Zacks Research Weighs in on Entergy's Q1 Earnings (NYSE:ETR)

Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Entergy in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, March 11th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the utilities provider will post earnings of $0.61 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.66. The consensus estimate for Entergy's current full-year earnings is $3.88 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Entergy's Q2 2025 earnings at $0.73 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.61 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.92 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.86 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.92 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.96 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.49 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.91 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $4.28 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $4.82 EPS.

Entergy (NYSE:ETR - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The utilities provider reported $0.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.63 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $2.74 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.24 billion. Entergy had a net margin of 8.90% and a return on equity of 10.68%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.26 earnings per share.

ETR has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Evercore ISI boosted their target price on shares of Entergy from $75.00 to $86.00 and gave the company an "in-line" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 19th. BMO Capital Markets boosted their target price on shares of Entergy from $79.00 to $94.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 19th. KeyCorp cut shares of Entergy from an "overweight" rating to a "sector weight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. LADENBURG THALM/SH SH raised shares of Entergy from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $86.50 price objective for the company in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, Scotiabank cut their price objective on shares of Entergy from $165.00 to $82.00 and set a "sector perform" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $84.11.

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Entergy Stock Performance

Shares of Entergy stock traded up $0.54 during trading on Thursday, reaching $85.53. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,590,042 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,243,415. The business's 50-day moving average price is $82.07 and its 200-day moving average price is $74.32. The firm has a market cap of $36.81 billion, a PE ratio of 35.12, a P/E/G ratio of 2.34 and a beta of 0.68. Entergy has a 52 week low of $50.19 and a 52 week high of $88.38. The company has a quick ratio of 0.59, a current ratio of 0.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.81.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Entergy

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in ETR. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Entergy by 101.9% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 52,133,646 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $3,952,773,000 after buying an additional 26,312,267 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of Entergy by 142.8% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 17,594,747 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $1,334,034,000 after buying an additional 10,347,926 shares during the period. FMR LLC increased its stake in shares of Entergy by 90.7% in the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 12,612,407 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $956,273,000 after buying an additional 5,998,760 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its stake in shares of Entergy by 71.4% in the fourth quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 12,884,421 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $976,895,000 after buying an additional 5,368,396 shares during the period. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Entergy by 106.2% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 10,236,816 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $774,103,000 after buying an additional 5,271,559 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 88.07% of the company's stock.

Entergy Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 3rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 10th were paid a $0.60 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 10th. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.81%. Entergy's payout ratio is 98.77%.

About Entergy

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.