Stocks · Utilities · Regulated Electric

Evergy, Inc. EVRG

$79.17 +0.48% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $18.25B

Strong trendExpensive vs sectorLow risk

Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Net debt is 5.8× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
  2. The shares trade at 20.0× trailing earnings, higher than 81% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
  3. Revenue over the last four quarters was $6.07B, up 4.1% 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.

Growth41Weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 23%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 38%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 35%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 22%
Quality51Neutral

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

  • Return on invested capitalTop 29%
  • Gross marginBottom 35%
  • Operating marginTop 23%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 48%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 43%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 30%
  • Interest coverTop 44%
Value18Very weak

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

  • Earnings yieldBottom 41%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 37%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 46%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 24%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 6%
Momentum83Strong

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

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 26%
  • 6-month returnTop 24%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 19%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 16%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 26%
Revisions25Very weak

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

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 20%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 35%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 33%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 34%
Stability81Strong

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

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 23%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 1%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 42%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 30%

What changed

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

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)2.4%4.1%↑
EPS growth (YoY)-0.5%8.5%↑
Gross margin32.2%40.1%↑
Operating margin24.6%25.9%↑
FCF margin-2.4%-23.2%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)4.1%2.4%↑Bottom 23%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)8.5%-0.5%↑Top 38%
Gross margin40.1%32.2%↑Bottom 35%
Operating margin25.9%24.6%↑Top 23%
Net margin15.3%14.4%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin-23.2%-2.4%↓—
Return on invested capital4.5%—Top 29%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR0.3%—Bottom 35%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
2.14×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-3.0%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.3%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+89.7 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
5.84×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
2.4×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
3.42%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
-0.01%
Shareholder yield
3.41%
Share count change, 1 year
+1.6%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+0.9%

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 6, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
2
Beats in the last 8 reports
4 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
-1.0%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-0.7%
Positive 20 days after report
3 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$92.25
Target vs current price
+16.5%
Analysts with a rating
18
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
39%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 6, 2026+8.5%-0.0%+0.3%-2.8%—
May 7, 2026+13.9%+2.1%+1.8%+1.1%+2.8%
Feb 19, 2026-23.8%-1.1%+3.0%+1.4%+2.9%
Nov 6, 2025-2.4%-1.6%+0.7%-3.9%+1.3%
Aug 7, 2025+5.7%-0.5%+0.0%-2.3%+6.1%
May 8, 2025-18.6%-4.4%-8.0%-6.6%+5.0%
Feb 27, 2025-2.9%-0.8%-3.1%-2.6%-4.6%
Nov 7, 2024+4.7%+0.6%+3.8%+3.7%+6.4%

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

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 6, 2026$0.88$0.81+8.5%$1.50B
May 7, 2026$0.69$0.61+13.9%$1.44B
Feb 19, 2026$0.42$0.55-23.8%$1.34B
Nov 6, 2025$2.03$2.08-2.4%$1.81B
Aug 7, 2025$0.82$0.78+5.7%$1.44B
May 8, 2025$0.54$0.66-18.6%$1.37B
Feb 27, 2025$0.35$0.36-2.9%$1.26B
Nov 7, 2024$2.02$1.93+4.7%$1.81B

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)20.0×18.3×81thBottom 41%
P/E (forward)18.6×———
EV / EBITDA12.3×——Bottom 46%
EV / Sales5.72×——Bottom 24%
Free-cash-flow yield-7.70%——Bottom 37%
Earnings yield4.99%——Bottom 41%

P/E over the past five years

Range 16.3× – 21.9× 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
+3.9%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+8.5%
Change in P/E multiple
+5.0%

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)
-3.1%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+0.6%
Distance from 50-day average
-3.1%
Distance from 200-day average
-2.4%
RSI (14)
43.5
Relative volume
0.95×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
14.4%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
16th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.15
Correlation with S&P 500
0.14
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-10.2%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-11.9%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Apr 20, 2022Nov 13, 2023-33.8%394 days430 days (Aug 4, 2025)
Aug 20, 2021Feb 23, 2022-13.1%128 days30 days (Apr 6, 2022)
Jul 2, 2026Sep 24, 2026-11.9%58 daysNot yet recovered
Nov 10, 2020Feb 22, 2021-10.5%69 days15 days (Mar 15, 2021)

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

Financial statements

Market cap
$18.25B
P/E (TTM)
20.0
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$3.95
Revenue (TTM)
$6.07B
Dividend yield
3.51%
52-week range
$71.41 – $88.62
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$5.59B$5.86B$5.49B$5.82B$5.92B
Gross profit$1.74B$1.70B$1.67B$1.90B$1.91B
Operating income$1.36B$1.30B$1.26B$1.44B$1.49B
Net income$879.7M$752.7M$731.3M$873.5M$855.6M
EPS (diluted)$3.83$3.27$3.17$3.79$3.66
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$1.82B$1.21B$1.37B$1.43B$1.80B$1.33B$1.44B$1.50B
Net income$465.6M$78.2M$125.0M$171.3M$475.0M$84.3M$151.5M$215.0M
EPS (diluted)$2.02$0.34$0.54$0.74$2.03$0.37$0.64$0.91
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$1.35B$1.80B$1.98B$1.98B$2.05B
Capital expenditure-$1.97B-$2.17B-$2.33B-$2.34B-$2.80B
Free cash flow-$620.8M-$364.6M-$353.8M-$352.9M-$751.7M
Dividends paid-$497.9M-$534.8M-$569.6M-$596.7M-$613.1M
Net share buybacks$112.5M$0$0$0$1.1M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$21.8M
Total assets
$35.35B
Total liabilities
$25.08B
Total debt
$16.50B
Net debt
$16.48B
Shareholders’ equity
$10.22B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 18, 2026$0.70Sep 18, 2026
May 22, 2026$0.70Jun 18, 2026
Mar 10, 2026$0.70Mar 20, 2026
Nov 21, 2025$0.70Dec 19, 2025
Aug 22, 2025$0.67Sep 19, 2025
May 23, 2025$0.67Jun 20, 2025
Mar 10, 2025$0.67Mar 21, 2025
Nov 21, 2024$0.67Dec 20, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
20,229,839
Days to cover
9.30
Change vs previous report
+10.5%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

May 22, 1987
2-for-1