NYSE:AGR - Avangrid Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Avangrid declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, December 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, December 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.44 per share on Thursday, January 2nd. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 11th. View Avangrid's Dividend History.

Avangrid Inc (NYSE:AGR) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 29th. The utilities provider reported $0.40 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.51 by $0.11. The utilities provider earned $1.49 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.54 billion. Avangrid had a net margin of 9.32% and a return on equity of 3.98%. Avangrid's revenue for the quarter was down 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.45 EPS. View Avangrid's Earnings History.

Avangrid is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 25th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Avangrid.

Avangrid will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 25th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Avangrid updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 29th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.25-2.35 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.24.

7 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Avangrid's stock. Their forecasts range from $46.00 to $52.50. On average, they expect Avangrid's stock price to reach $49.83 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.6%. 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 4 sell ratings and 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Sell." View Analyst Ratings for Avangrid.

Media headlines about AGR stock have trended extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Avangrid earned a media sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Avangrid.

Avangrid saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,990,000 shares, a drop of 10.8% from the December 15th total of 2,230,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 387,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.1 days. Approximately 3.6% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Avangrid's Current Options Chain.

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Avangrid's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.06%), Whitehelm Capital Pty Ltd (0.04%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.04%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.01%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.00%) and SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC (0.00%). 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., Whitehelm Capital Pty Ltd and Webster Bank N. A.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Avangrid.

AGR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Sciencast Management LP, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., IFP Advisors Inc and Summit X 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 $52.21.

Avangrid has a market capitalization of $16.13 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]