National Bank Financial Weighs in on Emera FY2026 Earnings

Emera Incorporated (TSE:EMA - Free Report) - Investment analysts at National Bank Financial issued their FY2026 earnings per share estimates for Emera in a research note issued on Monday, January 6th. National Bank Financial analyst P. Kenny anticipates that the company will earn $3.57 per share for the year. The consensus estimate for Emera's current full-year earnings is $3.20 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Emera's FY2027 earnings at $3.69 EPS.

A number of other analysts also recently commented on EMA. Bank of America upgraded Emera from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and upped their price objective for the stock from C$55.00 to C$57.00 in a report on Monday, November 25th. Cibc World Mkts upgraded Emera from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Monday, December 2nd. National Bankshares lifted their price objective on Emera from C$54.00 to C$55.00 in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on shares of Emera from C$51.00 to C$56.00 in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of Emera from an "underperform" rating to a "neutral" rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from C$51.00 to C$56.00 in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of C$57.10.

Emera Trading Down 0.4 %

EMA stock traded down C$0.22 on Thursday, hitting C$52.96. 1,323,796 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,293,910. The stock has a market capitalization of C$15.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.61, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 6.20 and a beta of 0.35. The business's fifty day moving average is C$52.95 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$50.85. Emera has a twelve month low of C$44.13 and a twelve month high of C$56.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 155.62, a current ratio of 0.79 and a quick ratio of 0.23.

Emera Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 15th. Investors of record on Friday, November 15th were paid a $0.725 dividend. This represents a $2.90 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.48%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 1st. Emera's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 112.84%.

Emera Company Profile

Emera Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity to various customers. The company operates through Florida Electric Utility, Canadian Electric Utilities, Other Electric Utilities, Gas Utilities and Infrastructure, and Other segments.