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. Investors 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 3.50%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, January 30th. View Eaton Vance's Dividend History.

Eaton Vance announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Tuesday, April 11th 2017, 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 programs are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Eaton Vance Corp (NYSE:EV) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 26th. The asset manager reported $0.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.73. The asset manager had revenue of $406.42 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $421.97 million. Eaton Vance had a net margin of 23.16% and a return on equity of 35.03%. The company's revenue was down 3.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.78 earnings per share. View Eaton Vance's Earnings History.

Eaton Vance is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 28th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Eaton Vance.

7 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Eaton Vance's shares. 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.9% 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.

Media coverage about EV stock has trended somewhat negative on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Eaton Vance earned a daily sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media 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 term.

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Eaton Vance's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.12%) and Eaton Vance Management (1.06%). 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Norges Bank, Two Sigma Investments LP, Two Sigma Advisers LP, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Ardevora Asset Management LLP, CWM LLC and Financial Advocates Investment Management. 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 $39.97.

Eaton Vance has a market capitalization of $4.66 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.