Avangrid - AGR Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Avangrid in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research 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 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Avangrid's shares. Their AGR share price forecasts range from $41.00 to $57.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $49.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.5% from the stock's current price.
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Avangrid's stock was trading at $49.88 at the start of the year. Since then, AGR shares have decreased by 16.4% and is now trading at $41.70.
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Avangrid saw a decline in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,610,000 shares, a decline of 16.2% from the August 31st total of 4,310,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 679,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.3 days. Currently, 5.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 25th 2022.
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Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE:AGR) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 26th. The utilities provider reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.13. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.79 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.60 billion. Avangrid had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 4.65% and a net margin of 12.12%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.35 earnings per share.

Avangrid declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.44 per share on Monday, October 3rd. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.22%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 1st.
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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 75.21%. 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 76.19% 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, 1st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.20-$2.38 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $2.34. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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

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One share of AGR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $41.70.

Avangrid (NYSE:AGR) has a market capitalization of $16.12 billion and generates $6.97 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $707 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.34 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.