Evergy Inc (EVRG) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $68.56, with 3.6 million shares of worth about $246.75 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 15.67% during that period and on February 27, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -0.78%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 229.97M shares, out of which, 226.71M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 1.95% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 8.46%. Year-to-date (YTD), EVRG shares are showing a performance of 11.39% which increased to 38.59% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $48.60 but also hit the highest price of $69.58 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Evergy Inc shares is 1.86 million. The stock is currently trading 3.11% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 7.64% for SMA50 and it goes to 14.66% higher than SMA200.
Evergy Inc (NASDAQ: EVRG) currently have 229.97M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 88.08% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $15.77B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.60. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 18.52, while it has posted earnings per share of $3.70 in the same period. Its PEG reads 3.21 and has Quick Ratio of 0.32 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 1.38. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for EVRG, volatility over the week remained 1.72% while standing at 1.52% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 5.61% while it is estimated to increase by 5.88% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 5.77% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 4.86% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Coverage by Ladenburg Thalmann stated Evergy Inc (EVRG) stock as a Buy in their note to investors on January 02, 2025, suggesting a price target of $68.50 for the stock. On October 29, 2024, Mizuho Initiated their recommendations, while on September 20, 2024, Jefferies Initiated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $70. Stock get a Neutral rating from Ladenburg Thalmann on April 04, 2024.
