Entergy (ETR) Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Entergy in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" ETR shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ETR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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9 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Entergy's stock. Their ETR share price forecasts range from $106.00 to $135.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $119.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.3% from the stock's current price.
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Entergy's stock was trading at $112.50 at the start of the year. Since then, ETR shares have decreased by 10.6% and is now trading at $100.55.
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Entergy saw a decline in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,140,000 shares, a decline of 10.1% from the April 15th total of 2,380,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,250,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.7 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 2nd 2023.
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Entergy Co. (NYSE:ETR) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 26th. The utilities provider reported $1.14 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.34 by $0.20. The utilities provider earned $2.98 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.80 billion. Entergy had a net margin of 8.17% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.34%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.32 EPS.
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Entergy announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 10th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 4th will be given a dividend of $1.07 per share on Thursday, June 1st. This represents a $4.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.26%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 3rd.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Entergy (NYSE:ETR) stock in their portfolio include Timothy Plan Market Neutral ETF (TPMN), Virtus Reaves Utilities ETF (UTES), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RYU), First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FXU), Burney U.S. Factor Rotation ETF (BRNY), Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU), Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU) and Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF (FUTY).

Entergy (NYSE:ETR) pays an annual dividend of $4.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.22%. ETR has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 8 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 77.82%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, ETR will have a dividend payout ratio of 59.69% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Entergy issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 27th. The company provided EPS guidance of $6.55-$6.85 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $6.71. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

82 employees have rated Entergy Chief Executive Officer Leo Denault on Glassdoor.com. Leo Denault has an approval rating of 88% among the company's employees.

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Entergy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ETR."

Entergy's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.24%), State Street Corp (5.84%), Bank of America Corp DE (4.28%), FMR LLC (3.02%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.21%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.98%). Insiders that own company stock include Alexis M Herman, Alexis M Herman, Andrew S Marsh, Andrew S Marsh, Deanna D Rodriguez, Haley Fisackerly, Kimberly A Fontan, Kimberly A Fontan, Laura R Landreaux, Laura R Landreaux, Leo P Denault, Marcus V Brown, Marcus V Brown, Paul D Hinnenkamp, Paul D Hinnenkamp, Peter S Norgeot Jr and Phillip R May Jr.
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Shares of ETR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of ETR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $100.55.

Entergy (NYSE:ETR) has a market capitalization of $21.26 billion and generates $13.76 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $1.10 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.50 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 11,707 workers across the globe.

Entergy's mailing address is 639 LOYOLA AVE, NEW ORLEANS LA, 70161. The official website for the company is www.entergy.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (504) 576-4000, via email at dborde@entergy.com, or via fax at 504-576-4001.