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Entergy (ETR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$75.13 +0.64 (+0.86%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

About Entergy Stock (NYSE:ETR)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$73.70
$75.18
50-Day Range
$66.00
$78.20
52-Week Range
$48.08
$79.04
Volume
6.77 million shs
Average Volume
3.26 million shs
Market Capitalization
$32.22 billion
P/E Ratio
18.30
Dividend Yield
3.19%
Price Target
$77.40
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

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. It also engages in the ownership of interests in non-nuclear power plants that sell electric power to wholesale customers, as well as provides decommissioning services to other nuclear power plant owners. It generates electricity through gas, nuclear, coal, hydro, and solar power sources. The company sells energy to retail power providers, utilities, electric power co-operatives, power trading organizations, and other power generation companies. The company's power plants have approximately 24,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity. It delivers electricity to 3 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Entergy Corporation was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Entergy Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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94th Percentile Overall Score

ETR MarketRank™: 

Entergy scored higher than 94% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 10th out of 91 stocks in the utilities sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Entergy has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.71, and is based on 8 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Entergy has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Entergy's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Entergy are expected to grow by 7.20% in the coming year, from $3.61 to $3.87 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Entergy is 18.30, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 112.74.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Entergy is 18.30, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 95.41.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Entergy has a PEG Ratio of 2.48. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Entergy has a P/B Ratio of 2.17. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.76% of the outstanding shares of Entergy have been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Entergy has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Entergy has recently decreased by 15.40%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Entergy pays a meaningful dividend of 3.28%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

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

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Entergy is 58.39%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Entergy will have a dividend payout ratio of 62.02% next year. This indicates that Entergy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Entergy's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.76% of the outstanding shares of Entergy have been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Entergy has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Entergy has recently decreased by 15.40%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Entergy has a news sentiment score of 0.29. 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 0.64 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 20 news articles for Entergy this week, compared to 12 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    19 people have searched for ETR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 46% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    11 people have added Entergy to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 22% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Entergy insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $2,125,497.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 0.39% of the stock of Entergy is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    88.07% of the stock of Entergy is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Entergy's insider trading history.
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ETR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Entergy's stock was trading at $50.5950 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ETR stock has increased by 48.5% and is now trading at $75.13.
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Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 31st. The utilities provider reported $1.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.46 by $0.04. The utilities provider had revenue of $3.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.46 billion. Entergy had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.53% and a net margin of 14.83%.
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Shares of Entergy split on Friday, December 13th 2024. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, October 31st 2024. The newly created shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes on Thursday, December 12th 2024. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

The following companies are subsidiaries of Entergy: Automatic Detection Systems, Arkansas Power & Light Company LLC, AR Searcy Partnership LLC, EAM Nelson Holding LLC, Entergy Account Services LLC, Entergy Amalgamated Competitive Holdings LLC, Entergy Arkansas LLC, and more.

Entergy's top institutional investors include State Street Corp (5.32%), FMR LLC (3.08%), Franklin Resources Inc. (2.67%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.32%). Insiders that own company stock include Leo P Denault, Andrew S Marsh, Peter S Norgeot Jr, Paul D Hinnenkamp, Kimberly Cook-Nelson, Phillip R May Jr, Marcus V Brown, Alexis M Herman, Eliecer Viamontes, Reginald T Jackson, Haley Fisackerly, Deanna D Rodriguez and Kimberly A Fontan.
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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 Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Entergy investors own include Chevron (CVX), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), NVIDIA (NVDA), Comcast (CMCSA), McKesson (MCK), Meta Platforms (META) and Charles Schwab (SCHW).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
10/31/2024
Ex-Dividend for 12/2 Dividend
11/13/2024
Dividend Payable
12/02/2024
Today
12/22/2024
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Sector
Utilities
Industry
Electric services
Sub-Industry
Electric Utilities
CUSIP
29364G10
Employees
12,177
Year Founded
1913

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$77.40
High Stock Price Target
$90.00
Low Stock Price Target
$54.75
Potential Upside/Downside
+3.0%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.71
Research Coverage
14 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$2.36 billion
Pretax Margin
8.93%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$11.86 billion
Cash Flow
$8.83 per share
Book Value
$34.57 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
427,144,000
Market Cap
$32.22 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.71

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This page (NYSE:ETR) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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