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

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

Eaton Vance announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 10th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 31st will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, February 15th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.42%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, January 30th. View Eaton Vance's Dividend History.

Eaton Vance declared that its board has initiated a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, April 11th 2017, 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 plans are often a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Eaton Vance Corp (NYSE:EV) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 27th. The asset manager reported $0.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.85. The asset manager had revenue of $435.97 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $435.02 million. Eaton Vance had a net margin of 22.44% and a return on equity of 35.94%. View Eaton Vance's Earnings History.

Eaton Vance is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 26th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Eaton Vance.

7 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Eaton Vance's stock. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $51.00. On average, they anticipate Eaton Vance's stock price to reach $42.7143 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Eaton Vance.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Eaton Vance in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Eaton Vance.

News headlines about EV stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press 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 news sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the asset manager a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

Eaton Vance saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 5,800,108 shares, an increase of 44.5% from the December 31st total of 4,013,240 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,423,414 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.1 days. Approximately 5.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Eaton Vance's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Eaton Vance include Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Franklin Resources (BEN), KKR & Co Inc (KKR), Invesco (IVZ), Oaktree Capital Group (OAK), Apollo Global Management (APO), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Morningstar (MORN), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), Lazard (LAZ), Evercore (EVR), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), AllianceBernstein (AB), Noah (NOAH) and Federated Investors (FII).

Eaton Vance's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (10.44%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (1.88%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.71%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.12%), Eaton Vance Management (1.06%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.05%). Company insiders that own Eaton Vance stock include Ann E Berman, Brian D Langstraat, Dorothy E Puhy, Frederick S Marius, Jeffrey P Beale, Laurie G Hylton, Leo I Higdon Jr, Matthew J Witkos, Payson F Swaffield, 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 Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Cambridge Trust Co., Millennium Management LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, London Co. of Virginia, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Advisors Asset Management Inc. and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Eaton Vance company stock in the last year include Brian D Langstraat, Leo I Higdon Jr and Thomas E Faust Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for Eaton Vance.

EV stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Two Sigma Investments LP, Two Sigma Advisers LP, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Ardevora Asset Management LLP, CWM LLC, BlackRock Inc. and OLD Republic International Corp. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.90.

Eaton Vance has a market capitalization of $4.77 billion and generates $1.70 billion in revenue each year. The asset manager earns $381.93 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.21 on an earnings per share basis. Eaton Vance employs 1,764 workers across the globe.

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.