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 announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.375 per share on Friday, February 14th. This represents a $1.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.90%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 30th. View Eaton Vance's Dividend History.

Eaton Vance declared that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Wednesday, July 10th 2019, which allows the company to buyback 8,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Eaton Vance Corp (NYSE:EV) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 26th. The asset manager reported $0.95 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.88 by $0.07. The asset manager earned $433.74 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $438.42 million. Eaton Vance had a return on equity of 35.32% and a net margin of 23.77%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up .7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.85 earnings per share. View Eaton Vance's Earnings History.

Eaton Vance is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Eaton Vance.

Eaton Vance will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 26th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Eaton Vance's stock. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $51.00. On average, they anticipate Eaton Vance's stock price to reach $49.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.2%. 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.

News coverage about EV stock has been trending negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing 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 media sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the asset manager a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Eaton Vance.

Eaton Vance saw a increase in short interest in 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 days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.1 days. Approximately 2.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Eaton Vance's Current Options Chain.

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Eaton Vance's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 bought 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 $51.68.

Eaton Vance has a market capitalization of $5.85 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.