Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) Releases FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) issued an update on its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 4.140-4.340 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 4.280. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently weighed in on EVRG. BMO Capital Markets upped their price target on Evergy from $79.00 to $82.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. UBS Group downgraded Evergy from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $86.00 to $88.00 in a report on Friday, February 13th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on Evergy from $77.00 to $79.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 20th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Evergy in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Barclays upped their price objective on shares of Evergy from $80.00 to $82.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $84.25.

Evergy Price Performance

EVRG opened at $80.40 on Thursday. Evergy has a 1 year low of $61.94 and a 1 year high of $83.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 0.52 and a quick ratio of 0.30. The company has a market capitalization of $18.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.03, a P/E/G ratio of 3.23 and a beta of 0.66. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $75.48 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $74.98.

Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) last released its quarterly earnings results on Saturday, January 31st. The company reported $0.42 earnings per share for the quarter. Evergy had a net margin of 14.45% and a return on equity of 8.66%. As a group, analysts anticipate that Evergy will post 3.83 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Brighton Jones LLC purchased a new position in shares of Evergy in the 4th quarter worth about $257,000. United Services Automobile Association bought a new position in shares of Evergy during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $223,000. Empowered Funds LLC increased its stake in shares of Evergy by 19.5% during the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 4,648 shares of the company’s stock worth $320,000 after purchasing an additional 758 shares during the last quarter. Woodline Partners LP raised its holdings in shares of Evergy by 40.7% in the 1st quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 19,429 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,340,000 after purchasing an additional 5,618 shares during the period. Finally, Focus Partners Wealth lifted its stake in Evergy by 7.3% in the first quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 13,791 shares of the company’s stock valued at $951,000 after purchasing an additional 939 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 87.24% of the company’s stock.

Evergy Company Profile

Evergy, Inc is a regulated electric utility that generates, transmits and distributes electricity to residential, commercial and industrial customers primarily across Kansas and western Missouri. The company provides core utility services including retail electric delivery, grid operations, customer service and outage restoration, operating under state regulatory frameworks. Evergy serves a mix of urban and rural communities, including portions of the Kansas City metropolitan area and other population centers in its service territory.

The company’s business activities span power generation, system planning, transmission and distribution infrastructure, and customer-facing programs such as energy efficiency and demand-side management.