Evergy (EVRG) Stock Price, News & Analysis

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Evergy in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" EVRG shares.
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7 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Evergy's shares. Their EVRG share price targets range from $51.00 to $64.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $56.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.8% from the stock's current price.
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Evergy's stock was trading at $52.20 at the start of the year. Since then, EVRG stock has decreased by 3.2% and is now trading at $50.53.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, May 3rd 2024.
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Evergy, Inc. (NYSE:EVRG) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 29th. The company reported $0.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.30 by $0.03. The firm earned $1.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.46 billion. Evergy had a net margin of 13.28% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.47%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.30 EPS.

Evergy announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 27th. Investors of record on Monday, March 11th will be given a dividend of $0.6425 per share on Friday, March 22nd. This represents a $2.57 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.09%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 8th.
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Evergy (NYSE:EVRG) pays an annual dividend of $2.57 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.10%. EVRG has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 80.82%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, EVRG will have a dividend payout ratio of 63.77% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Evergy (NYSE:EVRG) stock in their portfolio include First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FXU), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RYU), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RSPU), Federated Hermes U.S. Strategic Dividend ETF (FDV), Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (SPHD), ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (SDOG), Invesco Bloomberg Analyst Rating Improvers ETF (RYJ) and First Trust EIP Carbon Impact ETF (ECLN).

Evergy updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.730-3.930 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 3.820. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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Evergy's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Portman Square Capital LLP (0.00%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.04%), Trilogy Capital Inc. (0.02%), Community Bank of Raymore (0.02%), First PREMIER Bank (0.02%) and Brookstone Capital Management (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include C John Wilder, Charles L King, David A Campbell, Kevin E Bryant, Kirkland B Andrews, Lesley Lissette Elwell, Mary L Landrieu, Sandra Aj Lawrence and Thomas D Hyde.
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Shares of EVRG stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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