Eversource Energy Stock Forecast, Price & News

Eversource Energy's stock was trading at $87.79 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ES stock has decreased by 0.7% and is now trading at $87.14.
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13 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Eversource Energy in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Eversource Energy stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ES, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6 employees have rated Eversource Energy CEO Greg D. Wight on Glassdoor.com. Greg D. Wight has an approval rating of 100% among Eversource Energy's employees. This puts Greg D. Wight in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Eversource Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 17th 2021.
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Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) issued its earnings results on Friday, November, 6th. The utilities provider reported $1.02 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.02. The utilities provider had revenue of $2.34 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.29 billion. Eversource Energy had a net margin of 13.57% and a return on equity of 8.88%. The company's revenue was up 7.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.98 earnings per share.
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Eversource Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 4th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.5675 per share on Thursday, December 31st. This represents a $2.27 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.61%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 21st. This is an increase from Eversource Energy's previous quarterly dividend of $0.57.
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Eversource Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.27 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.61%. The dividend payout ratio of Eversource Energy is 65.80%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Eversource Energy will have a dividend payout ratio of 58.21% next year. This indicates that Eversource Energy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Eversource Energy issued an update on its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.60-3.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.64.

13 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Eversource Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $81.00 to $107.00. On average, they expect Eversource Energy's stock price to reach $91.38 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.9% from the stock's current price.
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Some companies that are related to Eversource Energy include NextEra Energy (NEE), Duke Energy (DUK), The Southern (SO), Edison International (EIX), PPL (PPL), Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), PNM Resources (PNM), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), Portland General Electric (POR), ALLETE (ALE) and MGE Energy (MGEE).
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Eversource Energy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ES."

Eversource Energy's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.28%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%), Hexavest Inc. (0.01%), Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.01%) and IFM Investors Pty Ltd (0.01%). Company insiders that own Eversource Energy stock include Christine M Carmody, Faasen William C Van, Gregory B Butler, James J Judge, Jay S Buth, Leon J Olivier, Philip J Lembo and Sanford Cloud, Jr.
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ES stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Pacer Advisors Inc., BTR Capital Management Inc., Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd, Baystate Wealth Management LLC, and Rockland Trust Co.. Company insiders that have sold Eversource Energy company stock in the last year include Christine M Carmody, Gregory B Butler, and Jay S Buth.
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ES stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Kestra Advisory Services LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Johnson Midwest Financial LLC, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Welch & Forbes LLC, and Huntington National Bank.
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Shares of ES can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ES stock can currently be purchased for approximately $87.14.

Eversource Energy has a market capitalization of $29.87 billion and generates $8.53 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $909.05 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.45 on an earnings per share basis. Eversource Energy employs 8,234 workers across the globe.

The official website for Eversource Energy is www.eversource.com.

Eversource Energy's mailing address is 300 CADWELL DRIVE, SPRINGFIELD MA, 06037. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 800-286-5000 or via email at [email protected]