Entergy (NYSE:ETR) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Entergy (NYSE:ETR) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.750-3.950 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 3.920. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Morgan Stanley raised shares of Entergy from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $58.00 to $75.00 in a research report on Monday, November 4th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on Entergy from $85.00 to $97.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday. Scotiabank decreased their price objective on Entergy from $165.00 to $82.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. KeyCorp downgraded Entergy from an “overweight” rating to a “sector weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Finally, Evercore ISI raised their target price on shares of Entergy from $75.00 to $86.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $82.14.

Entergy Price Performance

ETR stock opened at $87.31 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.77, a quick ratio of 0.59 and a current ratio of 0.89. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $79.01 and its 200-day moving average price is $71.19. Entergy has a one year low of $49.80 and a one year high of $88.38. The company has a market capitalization of $37.44 billion, a PE ratio of 35.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.67 and a beta of 0.72.

Entergy (NYSE:ETR) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The utilities provider reported $0.66 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $2.74 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.24 billion. Entergy had a net margin of 8.90% and a return on equity of 10.75%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.26 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Entergy will post 3.88 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Entergy Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 10th will be issued a dividend of $0.60 per share. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.75%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 10th. Entergy’s dividend payout ratio is presently 98.77%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Entergy news, insider Deanna D. Rodriguez sold 6,088 shares of Entergy stock in a transaction on Friday, December 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $73.94, for a total value of $450,146.72. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 3,952 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $292,210.88. This trade represents a 60.64 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Corporate insiders own 0.39% of the company’s stock.

Entergy Company Profile

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.