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (1.98%), BlackRock Inc. (1.67%), Royal Bank of Canada (0.97%), ATLAS Infrastructure Partners UK Ltd. (0.60%), State Street Corp (0.47%) and First Trust Advisors LP (0.45%). 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 $42.73.

Avangrid (NYSE:AGR) has a market capitalization of $16.52 billion and generates $6.97 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $707 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.32 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 7,348 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) 629-1200 or via email at investors@avangrid.com.