Zacks Research Brokers Raise Earnings Estimates for Evergy

Evergy Inc. (NASDAQ:EVRG) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for Evergy in a research report issued on Thursday, June 26th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.52 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.46. The consensus estimate for Evergy’s current full-year earnings is $3.83 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Evergy’s FY2027 earnings at $4.52 EPS.

A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. LADENBURG THALM/SH SH raised shares of Evergy to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 8th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Evergy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 22nd. UBS Group upgraded shares of Evergy from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their target price for the company from $68.00 to $78.00 in a research report on Monday, April 28th. Jefferies Financial Group set a $78.00 target price on shares of Evergy and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 10th. Finally, Citigroup raised their price objective on shares of Evergy from $77.00 to $79.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, May 16th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Evergy presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $73.19.

Evergy Price Performance

Shares of EVRG stock opened at $68.31 on Monday. Evergy has a twelve month low of $52.32 and a twelve month high of $70.36. The company has a current ratio of 0.55, a quick ratio of 0.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.24. The company has a market capitalization of $15.72 billion, a PE ratio of 17.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.97 and a beta of 0.50. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $67.19 and a 200-day simple moving average of $65.77.

Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 8th. The company reported $0.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.66 by ($0.12). Evergy had a net margin of 14.87% and a return on equity of 8.84%. The company had revenue of $1.37 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.21 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.54 earnings per share.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Bfsg LLC acquired a new position in shares of Evergy during the 1st quarter valued at $25,000. Lee Danner & Bass Inc. acquired a new position in Evergy during the fourth quarter worth $26,000. National Pension Service bought a new stake in shares of Evergy in the 4th quarter worth $30,000. Colonial Trust Co SC bought a new stake in shares of Evergy in the 4th quarter worth $32,000. Finally, Alpine Bank Wealth Management bought a new stake in shares of Evergy in the 1st quarter worth $32,000. Institutional investors own 87.24% of the company’s stock.

Evergy Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 20th. Investors of record on Friday, May 23rd were paid a $0.6675 dividend. This represents a $2.67 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 23rd. Evergy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 70.26%.

About Evergy

Evergy, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity in the United States. The company generates electricity through coal, landfill gas, uranium, and natural gas and oil sources, as well as solar, wind, other renewable sources. It serves residences, commercial firms, industrials, municipalities, and other electric utilities.