NYSE:NVTnVent Electric Stock Price, Forecast & News

nVent Electric's stock was trading at $19.11 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, NVT stock has decreased by 6.7% and is now trading at $17.83. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for nVent Electric in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for nVent Electric.

nVent Electric is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for nVent Electric.

nVent Electric PLC (NYSE:NVT) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The company reported $0.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.37 by $0.03. The business earned $520.90 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $535.91 million. nVent Electric had a net margin of 8.45% and a return on equity of 11.56%. The business's revenue was down 3.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.39 EPS. View nVent Electric's earnings history.

nVent Electric announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.175 per share on Friday, August 7th. This represents a $0.70 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.93%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 23rd. View nVent Electric's dividend history.

9 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for nVent Electric's stock. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $32.00. On average, they expect nVent Electric's share price to reach $26.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 48.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for nVent Electric.

News headlines about NVT stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. nVent Electric earned a news impact score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about nVent Electric.

nVent Electric saw a decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,080,000 shares, a decline of 20.3% from the May 31st total of 2,610,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,130,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.8 days. Approximately 1.4% of the company's stock are sold short. View nVent Electric's Current Options Chain.

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nVent Electric trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "NVT."

nVent Electric's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID (0.39%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.08%), Jacobs & Co. CA (0.01%) and Ellevest Inc. (0.00%). Company insiders that own nVent Electric stock include Beth Wozniak, Michael L Ducker, Randall J Hogan, Trian Fund Management, LP and William T Monahan. View institutional ownership trends for nVent Electric.

NVT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and Jacobs & Co. CA. Company insiders that have sold nVent Electric company stock in the last year include Randall J Hogan, and William T Monahan. View insider buying and selling activity for nVent Electric.

NVT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ellevest Inc.. Company insiders that have bought nVent Electric stock in the last two years include Beth Wozniak, and Michael L Ducker. View insider buying and selling activity for nVent Electric.

Shares of NVT 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 NVT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.83.

nVent Electric has a market capitalization of $3.03 billion and generates $2.20 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $222.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.78 on an earnings per share basis. nVent Electric employs 9,500 workers across the globe.

The official website for nVent Electric is www.nvent.com.

nVent Electric's mailing address is THE MILLE 1000 GREAT WEST ROAD 8TH FLOOR (EAST), LONDON X0, TW8 9DW. The company can be reached via phone at 44-20-3966-0279 or via email at [email protected]