NYSE:EE - El Paso Electric Stock Price, Forecast & News

El Paso Electric's stock was trading at $67.75 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, EE shares have increased by 0.0% and is now trading at $67.78. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

El Paso Electric is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 13th 2020. View our earnings forecast for El Paso Electric.

El Paso Electric (NYSE:EE) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 26th. The utilities provider reported $0.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.12. The utilities provider had revenue of $190.10 million for the quarter. El Paso Electric had a net margin of 14.27% and a return on equity of 7.73%. View El Paso Electric's earnings history.

El Paso Electric announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 28th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 17th will be given a dividend of $0.385 per share on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $1.54 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.27%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 16th. View El Paso Electric's dividend history.

News headlines about EE stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. El Paso Electric earned a coverage optimism score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutEl Paso Electric.

El Paso Electric saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 1,462,000 shares, an increase of 31.7% from the February 27th total of 1,110,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 302,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.8 days. Currently, 3.6% of the company's stock are short sold. View El Paso Electric's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other El Paso Electric investors own include Altria Group (MO), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), General Electric (GE), AbbVie (ABBV), Dominion Energy (D), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Southern (SO) and Wells Fargo & Co (WFC).

El Paso Electric trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EE."

El Paso Electric's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Gabelli Funds LLC (4.49%), State Street Corp (3.33%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (3.21%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.72%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.72%) and CNH Partners LLC (1.98%). Company insiders that own El Paso Electric stock include Edward Escudero, Eric B Siegel and Stephen Wertheimer. View institutional ownership trends for El Paso Electric.

EE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Gabelli Funds LLC, Kennedy Capital Management Inc., Jennison Associates LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Arizona State Retirement System, and Citigroup Inc.. Company insiders that have sold El Paso Electric company stock in the last year include Edward Escudero, Eric B Siegel, and Stephen Wertheimer. View insider buying and selling activity for El Paso Electric.

EE stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., Beryl Capital Management LLC, State Street Corp, First Trust Advisors LP, Macquarie Group Ltd., Macquarie Group Ltd., and Credit Suisse AG. View insider buying and selling activity for El Paso Electric.

Shares of EE 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 EE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $67.78.

El Paso Electric has a market capitalization of $2.76 billion and generates $861.99 million in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $123.04 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.25 on an earnings per share basis. El Paso Electric employs 1,100 workers across the globe. View additional information about El Paso Electric.

The official website for El Paso Electric is http://www.epelectric.com/.

El Paso Electric's mailing address is STANTON TOWER 100 NORTH STANTON STREET, EL PASO TX, 79901. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 915-543-5711 or via email at [email protected]