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Entergy Corp (NYSE: ETR) closed the day trading at $77.62 down -1.48% from the previous closing price of $78.79. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.48 from its previous closing price. On the day, 7.95 million shares were traded. ETR stock price reached its highest trading level at $79.09 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $75.5506.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of ETR, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.57 and its Current Ratio is at 0.87. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.90 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.74.
On November 04, 2024, Morgan Stanley Upgraded its rating to Equal-Weight which previously was Underweight and also upped its target price recommendation from $116 to $150.
BofA Securities Downgraded its Buy to Neutral on November 04, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $138 to $154.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 13 ’24 when RODRIGUEZ DEANNA D. sold 6,088 shares for $73.94 per share. The transaction valued at 450,147 led to the insider holds 3,952 shares of the business.
RODRIGUEZ DEANNA D. bought 6,088 shares of ETR for $450,147 on Dec 13 ’24. On Nov 27 ’24, another insider, VIAMONTES ELIECER, who serves as the “Officer” Under Sec. 16 Rules of the company, sold 164 shares for $156.99 each. As a result, the insider received 25,746 and left with 4,009 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, ETR now has a Market Capitalization of 33284698112 and an Enterprise Value of 44561666048. As of this moment, Entergy’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 18.90, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 19.99. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.22. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.81 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.21. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.757 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.694.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ETR is 0.71, which has changed by 0.5561347 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.25219524 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, ETR has reached a high of $84.26, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $48.08. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.38%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 22.15%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, ETR traded about 3.69M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, ETR traded about 4419560 shares per day. A total of 428.82M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 427.67M. Insiders hold about 0.27% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 95.82% stake in the company. Shares short for ETR as of 1736899200 were 7362178 with a Short Ratio of 1.99, compared to 1734048000 on 4967520. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 7362178 and a Short% of Float of 1.96.
Dividends & Splits
ETR’s forward annual dividend rate is 4.59, up from 4.52 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.057367686The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.77. The current Payout Ratio is 39.11% for ETR, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-11-13 with an ex-dividend date of 1731456000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2024-12-13 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
