Eaton Vance Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:EV)

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

Eaton Vance announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 9th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.375 per share on Friday, November 15th. This represents a $1.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.37%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, October 30th. This is a boost from Eaton Vance's previous quarterly dividend of $0.35. View Eaton Vance's Dividend History.

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

Eaton Vance Corp (NYSE:EV) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 27th. The asset manager reported $0.90 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.87 by $0.03. The asset manager earned $431.24 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $433.98 million. Eaton Vance had a return on equity of 35.45% and a net margin of 23.51%. Eaton Vance's quarterly revenue was up .6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.82 EPS. View Eaton Vance's Earnings History.

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

7 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Eaton Vance's shares. Their predictions range from $39.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate Eaton Vance's share price to reach $43.17 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.1%. 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 somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring 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 media sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the asset manager a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Eaton Vance.

Eaton Vance saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 4,370,000 shares, an increase of 29.3% from the August 30th total of 3,380,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 694,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.3 days. Currently, 4.0% of the company's 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.18%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%), Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.01%) and Cerebellum GP LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Eaton Vance stock include Brian D Langstraat, Dorothy E Puhy, Jeffrey P Beale, 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Pacer Advisors Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.. 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 Cerebellum GP LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC and DNB Asset Management AS. 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 $44.55.

Eaton Vance has a market capitalization of $5.04 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.