Pinnacle West Capital (PNW) Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Pinnacle West Capital in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research 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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10 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Pinnacle West Capital's stock. Their PNW share price forecasts range from $56.00 to $91.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $74.82 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.6%.
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Pinnacle West Capital's stock was trading at $76.04 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, PNW shares have increased by 1.0% and is now trading at $76.80.
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Pinnacle West Capital saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,530,000 shares, an increase of 36.8% from the April 30th total of 2,580,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 854,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.1 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 2nd 2023.
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Pinnacle West Capital Co. (NYSE:PNW) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 4th. The utilities provider reported ($0.03) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.03 by $0.06. The utilities provider earned $944.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $808.33 million. Pinnacle West Capital had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.50% and a net margin of 10.33%. The firm's revenue was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.15 EPS.
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Pinnacle West Capital announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 19th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.865 per share on Thursday, June 1st. This represents a $3.46 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, April 28th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) stock in their portfolio include Timothy Plan Market Neutral ETF (TPMN), First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FXU), Virtus Reaves Utilities ETF (UTES), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RYU), Invesco DWA Utilities Momentum ETF (PUI), Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (SPHD), Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF (PEY) and ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (SDOG).

Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) pays an annual dividend of $3.46 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.51%. 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 84.60%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, PNW will have a dividend payout ratio of 72.54% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Pinnacle West Capital issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.95-$4.15 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $4.06. 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.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Pinnacle West Capital investors own include Verizon Communications (VZ), Intel (INTC), AT&T (T), Pfizer (PFE), Exxon Mobil (XOM), International Business Machines (IBM), Procter & Gamble (PG), Walmart (WMT), Chevron (CVX) and AbbVie (ABBV).

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 investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.10%), State Street Corp (6.22%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (4.54%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.20%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (2.02%) and American Century Companies Inc. (1.88%). Insiders that own company stock include Barbara D Lockwood, James R Hatfield and Kathryn L Munro.
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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 $76.80.

Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) has a market capitalization of $8.70 billion and generates $4.32 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $483.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.09 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 5,861 workers across the globe.

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.