Stocks · Utilities · Regulated Electric

Entergy Corporation ETR

$100.91 +0.51% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $47.09B

Expensive vs sector

Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Net debt is 5.9× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
  2. The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
  3. Revenue over the last four quarters was $13.48B, up 9.5% from a year earlier.

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.

Growth22Very weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 39%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 33%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 12%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 43%
Quality40Weak

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

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 18%
  • Gross marginBottom 32%
  • Operating marginTop 48%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 7%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 17%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 26%
  • Interest coverBottom 33%
Value9Very weak

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

  • Earnings yieldBottom 17%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 42%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 19%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 19%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 10%
Momentum72Positive

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

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 7%
  • 6-month returnBottom 41%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 11%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 28%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 32%
Revisions66Positive

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

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 29%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 35%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 28%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 36%
Stability39Weak

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

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 44%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 16%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 36%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 26%

What changed

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

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)11.4%9.5%↓
EPS growth (YoY)27.3%-3.0%↓
Gross margin49.1%38.9%↓
Operating margin27.1%22.2%↓
FCF margin-20.5%-23.3%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)9.5%11.4%↓Top 39%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)-3.0%27.3%↓Bottom 33%
Gross margin38.9%49.1%↓Bottom 32%
Operating margin22.2%27.1%↓Top 48%
Net margin13.5%14.3%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin-23.3%-20.5%↓—
Return on invested capital3.2%—Bottom 18%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR-2.0%—Bottom 12%

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.
-5.4%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
-0.2%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-7.0 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
5.89×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
2.0×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
2.43%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
-2.91%
Shareholder yield
-0.49%
Share count change, 1 year
+4.6%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+3.2%

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

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
2
Beats in the last 8 reports
7 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+2.3%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+2.5%
Positive 20 days after report
5 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$123.91
Target vs current price
+22.8%
Analysts with a rating
32
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
59%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 29, 2026+2.0%-4.0%-3.1%-5.4%—
Apr 29, 2026+2.4%+1.3%+3.7%-1.5%+2.5%
Feb 12, 2026-2.3%+1.8%+3.1%+4.3%+11.4%
Oct 29, 2025+7.0%+0.5%+1.3%+0.3%-0.1%
Jul 30, 2025+15.4%+1.2%+2.4%+1.5%+8.8%
Apr 29, 2025+19.0%-1.8%-0.8%-2.7%+3.6%
Feb 18, 2025+3.9%+6.0%+3.4%+3.6%-1.9%
Oct 31, 2024+1.4%+15.2%+8.7%+16.4%+17.9%

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

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 29, 2026$1.03$1.01+2.0%$3.52B
Apr 29, 2026$0.86$0.84+2.4%$3.19B
Feb 12, 2026$0.51$0.52-2.3%$2.96B
Oct 29, 2025$1.53$1.43+7.0%$3.81B
Jul 30, 2025$1.05$0.91+15.4%$3.33B
Apr 29, 2025$0.82$0.69+19.0%$2.85B
Feb 18, 2025$0.66$0.64+3.9%$2.74B
Oct 31, 2024$1.50$1.48+1.4%$3.39B

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)25.9×19.5×76thBottom 17%
P/E (forward)22.9×———
EV / EBITDA13.9×——Bottom 19%
EV / Sales6.05×——Bottom 19%
Free-cash-flow yield-6.68%——Bottom 42%
Earnings yield3.86%——Bottom 17%

P/E over the past five years

Range 9.2× – 35.8× 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
+8.0%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
-3.0%
Change in P/E multiple
+23.7%

Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.

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)
-4.4%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+0.8%
Distance from 50-day average
-4.4%
Distance from 200-day average
-5.0%
RSI (14)
42.3
Relative volume
0.83×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
18.1%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
20th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.23
Correlation with S&P 500
0.17
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-14.4%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-16.8%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Apr 20, 2022Oct 2, 2023-29.4%364 days239 days (Sep 13, 2024)
Nov 16, 2020Feb 26, 2021-23.0%69 days122 days (Aug 20, 2021)
Apr 30, 2026Sep 28, 2026-16.8%103 daysNot yet recovered
Sep 8, 2021Sep 28, 2021-13.6%14 days124 days (Mar 25, 2022)
Mar 3, 2025Apr 8, 2025-10.1%26 days71 days (Jul 22, 2025)

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

Financial statements

Market cap
$47.09B
P/E (TTM)
25.9
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$3.90
Revenue (TTM)
$13.48B
Dividend yield
2.54%
52-week range
$90.87 – $118.45
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$11.74B$13.76B$12.15B$11.88B$12.95B
Gross profit$4.87B$5.28B$5.33B$5.74B$3.87B
Operating income$1.85B$2.05B$2.62B$2.65B$3.05B
Net income$1.12B$1.10B$2.36B$1.06B$1.77B
EPS (diluted)$2.77$2.69$5.55$2.45$3.91
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$3.39B$2.74B$2.85B$3.33B$3.81B$2.96B$3.19B$3.52B
Net income$645.8M$286.4M$360.8M$472.0M$698.4M$240.5M$390.8M$487.8M
EPS (diluted)$1.50$0.65$0.82$1.05$1.53$0.51$0.83$1.03
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$2.30B$2.59B$4.29B$4.49B$5.15B
Capital expenditure-$6.42B-$5.29B-$4.71B-$5.97B-$7.94B
Free cash flow-$4.12B-$2.70B-$417.3M-$1.48B-$2.79B
Dividends paid-$775.1M-$841.7M-$918.2M-$981.7M-$1.07B
Net share buybacks$206.8M$884.6M$140.5M$136.8M$1.17B

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$3.85B
Total assets
$79.00B
Total liabilities
$60.46B
Total debt
$34.63B
Net debt
$34.51B
Shareholders’ equity
$18.45B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 13, 2026$0.64Sep 1, 2026
May 1, 2026$0.64Jun 1, 2026
Feb 9, 2026$0.64Mar 2, 2026
Nov 13, 2025$0.64Dec 1, 2025
Aug 13, 2025$0.60Sep 2, 2025
May 2, 2025$0.60Jun 2, 2025
Feb 10, 2025$0.60Mar 3, 2025
Nov 13, 2024$1.20Dec 2, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
16,891,184
Days to cover
5.64
Change vs previous report
-17.7%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Dec 13, 2024
2-for-1