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 declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 9th. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Thursday, August 15th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.56%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, July 30th. View Eaton Vance's Dividend History.

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

Eaton Vance Corp (NYSE:EV) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 29th. The asset manager reported $0.82 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.81 by $0.01. The asset manager earned $430.60 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $430.11 million. Eaton Vance had a net margin of 23.50% and a return on equity of 35.53%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 9.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.62 earnings per share. View Eaton Vance's Earnings History.

Eaton Vance is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, September 4th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Eaton Vance.

7 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Eaton Vance's shares. Their predictions range from $38.00 to $47.00. On average, they anticipate Eaton Vance's share price to reach $41.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.4% 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 2 sell ratings and 5 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Eaton Vance.

Press coverage about EV stock has trended positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Eaton Vance earned a news impact score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the asset manager a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Eaton Vance.

Eaton Vance saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,106,000 shares, an increase of 21.3% from the June 30th total of 5,032,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 776,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 7.9 days. Approximately 5.5% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Eaton Vance's Current Options Chain.

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Eaton Vance's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (10.59%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.37%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (4.41%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.66%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.45%) and Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.45%). 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 Renaissance Technologies LLC, Eaton Vance Management, BlackRock Inc., Earnest Partners LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Paloma Partners Management Co and Gateway Investment Advisers 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Invesco Ltd., Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ , Schroder Investment Management Group, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, KBC Group NV and SG Americas Securities LLC. 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 $39.36.

Eaton Vance has a market capitalization of $4.49 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.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.