Eaton Vance Stock Forecast, Price & News

Eaton Vance's stock was trading at $33.01 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, EV stock has increased by 112.9% and is now trading at $70.29.
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6 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Eaton Vance in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Eaton Vance stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in EV, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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84 employees have rated Eaton Vance CEO Tom Faust Jr. on Glassdoor.com. Tom Faust Jr. has an approval rating of 90% among Eaton Vance's employees.

Eaton Vance is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 24th 2021.
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Eaton Vance Corp. (NYSE:EV) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 23rd. The asset manager reported $0.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.86 by $0.02. The asset manager earned $451.08 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $441.14 million. Eaton Vance had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 29.84% and a net margin of 8.01%.
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Eaton Vance announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.375 per share on Friday, February 12th. This represents a $1.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.13%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 28th.
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Eaton Vance pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.10%. Eaton Vance does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Eaton Vance is 45.59%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Eaton Vance will have a dividend payout ratio of 35.29% next year. This indicates that Eaton Vance will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Eaton Vance announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Wednesday, July 10th 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase 8,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

6 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Eaton Vance's stock. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $65.00. On average, they anticipate Eaton Vance's stock price to reach $48.17 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 31.5%.
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Eaton Vance trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EV."

Eaton Vance's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.14%), Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. (0.13%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%), Somerset Trust Co (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and TIAA FSB (0.01%). 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 Thomas E Faust, Jr.
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EV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Trust Walden Corp, Strs Ohio, Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Pacer Advisors Inc., Marino Stram & Associates LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC.
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EV stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., TIAA FSB, Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA, IBM Retirement Fund, Hurlow Wealth Management Group Inc., Park Avenue Securities LLC, Miracle Mile Advisors LLC, and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC.
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Shares of EV 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 EV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $70.29.

Eaton Vance has a market capitalization of $8.03 billion and generates $1.73 billion in revenue each year. The asset manager earns $138.52 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.29 on an earnings per share basis. Eaton Vance employs 1,983 workers across the globe.

The official website for Eaton Vance is 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.