NYSE:EVEaton Vance Stock Price, Forecast & News

Eaton Vance's stock was trading at $33.01 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, EV stock has increased by 22.5% and is now trading at $40.43. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Eaton Vance in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Eaton Vance.

Eaton Vance is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 25th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Eaton Vance.

Eaton Vance Corp (NYSE:EV) released its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 20th. The asset manager reported $0.80 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.09. The asset manager earned $405.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $421.55 million. Eaton Vance had a net margin of 22.48% and a return on equity of 32.92%. Eaton Vance's quarterly revenue was down 1.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.89 earnings per share. View Eaton Vance's earnings history.

Eaton Vance declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 16th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.375 per share on Friday, May 15th. This represents a $1.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.71%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 29th. View Eaton Vance's dividend history.

Eaton Vance announced that its board has initiated a share repurchase program on Wednesday, July 10th 2019, which permits the company to buyback 8,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

7 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Eaton Vance's stock. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $49.00. On average, they expect Eaton Vance's stock price to reach $39.71 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.8%. View analysts' price targets for Eaton Vance.

Headlines about EV stock have trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Eaton Vance earned a news sentiment score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the asset manager a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutEaton Vance.

Eaton Vance saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,270,000 shares, an increase of 21.4% from the April 30th total of 1,870,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 800,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.8 days. Approximately 2.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Eaton Vance's Current Options Chain.

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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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (10.67%), State Street Corp (8.44%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (4.72%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.74%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.44%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.42%). 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 BlackRock Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, State Street Corp, London Co. of Virginia, CWM LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, First Trust Advisors LP, and Principal Financial Group Inc.. 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 activity for Eaton Vance.

EV stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wells Fargo & Company MN, Boston Trust Walden Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Squarepoint Ops LLC, Prana Capital Management LP, Capital International Investors, Advisor Group Holdings Inc., and Balyasny Asset Management LLC. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $40.43.

Eaton Vance has a market capitalization of $4.62 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.

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.