Pinnacle West Capital - PNW Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Pinnacle West Capital in the last year. There are currently 7 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" PNW shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in PNW, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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12 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Pinnacle West Capital's stock. Their PNW share price forecasts range from $58.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $71.54 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.5%.
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Pinnacle West Capital's stock was trading at $70.59 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, PNW stock has increased by 9.5% and is now trading at $77.32.
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Pinnacle West Capital saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,860,000 shares, an increase of 28.3% from the July 15th total of 2,230,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 773,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.7 days. Currently, 2.5% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, November 4th 2022.
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Pinnacle West Capital Co. (NYSE:PNW) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 3rd. The utilities provider reported $1.45 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.41 by $0.04. The utilities provider earned $1.06 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $974.60 million. Pinnacle West Capital had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.04% and a net margin of 13.88%. Pinnacle West Capital's revenue for the quarter was up 6.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.91 earnings per share.
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Pinnacle West Capital announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 22nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 1st will be given a dividend of $0.85 per share on Thursday, September 1st. This represents a $3.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.40%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 29th.
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Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.49%. PNW has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 70.25%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on EPS estimates, PNW will have a dividend payout ratio of 81.15% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Pinnacle West Capital updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 10th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.90-$4.10 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.02. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

11 employees have rated Pinnacle West Capital Chief Executive Officer Don Brandt on Glassdoor.com. Don Brandt has an approval rating of 54% among the company's employees. This puts Don Brandt in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Pinnacle West Capital trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PNW."

Pinnacle West Capital's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Lazard Asset Management LLC (9.03%), Franklin Resources Inc. (2.51%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.35%), Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp (1.95%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.98%) and Northern Trust Corp (0.85%). Insiders that own company stock include Barbara D Lockwood, Barbara D Lockwood, Daniel T Froetscher, James R Hatfield and Lee R Nickloy.
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Shares of PNW stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of PNW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $77.32.

Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) has a market capitalization of $8.74 billion and generates $3.80 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $618.72 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.84 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 5,872 workers across the globe.

Pinnacle West Capital was founded in 1894.

Pinnacle West Capital's mailing address is 400 NORTH FIFTH STREET MS8695, PHOENIX AZ, 85072. The official website for the company is www.pinnaclewest.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (602) 250-1000, via email at investorrelations@pinnaclewest.com, or via fax at 602-379-2625.