NYSE:WR - Westar Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News Notice: This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading. Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Westar Energy Inc Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add Add Compare Today's Range N/A50-Day Range N/A52-Week Range N/AVolumeN/AAverage Volume3.47 million shsMarket CapitalizationN/AP/E RatioN/ADividend YieldN/ABetaN/A ProfileAnalyst RatingsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on RedditShare on StocktwitsPrint this articleShare by Email Westar Energy, Inc, an electric utility company, generates, transmits, and distributes electricity in Kansas. It has 6,602 megawatts of electric generation capacity, which generates electricity through coal, nuclear fuels, natural gas/diesel, and renewable sources. The company also owns approximately 6,400 miles of transmission lines, 24,200 miles of overhead distribution lines, and 5,100 miles of underground distribution lines. Read More… Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Electric & other services combined Sub-IndustryElectric Utilities SectorUtilities Current SymbolNYSE:WR Previous Symbol CUSIP95709T10 CIK54507 Webhttp://www.westarenergy.com/ Phone785-575-6300Debt Debt-to-Equity RatioN/A Current RatioN/A Quick RatioN/APrice-To-Earnings Trailing P/E RatioN/A Forward P/E RatioN/A P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual SalesN/A Price / SalesN/A Cash FlowN/A Price / Cash FlowN/A Book ValueN/A Price / BookN/AProfitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A Net IncomeN/A Net MarginsN/A Return on EquityN/A Return on AssetsN/AMiscellaneous EmployeesN/A Outstanding SharesN/AMarket CapN/A Next Earnings DateN/A OptionableOptionable Receive WR News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for WR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Westar Energy (NYSE:WR) Frequently Asked Questions What is Westar Energy's stock symbol? Westar Energy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WR." How were Westar Energy's earnings last quarter? Westar Energy Inc (NYSE:WR) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 9th. The utilities provider reported $0.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.06. The utilities provider earned $600.20 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $567.39 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.52 EPS. View Westar Energy's Earnings History. Has Westar Energy been receiving favorable news coverage? News coverage about WR stock has trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group 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 -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Westar Energy earned a news sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Westar Energy. Who are some of Westar Energy's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Westar Energy include NextEra Energy (NEE), Southern (SO), Duke Energy (DUK), American Electric Power (AEP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Eversource Energy (ES), Edison International (EIX), FirstEnergy (FE), PPL (PPL), Entergy (ETR), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA) and Portland General Electric (POR). What other stocks do shareholders of Westar Energy own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Westar Energy investors own include Great Plains Energy (GXP), Pfizer (PFE), AT&T (T), American Electric Power (AEP), Enable Midstream Partners (ENBL), Verizon Communications (VZ), Analog Devices (ADI), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Realty Income (O) and WEC Energy Group (WEC). Who are Westar Energy's key executives? Westar Energy's management team includes the folowing people: Mr. Mark A. Ruelle, Pres, CEO & Director (Age 57)Mr. Anthony D. Somma, Exec. VP, Treasurer & CFO (Age 55)Mr. Larry D. Irick, VP, Gen. Counsel & Corp. Sec. (Age 62)Mr. Bruce A. Akin, Sr. VP of Power Delivery (Age 53)Mr. Gregory A. Greenwood, Sr. VP of Strategy (Age 53) What is Westar Energy's official website? The official website for Westar Energy is http://www.westarenergy.com/. How can I contact Westar Energy? Westar Energy's mailing address is 818 SOUTH KANSAS AVENUE, TOPEKA KS, 66601. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 785-575-6300 or via email at [email protected] MarketBeat Community Rating for Westar Energy (NYSE WR)Community Ranking: 2.0 out of 5 ( )Outperform Votes: 280 (Vote Outperform)Underperform Votes: 405 (Vote Underperform)Total Votes: 685MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Westar Energy and other stocks. Vote "Outperform" if you believe WR will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote "Underperform" if you believe WR will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. This page was last updated on 1/27/2020 by MarketBeat.com StaffFeatured Article: Beige Book
