Research Analysts Set Expectations for Entergy Q1 Earnings

Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Entergy in a research report issued to clients and 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 previous estimate 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) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 18th. The utilities provider reported $0.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.03. Entergy had a return on equity of 10.68% and a net margin of 8.90%. The firm had revenue of $2.74 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.24 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.26 EPS.

Several other equities analysts also recently issued reports on ETR. KeyCorp downgraded Entergy from an “overweight” rating to a “sector weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on Entergy from $85.00 to $97.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 19th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their target price on Entergy from $79.00 to $94.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 19th. Evercore ISI lifted their target price on Entergy from $75.00 to $86.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 19th. Finally, StockNews.com raised Entergy from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, December 29th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $84.11.

Entergy Trading Up 0.4 %

Shares of ETR opened at $82.70 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $81.76 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $73.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.81, a quick ratio of 0.59 and a current ratio of 0.72. Entergy has a 52-week low of $50.19 and a 52-week high of $88.38. The company has a market cap of $35.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.96, a PEG ratio of 2.34 and a beta of 0.68.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in ETR. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings 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 purchasing an additional 26,312,267 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings 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 purchasing an additional 10,347,926 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings 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 purchasing an additional 5,368,396 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC lifted its holdings 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 purchasing an additional 5,998,760 shares in the last quarter. Finally, State Street Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Entergy by 1.1% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 11,408,776 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,501,509,000 after purchasing an additional 128,667 shares in the last quarter. 88.07% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at Entergy

In other Entergy news, insider Deanna D. Rodriguez sold 6,088 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 13th. The stock was 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 approximately $292,210.88. The trade was a 60.64 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.39% of the company’s stock.

Entergy Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 10th were paid a $0.60 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 10th. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.90%. 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.