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 0.4% and is now trading at $87.41.
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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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6,978 employees have rated Eversource Energy CEO Larry J. Merlo on Glassdoor.com. Larry J. Merlo has an approval rating of 37% among Eversource Energy's employees. This puts Larry J. Merlo in the bottom 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 quarterly earnings results 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 had revenue of $2.34 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.29 billion. Eversource Energy had a net margin of 13.57% and a return on equity of 8.88%. Eversource Energy's revenue was up 7.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.98 EPS.
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Eversource Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 4th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.5675 per share on Thursday, December 31st. This represents a $2.27 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.60%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 21st. This is a positive change 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 updated its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.60-3.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.64.

13 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Eversource Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $81.00 to $107.00. On average, they anticipate Eversource Energy's share price to reach $91.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.5% 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 a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.28%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%), Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. (0.02%), Hexavest Inc. (0.01%) and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (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., Avantax Advisory Services Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Pacer Advisors Inc., Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., BTR Capital Management Inc., and Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Kestra Advisory Services LLC, Sound Financial Strategies Group LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Johnson Midwest Financial LLC, Boston Trust Walden Corp, and Spreng Capital Management Inc..
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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 $87.41.

Eversource Energy has a market capitalization of $29.97 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]