Epoch Investment Partners Inc. Trims Position in Entergy Corporation $ETR

Epoch Investment Partners Inc. trimmed its position in shares of Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR) by 3.9% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 858,181 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after selling 35,002 shares during the period. Epoch Investment Partners Inc.’s holdings in Entergy were worth $96,425,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Entergy by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 58,537,223 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $5,410,596,000 after buying an additional 589,317 shares during the period. State Street Corp raised its holdings in Entergy by 4.4% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 24,356,461 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $2,251,268,000 after acquiring an additional 1,018,503 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in Entergy by 54.9% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 22,694,994 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $2,097,699,000 after acquiring an additional 8,046,287 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Entergy by 1.1% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 11,607,806 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,068,725,000 after acquiring an additional 126,625 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted its position in shares of Entergy by 22.9% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 10,651,436 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $984,512,000 after acquiring an additional 1,986,369 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 88.07% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Entergy

Here are the key news stories impacting Entergy this week:

• Positive Sentiment: KeyCorp raised Entergy’s longer-term earnings outlook, including FY2027 EPS to $5.13, FY2028 to $5.75, FY2029 to $6.41, and FY2030 to $7.23, reinforcing a bullish case for the stock.
• Positive Sentiment: KeyCorp maintained an Overweight rating on Entergy and reiterated a $123 price target, signaling confidence in further share-price upside.
• Positive Sentiment: BMO Capital Markets also issued a report pointing to strong price appreciation potential for Entergy, adding to the optimistic analyst tone. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: At the same time, a separate Yahoo Finance article argued that Entergy may still look overvalued after its recent run, which could temper enthusiasm. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: KeyCorp’s near-term estimate changes were mixed: it lowered Q2 2026 EPS to $0.95 from $1.10 and Q4 2026 EPS to $0.72 from $0.65, while raising Q3 2026 EPS to $1.86 from $1.73.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Haley Fisackerly sold 10,638 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.00, for a total transaction of $1,170,180.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 14,182 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,560,020. This represents a 42.86% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 0.21% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on ETR. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on Entergy from $129.00 to $139.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. Citigroup reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $121.00 price target (up from $116.00) on shares of Entergy in a report on Tuesday, May 5th. Scotiabank restated a “sector outperform” rating on shares of Entergy in a research note on Wednesday, June 10th. Morgan Stanley set a $109.00 price objective on shares of Entergy in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Barclays reduced their price objective on shares of Entergy from $124.00 to $119.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, June 3rd. Seventeen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Entergy currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $121.05.

Entergy Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of Entergy stock opened at $115.95 on Friday. Entergy Corporation has a twelve month low of $86.40 and a twelve month high of $118.44. The company has a quick ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 0.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $112.41 and a 200-day moving average price of $107.69. The firm has a market cap of $53.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.58, a PEG ratio of 1.98 and a beta of 0.50.

Entergy (NYSE:ETR) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The utilities provider reported $0.86 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.02. Entergy had a return on equity of 10.75% and a net margin of 13.48%.The company had revenue of $3.19 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.89 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.82 earnings per share. Entergy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.250-4.450 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Entergy Corporation will post 4.4 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Entergy

Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR) is an integrated energy company headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, that generates, transmits and distributes electricity. The company’s operations combine regulated utility services with competitive power production, supplying retail electricity to residential, commercial and industrial customers while also participating in wholesale energy markets. Entergy’s generation fleet includes nuclear, natural gas, hydropower and other resources, and it operates a network of transmission and distribution assets to deliver power to end users.

Entergy conducts its regulated utility business through state-based operating subsidiaries that serve customers across parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and southeast Texas.