NYSE:EV - Eaton Vance Stock Price, Forecast & News

Eaton Vance trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EV."

Eaton Vance declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 10th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 31st will be given a dividend of $0.375 per share on Friday, February 14th. This represents a $1.50 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.27%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 30th. View Eaton Vance's Dividend History.

Eaton Vance announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, July 10th 2019, which permits the company to buyback 8,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Eaton Vance Corp (NYSE:EV) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 26th. The asset manager reported $0.86 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.85 by $0.01. The asset manager earned $452.50 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $443.98 million. Eaton Vance had a net margin of 23.77% and a return on equity of 35.32%. The firm's revenue was up 11.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.73 EPS. View Eaton Vance's Earnings History.

Eaton Vance is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 19th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Eaton Vance.

5 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Eaton Vance's shares. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $51.00. On average, they anticipate Eaton Vance's share price to reach $49.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Eaton Vance.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Eaton Vance in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Eaton Vance.

Headlines about EV stock have been trending negative on Thursday, InfoTrie reports. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Eaton Vance earned a media sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the asset manager a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Eaton Vance.

Eaton Vance saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,930,000 shares, an increase of 10.2% from the January 15th total of 2,660,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 575,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.1 days. Approximately 2.7% of the company's stock are short sold. View Eaton Vance's Current Options Chain.

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Eaton Vance's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (8.72%), Earnest Partners LLC (1.74%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.61%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.46%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.42%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.07%). Company insiders that own Eaton Vance stock include Ann E Berman, Brian D Langstraat, Daniel C Cataldo, Leo I Higdon Jr, Matthew J Witkos, Thomas E Faust Jr and Winthrop H Smith Jr. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Eaton Vance.

EV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Schroder Investment Management Group, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ , Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, State Street Corp, Financial Counselors Inc. and AlphaCrest Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Eaton Vance company stock in the last year include Ann E Berman, Brian D Langstraat, Daniel C Cataldo, Leo I Higdon Jr, Matthew J Witkos and Thomas E Faust Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for Eaton Vance.

EV stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Earnest Partners LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Credit Suisse AG, First Trust Advisors LP, Bank of America Corp DE, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Teacher Retirement System of Texas and Trexquant Investment LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Eaton Vance.

Shares of EV 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 EV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $45.86.

Eaton Vance has a market capitalization of $5.19 billion and generates $1.68 billion in revenue each year. The asset manager earns $400.04 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.45 on an earnings per share basis. Eaton Vance employs 1,871 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Eaton Vance.

The official website for Eaton Vance is http://www.eatonvance.com/.

Eaton Vance's mailing address is TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE, BOSTON MA, 02110. The asset manager can be reached via phone at 617-482-8260.