Eversource Energy Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street 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 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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Eversource Energy saw a drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,670,000 shares, a drop of 13.3% from the December 31st total of 3,080,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,480,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.8 days.
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Eversource Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 5th 2021.
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Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 16th. The utilities provider reported $0.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.85. Eversource Energy had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.88% and a net margin of 13.57%.
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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. Since then, ES stock has decreased by 9.5% and is now trading at $79.48.
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Eversource Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 9th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.6025 per share on Wednesday, March 31st. This represents a $2.41 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 3rd. 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 2.82%. Eversource Energy does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. 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 2021 After-Hours earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 16th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.81-3.93 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.90.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Eversource Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $79.00 to $100.00. On average, they expect Eversource Energy's stock price to reach $89.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.6% from the stock's current price.
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135 employees have rated Eversource Energy CEO James Judge on Glassdoor.com. James Judge has an approval rating of 92% among Eversource Energy's employees. This puts James Judge in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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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 investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.87%), Magellan Asset Management Ltd (7.45%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.24%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.03%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.72%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.19%). Company insiders that own Eversource Energy stock include Christine M Carmody, Gregory B Butler, 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 Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Northern Trust Corp, Victory Capital Management Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., and Duff & Phelps Investment Management 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Magellan Asset Management Ltd, Nordea Investment Management AB, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, and Premier Fund Managers Ltd.
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One share of ES stock can currently be purchased for approximately $79.48.

Eversource Energy has a market capitalization of $27.26 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 following companies are subsidiares of Eversource Energy: Aquarion Company, Aquarion Water Capital of Massachusetts Inc., Aquarion Water Company, Aquarion Water Company of Connecticut, Aquarion Water Company of Massachusetts Inc., Aquarion Water Company of New Hampshire Inc., Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company, Eversource Aquarion Holdings Inc., Eversource Energy (a Massachusetts business trust), Eversource Energy Service Company, Eversource Energy Transmission Ventures Inc., Eversource Gas Transmission II LLC, Eversource Gas Transmission LLC, Eversource Holdco Corporation, Eversource Investment LLC, Eversource Investment Service Company LLC, Eversource LNG Service Company LLC, Eversource Water Ventures Inc., HWP Company, Harbor Electric Energy Company, Homeowner Safety Valve Company, Hopkinton LNG Corp., NSTAR Electric Company, NSTAR Gas Company, NStar, North Atlantic Energy Corporation, North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation, Northeast Nuclear Energy Company, Northern Pass Transmission LLC, PSNH Funding LLC 3, Properties Inc., Public Service Company of New Hampshire, Renewable Properties Inc., The Connecticut Light and Power Company, The Rocky River Realty Company, Yankee Atomic Electric Company, Yankee Energy System, and Yankee Energy System Inc..

Eversource Energy was founded in 1966.

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

Eversource Energy is headquartered at 300 CADWELL DRIVE, SPRINGFIELD MA, 06037.

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]