NYSE:EEEl Paso Electric Stock Price, Forecast & News

El Paso Electric's stock was trading at $67.75 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, EE shares have decreased by 0.6% and is now trading at $67.37. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

El Paso Electric is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for El Paso Electric.

El Paso Electric (NYSE:EE) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May, 8th. The utilities provider reported ($0.21) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.13) by $0.08. The utilities provider earned $158.56 million during the quarter. El Paso Electric had a return on equity of 7.55% and a net margin of 9.66%. View El Paso Electric's earnings history.

El Paso Electric declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 5th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 16th will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share on Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 15th. View El Paso Electric's dividend history.

Media coverage about EE stock has trended somewhat negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. El Paso Electric earned a news sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about El Paso Electric.

El Paso Electric saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,170,000 shares, a drop of 12.7% from the May 31st total of 1,340,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 699,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.7 days. Approximately 2.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View El Paso Electric's Current Options Chain.

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

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One share of EE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $67.37.

El Paso Electric has a market capitalization of $2.75 billion and generates $861.99 million in revenue each year. El Paso Electric employs 1,100 workers across the globe.

The official website for El Paso Electric is 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]