Evergy Inc (EVRG) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $65.73, with 3.9 million shares of worth about $256.34 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 10.10% during that period and on March 06, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -1.85%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 229.98M shares, out of which, 226.74M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -4.13% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 2.21%. Year-to-date (YTD), EVRG shares are showing a performance of 6.79% which increased to 31.49% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $49.55 but also hit the highest price of $69.93 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Evergy Inc shares is 1.99 million. The stock is currently trading -2.34% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 2.14% for SMA50 and it goes to 9.37% higher than SMA200.
Evergy Inc (NASDAQ: EVRG) currently have 229.98M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 87.95% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $15.12B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.53. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 17.34, while it has posted earnings per share of $3.79 in the same period. Its PEG reads 3.03 and has Quick Ratio of 0.27 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 1.43. 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 2.07% while standing at 1.65% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 5.63% while it is estimated to increase by 5.86% in next year. EPS is likely to shrink at an annualized rate of 5.72% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 6.29% 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.
