Eversource Energy (ES) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Eversource Energy is a public utility holding company that delivers electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers in the northeastern United States. Through its regulated utility subsidiaries, the company operates electric distribution systems, natural gas distribution networks and electric transmission infrastructure.

Eversource serves customers primarily in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Its operations include maintaining utility infrastructure, connecting customers to energy services, managing power delivery and investing in projects designed to support system reliability and the transition to cleaner energy.

The company traces its history to Northeast Utilities, which adopted the Eversource Energy name in 2015. Eversource has since focused on regulated electric and natural gas utility operations in New England, while divesting businesses outside its core energy-delivery activities.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $63.75 to $65.24
• 50-Day Range: $63.77 to $75.42
• 52-Week Range: $63.44 to $76.57
• Volume: 2.51 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.13 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $24.02 billion
• P/E Ratio: 16.52
• Dividend Yield: 4.94%
• Price Target: $72.92
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Eversource Energy Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Eversource Energy scored higher than 79% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 48th out of 96 stocks in the utilities sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Eversource Energy has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.08, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Eversource Energy has a consensus price target of $72.92, representing about 14.4% upside from its current price of $63.77.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Eversource Energy has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 6.45%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Eversource Energy are expected to grow by 6.45% in the coming year, from $4.65 to $4.95 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Eversource Energy is 16.52, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.64.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Eversource Energy is 16.52, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 23.98.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Eversource Energy has a PEG Ratio of 2.88. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Eversource Energy has a P/B Ratio of 1.48. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.42% of the float of Eversource Energy has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Eversource Energy has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.82.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Eversource Energy has recently decreased by 1.06%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Eversource Energy is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.75%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Eversource Energy has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Eversource Energy is 81.61%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Eversource Energy will have a dividend payout ratio of 63.64% next year. This indicates that Eversource Energy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.15

News Sentiment

Eversource Energy has a news sentiment score of 1.15. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.61 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Eversource Energy this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 6 people have searched for ES on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -57% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

10 people have added Eversource Energy to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 43% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Eversource Energy insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.18% of the stock of Eversource Energy is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

79.99% of the stock of Eversource Energy is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/30 Dividend: 5/18/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/30 Dividend: 5/18/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/30/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Record date for 9/30 Dividend: 9/21/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/30 Dividend: 9/21/2026
• Today: 9/24/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/30/2026
• Wolfe Research Utilities, Midstream & Clean Energy Conference 2026-Virtual: 9/30/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/03/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Electric Utilities
• Sub-Industry: Electric Utilities
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ES
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:NU
• CIK: 72741
• Web: www.eversource.com
• Phone: (860) 286-5000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 10,731
• Year Founded: 1927

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Eversource Energy: $72.92
• High Price Target: $81.00
• Low Price Target: $60.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +14.4%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.08
• Research Coverage: 13 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.86
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 16.52
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.71
• P/E Growth: 2.88
• Net Income: $1.69 billion
• Net Margins: 10.35%
• Pretax Margin: 11.46%
• Return on Equity: 11.33%
• Return on Assets: 2.91%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.63
• Current Ratio: 0.80
• Quick Ratio: 0.74

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $13.55 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.77
• Cash Flow: $10.68 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.97
• Book Value: $43.17 per share
• Price / Book: 1.48

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 376,670,000
• Free Float: 375,997,000
• Market Cap: $24.02 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.69