Eversource Energy Stock Forecast, Price & News

Eversource Energy's stock was trading at $87.79 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ES shares have increased by 0.7% and is now trading at $88.43.
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15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Eversource Energy in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Eversource Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 17th 2021.
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Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, November, 6th. The utilities provider reported $1.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $1.02. The utilities provider earned $2.34 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.29 billion. Eversource Energy had a return on equity of 9.01% and a net margin of 13.57%. The firm's revenue was up 7.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.98 EPS.
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Eversource Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 2nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 17th will be given a dividend of $0.567 per share on Wednesday, September 30th. This represents a $2.27 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.56%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 16th. This is an increase from Eversource Energy's previous quarterly dividend of $0.42.
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Eversource Energy issued an update on its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.60-3.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.64.

15 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Eversource Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $82.00 to $107.00. On average, they expect Eversource Energy's share price to reach $91.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.7% from the stock's current price.
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Eversource Energy saw a decrease in short interest in October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,030,000 shares, a decrease of 26.3% from the October 15th total of 4,110,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,370,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days.
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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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.85%), Magellan Asset Management Ltd (7.17%), State Street Corp (5.76%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.02%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.75%) and UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (1.35%). 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 Energy Income Partners LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., State Street Corp, Achmea Investment Management B.V., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Guggenheim Capital LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, and ExodusPoint Capital Management LP. 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 BlackRock Inc., Magellan Asset Management Ltd, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT, First Trust Advisors LP, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, and JPMorgan Chase & Co..
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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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ES stock can currently be purchased for approximately $88.43.

Eversource Energy has a market capitalization of $30.32 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]