Emerald (EEX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Emerald (NYSE: EEX) is a global provider of independent data, news and analytics for commodity, financial and energy markets. The company operates digital platforms that deliver real-time and historical price assessments, market commentary, research reports and risk-management tools. Its subscriber base spans traders, asset managers, corporate hedgers and financial institutions seeking timely intelligence to support trading, risk management and investment decisions.

Serving clients across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, Emerald covers a broad range of markets including metals, energy products, agriculture, freight, environmental emissions and treasury benchmarks. Through subscription-based services and bespoke data feeds, the company’s offerings are designed to integrate seamlessly into clients’ existing workflow systems, enabling automated decision support and enhanced operational efficiency.

Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York City, Emerald has grown its footprint through a combination of organic product development and strategic acquisitions. The company emphasizes technological innovation in its cloud-based platforms, continuously expanding its coverage universe and analytics capabilities. Emerald’s leadership team combines expertise in data science, market analysis and technology to drive the company’s vision of delivering transparent, accurate and actionable market intelligence.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $4.90 to $5.15
• 50-Day Range: $4.63 to $5.31
• 52-Week Range: $3.21 to $5.59
• Volume: 30,713 shs
• Average Volume: 34,693 shs
• Market Capitalization: $974.03 million
• P/E Ratio: 98.40
• Dividend Yield: 1.22%
• Price Target: $7.95
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Emerald Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Emerald scored higher than 47% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 179th out of 300 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Emerald has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Emerald has a consensus price target of $7.95, representing about 61.6% upside from its current price of $4.92.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Emerald has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Emerald is 98.40, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 280.85.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Emerald is 98.40, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 18.55.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Emerald has a P/B Ratio of 2.59. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.72% of the float of Emerald has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Emerald has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 9.8.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Emerald has recently decreased by 20.89%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Emerald pays a meaningful dividend of 1.24%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Emerald does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Emerald is 120.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.72% of the float of Emerald has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Emerald has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 9.8.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Emerald has recently decreased by 20.89%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.25

News Sentiment

Emerald has a news sentiment score of 0.25. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.92 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Emerald this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Emerald insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 4.00% of the stock of Emerald is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 14.90% of the stock of Emerald is held by institutions.

EEX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have EEX shares performed this year?

Emerald's stock was trading at $4.82 at the start of the year. Since then, EEX stock has increased by 2.1% and is now trading at $4.92.

How were Emerald's earnings last quarter?

Emerald Holding, Inc. (NYSE:EEX) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August, 4th. The company reported ($0.01) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $105.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $100.40 million. Emerald had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 2.03% and a net margin of 1.83%.
Read the conference call transcript.

When did Emerald IPO?

Emerald (EEX) raised $202 million in an IPO on Friday, April 28th 2017. The company issued 15,500,000 shares at a price of $12.00-$14.00 per share. BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays and Goldman, Sachs acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Securities, RBC Capital Markets and Baird were co-managers.

Who are Emerald's major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of Emerald include MSD Partners L.P. (0.54%), Raymond James Financial Inc. (0.28%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.19%) and HRT Financial LP (0.18%).
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Emerald?

Shares of EEX 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.

What other stocks do shareholders of Emerald own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Emerald investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Meta Platforms (META), Adobe (ADBE), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Arista Networks (ANET) and GE Aerospace (GE).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/04/2025
• Record date for 8/25 Dividend: 8/14/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 8/25 Dividend: 8/14/2025
• Dividend Payable: 8/25/2025
• Today: 9/13/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/29/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Cons Services - Misc
• Sub-Industry: Business Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:EEX
• CIK: 1579214
• Web: www.emeraldx.com
• Phone: (949) 226-5700
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 600
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Emerald: $7.95
• High Price Target: $8.00
• Low Price Target: $7.90
• Potential Upside/Downside: +61.6%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.05
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 98.40
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $2.20 million
• Net Margins: 1.83%
• Pretax Margin: 4.11%
• Return on Equity: 2.03%
• Return on Assets: 0.70%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.29
• Current Ratio: 1.05
• Quick Ratio: 1.05

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $432.60 million
• Price / Sales: 2.25
• Cash Flow: $0.20 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 24.35
• Book Value: $1.90 per share
• Price / Book: 2.59

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 197,973,000
• Free Float: 190,054,000
• Market Cap: $974.03 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.19