Avangrid Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:AGR)

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

Avangrid declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 16th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 6th will be given a dividend of $0.44 per share on Tuesday, October 1st. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.45%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 5th. View Avangrid's Dividend History.

Avangrid Inc (NYSE:AGR) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The utilities provider reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.46 by $0.01. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.55 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.32 billion. Avangrid had a net margin of 8.85% and a return on equity of 4.09%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 15.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.40 EPS. View Avangrid's Earnings History.

Avangrid is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Avangrid.

Avangrid will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

7 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Avangrid's shares. Their predictions range from $46.00 to $52.50. On average, they expect Avangrid's stock price to reach $50.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.0%. View Analyst Price Targets for Avangrid.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Avangrid in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings and 4 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Avangrid.

Media stories about AGR stock have trended somewhat negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Avangrid earned a coverage optimism score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Avangrid.

Avangrid saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 2,350,000 shares, an increase of 24.3% from the August 30th total of 1,890,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 463,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.1 days. Currently, 4.2% of the company's shares are sold short. View Avangrid's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Avangrid include American Electric Power (AEP), Eversource Energy (ES), FirstEnergy (FE), CLP (CLPHY), Edison International (EIX), Entergy (ETR), DTE Energy (DTE), PPL (PPL), Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNABY), Fortis (FTS), SSE PLC/S (SSEZY), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), EDP-Energias de Portugal, S.A (EDPFY), Korea Electric Power (KEP) and Vistra Energy (VST).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Avangrid investors own include Input Capital (INP), Circle Oil (COP), Falcon Oil & Gas (FO), Ivanhoe Mines (IVN), Falcon Oil & Gas (FOG), Costco Wholesale (COST), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), AT&T (T), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) and UIL (UIL).

Avangrid's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Robecosam AG (0.15%), Denali Advisors LLC (0.08%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.06%), Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.04%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.01%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.01%). Company insiders that own Avangrid stock include Alan D Solomont, Douglas K Stuver, Elizabeth Timm, John E Baldacci and Teresa A Herbert. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Avangrid.

AGR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Hennessy Advisors Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Avangrid.

AGR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, Robecosam AG, Denali Advisors LLC, Park Avenue Securities LLC, Signaturefd LLC, North Star Investment Management Corp., Strategic Blueprint LLC and Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC. Company insiders that have bought Avangrid stock in the last two years include Alan D Solomont, Douglas K Stuver, Elizabeth Timm, John E Baldacci and Teresa A Herbert. View Insider Buying and Selling for Avangrid.

Shares of AGR 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 AGR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $51.00.

Avangrid has a market capitalization of $15.76 billion and generates $6.48 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $595 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.21 on an earnings per share basis. Avangrid employs 6,449 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Avangrid.

The official website for Avangrid is http://www.avangrid.com/.

Avangrid's mailing address is 180 Marsh Hill Road, ORANGE CT, 06477. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 207-629-1200 or via email at [email protected]