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 12.9% and is now trading at $37.26. 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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 20th. The asset manager reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.09. The asset manager had revenue of $405.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $421.55 million. Eaton Vance had a net margin of 22.48% and a return on equity of 32.92%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 1.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.89 EPS. 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 4.03%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 29th. View Eaton Vance's dividend history.

Eaton Vance announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback 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 typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

7 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Eaton Vance's stock. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $49.00. On average, they anticipate Eaton Vance's share price to reach $39.71 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Eaton Vance.

Press coverage about EV stock has been trending neutral on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Eaton Vance earned a news sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the asset manager a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Eaton Vance.

Eaton Vance saw a decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,570,000 shares, a decline of 35.9% from the June 15th total of 2,450,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 933,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.7 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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 a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.09%), Polianta Ltd (0.02%), Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt (0.01%) and Carroll Financial Associates Inc. (0.00%). 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 Carroll Financial Associates 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Polianta Ltd, Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt, and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. 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 $37.26.

Eaton Vance has a market capitalization of $4.25 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.