Stocks · Utilities · Regulated Electric

Eversource Energy ES

$64.50 +0.30% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $24.26B

High qualityInexpensive vs sector

Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.86, up 65.7% year over year.
  2. The shares trade at 16.7× trailing earnings, lower than 88% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
  3. Net debt is 5.2× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Utilities sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth61Neutral

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 44%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 6%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 48%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 32%
Quality84Strong

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 19%
  • Gross marginBottom 28%
  • Operating marginTop 47%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 7%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 18%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 44%
  • Interest coverBottom 50%
Value82Strong

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 37%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 28%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 29%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 40%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 31%
Momentum59Neutral

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 49%
  • 6-month returnTop 34%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 43%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 41%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 32%
Revisions5Very weak

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 35%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 14%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 22%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 26%
Stability52Neutral

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 50%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 39%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 40%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 44%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)9.8%7.8%↓
EPS growth (YoY)101.7%65.7%↓
Gross margin43.3%35.2%↓
Operating margin21.9%22.3%↑
FCF margin-7.8%2.1%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)7.8%9.8%↓Top 44%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)65.7%101.7%↓Top 6%
Gross margin35.2%43.3%↓Bottom 28%
Operating margin22.3%21.9%↑Top 47%
Net margin10.4%6.6%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin2.1%-7.8%↑—
Return on invested capital4.9%—Top 19%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR3.3%—Bottom 48%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
3.00×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-4.7%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.0%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-7.3 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
5.17×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
2.3×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
4.67%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
-1.10%
Shareholder yield
3.57%
Share count change, 1 year
+2.2%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+2.5%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 3, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
5 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+2.8%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-0.2%
Positive 20 days after report
3 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$73.75
Target vs current price
+14.3%
Analysts with a rating
29
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
31%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 30, 2026-0.3%-1.2%-3.1%-4.1%—
May 6, 2026+6.1%-0.6%-0.2%-1.0%+3.9%
Feb 12, 2026+1.8%+0.1%+4.9%+4.3%-5.3%
Nov 4, 2025+3.5%-0.7%-2.5%-10.8%-7.0%
Jul 31, 2025+0.5%+0.2%-0.8%-1.8%+12.0%
May 1, 2025-0.7%-0.7%+4.6%+7.8%+9.6%
Feb 11, 2025+1.0%+1.6%+1.7%+0.1%+2.9%
Nov 4, 2024-69.4%-0.4%-3.6%+0.0%-9.4%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 30, 2026$0.87$0.87-0.3%$2.90B
May 6, 2026$1.73$1.63+6.1%$4.50B
Feb 12, 2026$1.12$1.10+1.8%$3.37B
Nov 4, 2025$1.19$1.15+3.5%$3.22B
Jul 31, 2025$0.96$0.96+0.5%$2.84B
May 1, 2025$1.50$1.51-0.7%$4.12B
Feb 11, 2025$1.01$1.00+1.0%$2.97B
Nov 4, 2024$0.33$1.08-69.4%$3.06B

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)16.7×20.0×12thTop 37%
P/E (forward)13.9×———
EV / EBITDA9.7×——Top 29%
EV / Sales3.73×——Top 40%
Free-cash-flow yield1.23%——Top 28%
Earnings yield5.98%——Top 37%

P/E over the past five years

Range 14.3× – 28.5× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
-9.9%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+65.7%
Change in P/E multiple
-34.6%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-3.9%
200-day average slope (20 days)
-0.1%
Distance from 50-day average
-7.8%
Distance from 200-day average
-8.0%
RSI (14)
33.2
Relative volume
0.98×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
17.6%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
4th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.21
Correlation with S&P 500
0.14
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-15.4%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-20.7%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Nov 16, 2020Oct 23, 2023-44.5%737 daysNot yet recovered

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$24.26B
P/E (TTM)
16.7
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$3.86
Revenue (TTM)
$14.00B
Dividend yield
4.83%
52-week range
$62.72 – $76.57
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$9.86B$12.29B$11.91B$11.90B$13.55B
Gross profit$4.75B$5.41B$4.85B$3.70B$4.08B
Operating income$1.99B$2.20B$2.40B$2.71B$2.99B
Net income$1.22B$1.40B-$442.2M$811.7M$1.69B
EPS (diluted)$3.54$4.05-$1.27$2.27$4.56
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$3.06B$2.97B$4.12B$2.84B$3.22B$3.37B$4.50B$2.90B
Net income-$118.1M$72.5M$550.8M$352.7M$367.5M$421.3M$606.8M$53.7M
EPS (diluted)-$0.33$0.20$1.50$0.96$0.99$1.12$1.61$0.14
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$1.96B$2.40B$1.65B$2.16B$4.11B
Capital expenditure-$3.18B-$3.44B-$4.34B-$4.48B-$4.16B
Free cash flow-$1.21B-$1.04B-$2.69B-$2.32B-$45.1M
Dividends paid-$805.4M-$860.0M-$919.0M-$1.00B-$1.09B
Net share buybacks$0$197.1M$0$989.4M$465.4M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$1.82B
Total assets
$63.42B
Total liabilities
$46.92B
Total debt
$29.81B
Net debt
$27.99B
Shareholders’ equity
$16.34B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 3, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Sep 21, 2026$0.79Sep 30, 2026
May 18, 2026$0.79Jun 30, 2026
Mar 5, 2026$0.79Mar 31, 2026
Dec 17, 2025$0.75Dec 31, 2025
Sep 22, 2025$0.75Sep 30, 2025
May 15, 2025$0.75Jun 30, 2025
Mar 4, 2025$0.75Mar 31, 2025
Dec 18, 2024$0.72Dec 31, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
9,088,657
Days to cover
4.82
Change vs previous report
-1.1%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Apr 30, 2013
2-for-1