Eversource Energy (ES) Stock Price, News & Analysis

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Eversource Energy in the last twelve months. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" ES shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ES, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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13 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Eversource Energy's shares. Their ES share price targets range from $60.00 to $73.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $66.08 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.7% from the stock's current price.
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Eversource Energy's stock was trading at $61.72 at the start of the year. Since then, ES stock has decreased by 3.3% and is now trading at $59.69.
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Eversource Energy saw a decline in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,210,000 shares, a decline of 11.4% from the February 29th total of 5,880,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,090,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.7 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 2nd 2024.
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Eversource Energy will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, May 2nd at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 13th. The utilities provider reported $0.95 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.97 by $0.02. The utilities provider earned $2.69 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3 billion. Eversource Energy had a negative net margin of 3.71% and a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.92%. Eversource Energy's revenue was down 11.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.92 earnings per share.
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Eversource Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 31st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.715 per share on Friday, March 29th. This represents a $2.86 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.79%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 4th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.68.
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Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.89%. ES has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) stock in their portfolio include ClearBridge Sustainable Infrastructure ETF (INFR), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RSPU), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RYU), Invesco Dorsey Wright Utilities Momentum ETF (PUI), First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FXU), Xtrackers S&P ESG Dividend Aristocrats ETF (SNPD), Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU) and iShares U.S. Utilities ETF (IDU).

Eversource Energy updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 13th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 4.500-4.670 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 4.490. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

135 employees have rated Eversource Energy Chief Executive Officer James Judge on Glassdoor.com. James Judge has an approval rating of 92% among the company's employees. This puts James Judge in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Eversource Energy's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.25%), AMF Tjanstepension AB (0.15%), Maryland State Retirement & Pension System (0.09%), Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.09%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.03%) and Czech National Bank (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Cotton M Cleveland, Faasen William C Van, Faasen William C Van, Frederica M Williams, Gregory B Butler, Gregory B Butler, James W Hunt III, Jay S Buth, Jay S Buth, Linda Dorcena Forry, Penelope M Conner and Tom B Langley.
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