Fortis - FTS Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Fortis in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" FTS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in FTS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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9 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Fortis' shares. Their FTS share price forecasts range from C$51.00 to C$65.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach C$57.81 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.9% from the stock's current price.
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Fortis' stock was trading at C$54.18 at the start of the year. Since then, FTS shares have increased by 3.7% and is now trading at C$56.16.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 3rd 2023.
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Fortis Inc. (TSE:FTS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November, 2nd. The company reported $0.65 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.65. The firm earned $2.04 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.14 billion. Fortis had a net margin of 12.62% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.92%.

Fortis announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 9th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 17th will be paid a dividend of 0.565 per share on Thursday, June 1st. This represents a $2.26 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.02%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 16th.
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Fortis (TSE:FTS) pays an annual dividend of C$2.26 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.93%. The dividend payout ratio is 83.39%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.
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Fortis trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker symbol "FTS."

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One share of FTS stock can currently be purchased for approximately C$56.16.

Fortis (TSE:FTS) has a market capitalization of C$27.08 billion and generates C$11.04 billion in revenue each year. The company earns C$1.33 billion in net income (profit) each year or C$2.71 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 9,095 workers across the globe.

Fortis' mailing address is 5 Fortis Place Suite 1100, Stn a PO Box 8837, ST. JOHNS, NL A1B 3T2, Canada. The official website for the company is www.fortisinc.com. The company can be reached via phone at +1-709-7372800.