Research Analysts Set Expectations for Entergy Q2 Earnings

Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR) – Equities researchers at KeyCorp issued their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for Entergy in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, May 13th. KeyCorp analyst S. Karp anticipates that the utilities provider will earn $0.67 per share for the quarter. KeyCorp currently has a “Overweight” rating and a $85.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Entergy’s current full-year earnings is $3.88 per share.

ETR has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Entergy in a research report on Wednesday, April 23rd. BMO Capital Markets increased their price objective on Entergy from $89.00 to $93.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. UBS Group upped their price target on Entergy from $86.00 to $96.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, March 21st. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of Entergy from $85.00 to $97.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 19th. Finally, Barclays upped their price objective on shares of Entergy from $88.00 to $91.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eleven have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Entergy currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $86.04.

Entergy Price Performance

Entergy stock opened at $80.53 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $34.69 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.07, a PEG ratio of 2.34 and a beta of 0.62. Entergy has a 12-month low of $52.07 and a 12-month high of $88.38. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $82.99 and a 200 day moving average price of $79.84. The company has a current ratio of 0.72, a quick ratio of 0.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.81.

Entergy (NYSE:ETR) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 29th. The utilities provider reported $0.82 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.60 by $0.22. Entergy had a return on equity of 10.68% and a net margin of 8.90%. The business had revenue of $3.02 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.13 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.54 EPS.

Entergy Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 2nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.60 per share. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 2nd. Entergy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 77.92%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Entergy

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. State of Wyoming bought a new stake in Entergy during the first quarter valued at about $377,000. Tema Etfs LLC bought a new position in shares of Entergy during the 1st quarter worth approximately $2,983,000. Eisler Capital Management Ltd. bought a new position in shares of Entergy during the first quarter valued at $722,000. Truvestments Capital LLC grew its holdings in shares of Entergy by 45.9% in the 1st quarter. Truvestments Capital LLC now owns 1,169 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $100,000 after purchasing an additional 368 shares during the last quarter. Finally, CreativeOne Wealth LLC increased its position in shares of Entergy by 4.0% during the 1st quarter. CreativeOne Wealth LLC now owns 4,691 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $401,000 after purchasing an additional 182 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 88.07% of the company’s stock.

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.