Entergy (ETR) Expected to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Tuesday

Entergy (NYSE:ETR) is expected to post its Q1 2025 quarterly earnings results before the market opens on Tuesday, April 29th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.60 per share and revenue of $3.13 billion for the quarter. Entergy has set its FY 2025 guidance at 3.750-3.950 EPS.

Entergy (NYSE:ETR) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The utilities provider reported $0.66 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.63 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $2.74 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.24 billion. Entergy had a return on equity of 10.68% and a net margin of 8.90%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.26 EPS. On average, analysts expect Entergy to post $4 EPS for the current fiscal year and $4 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Entergy Price Performance

Entergy stock opened at $80.50 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $34.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.06, a P/E/G ratio of 2.34 and a beta of 0.56. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $83.49 and its 200 day moving average is $78.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.81, a current ratio of 0.72 and a quick ratio of 0.59. Entergy has a one year low of $51.75 and a one year high of $88.38.

Entergy Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 2nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 2nd will be paid a $0.60 dividend. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 2nd. Entergy’s dividend payout ratio is currently 98.77%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have commented on ETR. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on shares of Entergy from $85.00 to $97.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 19th. Evercore ISI upped their target price on Entergy from $75.00 to $86.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 19th. StockNews.com upgraded Entergy from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, December 29th. UBS Group increased their price target on Entergy from $86.00 to $96.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, March 21st. Finally, Barclays raised their price objective on shares of Entergy from $79.00 to $88.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 8th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Entergy currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $85.25.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in Entergy stock. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its holdings in Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR) by 275.6% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 9,176 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,733 shares during the period. Brighton Jones LLC’s holdings in Entergy were worth $696,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 88.07% of the company’s stock.

Entergy Company Profile

Entergy Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and retail distribution of electricity in the United States. It generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric power in portions of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, including the City of New Orleans; and distributes natural gas.